Entrepreneurs first.
Attorneys by trade.
Velaris pairs real business experience with full-service legal counsel, so your IP, deals, contracts, and compliance all move in the same direction as your business goals.
Built for the companies shaping what comes next
We are industry-agnostic by design. Our clients share a mindset, not a sector. They build valuable ideas, or they build operations that scale.
The Innovation & Intellectual Capital Economy
High-IP companies, inventors, researchers, and creators whose value lives in ideas, such as inventions, software, data, brands, and content.
- Protect and monetize patents, trademarks, and know-how
- Raise capital with your IP story ready for diligence
- Navigate privacy, AI, and licensing as you commercialize
The Operations-Forward Economy
Companies built on execution, from the trades and agriculture to professional and health services, that are ready to scale.
- Structure, contracts, and compliance that scale with you
- Outside general counsel as operations grow
- Financing, disputes, and risk handled with the business in mind
One cohesive strategy across every part of your business
Intellectual Property
Full-service patent work, including IPR, plus trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and IP strategy built around how your business makes money.
Corporate & General Counsel
Formation, contracts, employment, and ongoing outside general counsel, so you have trusted legal guidance without the cost of a full-time in-house hire.
Financing & Funding
Counsel for startups raising capital, growth companies financing their next stage, and the investors backing them.
Corporate & Civil Litigation
When disputes arise, we protect your relationships, assets, reputation, and bottom line, in and out of court.
Data Privacy & AI
Practical privacy and AI counsel for companies building with data, from policies and programs to AI governance and contracts.
Regulatory & Advertising Compliance
Stay ahead of the rules that govern your industry and your marketing, so you can grow and advertise with confidence.
Entertainment & NIL
Deals, rights, and protection for creators, talent, and athletes monetizing their name, image, likeness, and content.
Business, Brand & Marketing Strategy
Advisory services that turn goals into action, including business, marketing, and brand strategy aligned with your legal plan.
A different kind of law firm
Velaris is built for owners, operators, and innovators who need more than legal answers. They need a strategic partner. Our attorneys have built, run, and advised businesses, and we bring that experience to every matter.
Business-minded by design
We think in roadmaps, margins, and growth, not only risk, and we give advice you can act on.
Legal and business strategy together
IP, corporate, compliance, and brand strategy work as one plan, not separate silos.
Specialists in intellectual property
Deep IP expertise across patents, IPR, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and licensing.
Admitted where you operate
Our attorneys are admitted in Massachusetts, Virginia, DC, and California, with IP practice nationwide.
Industry-agnostic. Experience-rich.
Some of the industries our clients work in, and more.
Your business deserves counsel that thinks like an owner.
Tell us where you are headed. We will map the legal strategy to get you there.