Background
Velsor Wolf, Junior, G. Van was born on February 19, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Velsor Wolf, Junior, G. Van was born on February 19, 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1966). Vanderbilt University (Juris Doctor, 1973).
Worked at Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (Phoenix, Arizona) specializing in General Practice, including Trials and Appeals before State and Federal Courts. Administrative Law, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy Insolvency and Business Reorganization, Commercial Finance, Commercial Litigation, Construction, Corporate Finance, Corporate and Securities, Copyrights and Licensing, Emerging Business Law, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Environmental and Natural Resource, Estate Planning and Probate, Financial Institutions, Government Contracts, Health Care, Immigration, Indian Law, Insurance Company Regulation, Insurance Defense Litigation, Intellectual Property, International Law, Labor and Employee Relations, Legislation and Government Affairs, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Finance, Partnerships, Patents, Product Liability Litigation, Professional Liability Litigation, Public Utilities and Energy, Real Estate, Securities Regulation, Taxation. Admitted to the bar, 1974, New York.
1982, Arizona.
Research Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1972-1973. Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Law Reporter, 1976-1981. Author: "Lender Environmental Liability Under Federal Superfund Programs," 23 Arizona State L.J. 531 (1991).
Visiting Lecturer; University of Maryland Law School, Arizona State Law School, Vanderbilt University Law School, University of Arizona Law school, Airlangga Law School (Indonesia). Associate, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, 1973-1975. Attorney-Advisor, United States.
Department of the Interior, 1976. Consultant, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1981. Member, Council, 1988-1993.
Chairman, 1991-1992, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, State Bar of Arizona. Member, Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, Vice-Chairman, Standing Committee on State and Regional Environmental Cooperation, American Bar Association. Since its beginning over fifty years ago, Snell & Wilmer has grown to be one of the largest law firms in the Western United States, with over 245 attorneys and support staff in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, Orange County, California and Salt Lake City, Utah.
The firm is a member of LEX MUNDI a Global Association of 120 independent firms. Through LEX MUNDI and other international contacts, Snell & Wilmer clients have access to independent attorneys and firms practicing throughout the World. A number of Snell & Wilmer attorneys are fluent in foreign languages, including Finnish, German, Italian, Sinhalese, Spanish and Tamil.
Member, Council, 1988-1993. Chairman, 1991-1992, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, State Bar of Arizona. Member, Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, Vice-Chairman, Standing Committee on State and Regional Environmental Cooperation, American Bar Association.