Fernando Avelar

Fernando Avelar is a partner at Dorsey & Whitney LLP, a position held since October 2021, following a role as associate. Prior to this, Fernando served as a senior attorney at Vela Wood from April 2019 to September 2021 and as a corporate attorney at both Avelar Law PLLC and Wick Phillips between 2014 and 2019. Early legal experience includes positions as an attorney at Seay Law, legal extern at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, legal intern at Dr Pepper Snapple Group, and law clerk at Criss & Kraft LLP and Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, LLP. Fernando holds a Juris Doctor from SMU Dedman School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from The University of Texas at Austin.