Jennifer Steiger

Jennifer Steiger is a senior attorney at Vela Wood. She advises clients on a variety of corporate matters, including investments, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and other private company transactions. Jennifer takes a pragmatic approach to her work and stays focused on her clients’ objectives.


Tyler Beas

Tyler Beas is Senior Counsel at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice on intellectual property counseling and litigation in connection with trademark, copyright, trade dress law, domain name disputes, social media, name, image, and likeness (NIL), and advertising practices.


Allison Hopkins

Allison Hopkins is an attorney at Vela Wood. She practices in various areas of corporate law, with a focus on venture financing, M&A, and corporate governance.


Matt C. Wood

Matt C. Wood is a Partner at Vela Wood.  He focuses on complex litigation and high-stakes appeals.


Kaitlyn Fletcher Ward

Kaitlyn Fletcher Ward graduated with honors from the University of Houston Law Center in Houston, Texas. While in law school, Kaitlyn was a member of the Houston Business and Tax Law Journal. Prior to law school, Kaitlyn graduated magna cum […]


Andrew Lin

Andrew Lin graduated from NYU School of Law. Prior to law school, Andrew received his B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Texas at Austin. At Vela Wood, Andrew is the Director of Technology as well as a Senior Attorney. […]


Mark Willey

Mark Willey is an Attorney at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice in the areas of startups and venture, fund representation, M&A, commercial real estate transactions, and general corporate matters.


Neil Fogel

Neil Fogel is Senior of Counsel at Vela Wood. He focuses his practice on advising companies in negotiating, structuring, and drafting a variety of corporate and commercial transactions, with a particular emphasis on commercial service arrangements, technology/software, intellectual property and licensing, SLAs, and outsourcing matters.


Cleve Burke

Cleve Burke is a Partner at Vela Wood, where he serves as Chair of the firm’s litigation practice. Cleve focuses his practice on civil litigation, bankruptcy, and appeals.


Stefanie Scott Shah

Stefanie Scott Shah is Senior of Counsel at Vela Wood. She focuses her practice in the areas of employment law and intellectual property law.