About
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.
Our Attorneys
“Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.”
– Warren Buffet
Sherwin Faridifar Senior Attorney
“The height of sophistication is simplicity.”
– Clare Booth Luce
Jennifer Steiger Partner
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
– William Makepeace Thackeray
G. Karthik Srinivasan Senior Attorney
“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can do what others can’t.”
– Unknown
Jordan Doyle Attorney
“We’re either getting better or we’re getting worse.”
– David Goggins
Austin Powell Attorney
“Some of life’s greatest blessings first appear as curses.”
– Unknown
Mark Esserman Attorney
“Details matter. That’s where credibility lives.”
– Anonymous
Denise Rizo-Patron Senior Attorney
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
– Winston Churchill
Allison Hopkins Attorney
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
— Marcus Aurelius
Radney Wood Partner
“You don’t luck into integrity. You work at it.”
– Betty White
Alyson Rotunda Rubio Partner
“Show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcome.”
– Charlie Munger
Andrew Lin Director of Technology & Senior Attorney
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”
– Audrey Hepburn
Ashley Sykora Attorney
“Curiosity is the spark behind the spark of every great idea. The future belongs to the curious.”
– Unknown
Blake Hart Senior Attorney
“It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
– Albus Dumbledore
Bronté Story Senior Attorney
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
– Winston Churchill
Candace Groth Senior Attorney
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”
– Elon Musk
Jeff Villalobos Senior Attorney
“Give to those who have nothing to give to you.”
– Rupi Kaur
Kaitlyn Fletcher Ward Attorney
“May you live every day of your life.”
– Jonathan Swift
Mattison Raiford Spaulding Senior Attorney
“In a world where you can be anything, be kind.”
– Unknown
Rebecca Carpenter Senior Attorney
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
– Mark Twain
Tyson Attaway Senior Attorney
“Football always seems the most important of the least important things”
– Jugen Klopp
Andrew Visnovsky Senior of Counsel
“I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.”
– Michael Gary Scott
Neil Fogel Senior of Counsel
“The house always wins… Unless, when that perfect hand comes along, you bet big, and then you take the house.”
– Oceans 11
Peter Hammon Senior of Counsel
“When there are nine.”
– Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Stefanie Scott Shah Senior of Counsel
“I, a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.”
– Richard P. Feynman
Steven Wood Senior Attorney
Careers
See our current career opportunities!
View VW CareersFor 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.
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.
Visit Our Resources PageHow 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, […]
See MoreBuild With Robots
Build With Robots is a New Mexico-based tech company that designs and builds robotics to perform dangerous, repetitive tasks. Build With Robots’ technology is not designed to replace people’s jobs – their goals are to make workers lives easier and […]
See MoreNoiseAware Inc.
NoiseAware offers state of the art noise monitoring solutions for the short-term rental industry. NoiseAware has evolved over the past several years into a global leader in hardware and software solutions for individual and professional property managers alike. Vela Wood […]
See MoreSignEasy
SignEasy is a global leader in the electronic signature space and is trusted by over 35,000 companies worldwide and processes millions of signatures each year. SignEasy has been a Vela Wood client for over 10 years, and during that time […]
See MoreTelos Health Solution
Telos provides technology solutions that deliver real-time patient measure updates and intuitive care coordination workflows that enhance community care providers’ ability to make timely value-based care decisions. Telos came to VW after a year of operations and VW helped Telos […]
See MoreFor 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.
Learn MoreGlobal 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.
