At Vela Wood, we are constantly trying to reinvent what it means to practice law. We explore every avenue to make this firm a better place – for our team, for our clients, and for our communities.

For Our Team

At Vela Wood, we don’t believe in work-life balance. There’s just life. We encourage employees to focus on their lives, and we hope VW becomes an important part of them. Learn more about our team through our annual reports! Click through to see our firm’s growth in attorneys, partners, clients, and office space.

Vela Wood Fifteen-Year Report
Year in Review 2022
Year in Review 2021
Year in Review 2020
Our Attorneys

“Chance favors the prepared mind.”

– Louis Pasteur

Matt C. Wood Partner

“The height of sophistication is simplicity.”

– Clare Booth Luce

Jennifer Steiger Senior Attorney

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

– Winston Churchill

Allison Hopkins Attorney

“Vela, stop shooting so much.”

– Coach Cranfill

Kevin Vela Partner
Careers

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For Our Clients

We truly enjoy the work that we do and the clients whom we work with. We believe we have a responsibility that is so much more than delivering documents or legal advice. 

We’re not perfect, but we endeavor to be the best service provider possible. We strive to be innovative and constantly evolve to use technology that makes client communication and our legal work seamless and effective. We leverage software such as Clio, Carta, Pulley, CapBase, and HyperDraft, each cutting edge in their own right, and provide resources, including blogs, podcasts, infographics and more to help you build what you want to build.

Resources
Stay Up-to-Date

From blog posts to podcasts, legislation tracking tools to helpful glossaries, Vela Wood is committed to making sure our clients have the tools they need to stay informed and ahead of the curve.

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How We’ve Helped Our Clients
Apptopia

Boston based Apptopia is a data intelligence platform that enables brands to analyze critical competitive signals and gain insights across mobile apps and connected devices. Apptopia customers include some of the best known brands in the world, including Zoom, Target, […]

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For Our Communities

In the end, we are not just here to practice law. We are here to build community. A community that builds a better, more caring, and more just world. See below to learn how we’re doing this in our local communities and on a global scale.

Social Change

Vela Wood Forward

Vela Wood Forward (VW FWD) is an internal firm initiative dedicated to providing financial resources and volunteer hours to organizations and causes that support justice and equal rights for marginalized communities and to educating and providing opportunities for our employees to become agents of social change.

Click below to learn more about our mission and commitments, view our impact reports, and see our current events.

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Global Reach

We are committed to a global perspective and impact in our workplace through international professional exchange programs and through VW Abroad, where our firm works remotely from another country each year.

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