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Kevin Vela
Partner
Kevin is the managing partner at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of M&A, venture financing, fund representation, and gaming law. Read More
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“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
— Marcus AureliusRadney Wood
Partner
Radney is a named partner at Vela Wood. He divides his practice between commercial litigation and general corporate matters, concentrating on partnership disputes, corporate governance, venture financing, and contract negotiations. Read More
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Carr Staley
Partner
Carr is a partner at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and real estate transactions and investment activities. Read More
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Jenny Young
Partner
Jenny is a partner at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice in employment law and general corporate representation. Read More
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“For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” – Amanda Gorman
Alyson Rotunda
Senior Attorney
Alyson Rotunda is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. Alyson’s experience includes representing clients ranging from startups to public companies in corporate and transactional matters. Read More
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Amanda Montgomery
Senior Counsel
Amanda is Senior Counsel at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice on serving private companies and small business owners in the arts, retail/e-commerce, and entertainment industry. Read More
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“Curiosity is the spark behind the spark of every great idea. The future belongs to the curious.”
– Unknown
Blake Hart
Attorney
Blake is an attorney at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice on contract drafting, review, and negotiation on behalf of sports and entertainment individuals and enterprises. Read More
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“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.”
― Langston Hughes
Brandon Flowers
Attorney
Brandon is an attorney at Vela Wood. He represents clients in a broad range of general business law and transactional matters, with a focus on venture capital financings and fantasy sports and gaming matters. Read More
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“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
– Winston Churchill
Candace Groth
Senior Attorney
Candace Groth is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and private equity. Read More
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“A mind that is stretched by new experiences can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Denise Rizo-Patron
Senior Attorney
Denise is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. Denise’s experience includes representing clients ranging from public companies to startups in transactional matters. Read More
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Elizabeth Hattrup
Attorney
Elizabeth is an attorney at Vela Wood. She represents clients in a broad range of general business law and transactional matters, with a focus on venture capital financings and corporate governance. Read More
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“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”
– Marcus Aurelius
Fernando Avelar
Senior Attorney
Fernando is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of M&A, venture capital, and private equity. Read More
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Jeff Villalobos
Senior Attorney
Jeff is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of intellectual property, technology commercialization, privacy, advertising, and corporate transactional matters. Read More
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Justin Sievert
Senior Counsel
Justin is Senior Counsel at Vela Wood and chairs the firm’s sports and compliance practice group. His practice focuses on contract drafting and negotiation, marketing and promotions compliance, NCAA compliance matters, and Title IX. Read More
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Lacey Shrum
Attorney
Lacey is an attorney at Vela Wood where she serves businesses that use blockchain technology and digital assets. She serves as a subject matter expert and expert witness to attorneys and advisors as they encounter digital assets in their traditional legal practice. Read More
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Lindsey Altmeyer
Senior Attorney
Lindsey is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice in the areas of venture financing, securities exemptions, and general corporate governance. Read More
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“Among reasonable men problems of business could always be solved.” – Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather
Mina Saifi
Senior Counsel
Mina Saifi is Senior Counsel at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice in the areas of M&A, commercial agreements, and technology contracts. Read More
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Myra Dioquino
Attorney
Myra is an attorney at Vela Wood. Her experience includes representing a variety of startups and established businesses in transactional and intellectual property matters. Read More
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Pablo Alvarez
Attorney
Pablo is an attorney at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of Sports & Compliance, M&A, venture capital, and private equity. Read More
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Paul Wolpert
Senior Attorney
Paul is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. He practices in all areas of corporate law, including securities and corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and fund formation Read More
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Rich Sapien
Senior Attorney
Rich is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. He represents startups through all stages of their lifecycle – from incorporation, to fundraising, to go-to-market, to exit. Read More
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Tyson Attaway
Attorney
Tyson is an Attorney at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of M&A, venture capital, and private equity. Read More
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Zach Jones
Senior Attorney
Zach is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice on tax disputes with government authorities and complicated business transactions. Read More