ASPIRUS LAW GROUP / INDEPENDENT BUSINESS COUNSEL
Built for Those Who Build.
An entrepreneurial perspective. A legal foundation. Counsel for the business you’re building.
MEET STEVE KELLEY
BUSINESS LAW. PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE.
STEVE KELLEY / ASPIRUS LAW GROUP
01 / THE ATTORNEY
An entrepreneur first. Your counsel, always.
Steve Kelley brings the perspective of both a business owner and a business lawyer. His experience spans advising start-ups and established companies, negotiating transactions, and navigating business disputes.
“I understand your hopes, your fears, your risks and your challenges. I have felt them all many times before.”
— STEVE KELLEY, FROM THE EXISTING ASPIRUS WEBSITE
02 / AREAS OF PRACTICE
Sound foundations. Considered decisions.
Formation & Governance
Company formation, stakeholder expectations, and structures that make room for future partners and investors.
Transactions & Financing
Business transactions, critical contracts, and equity and debt financings, informed by an owner’s perspective.
Litigation & Disputes
Contract, employment, intellectual property, real estate and land use disputes, including arbitration and mediation.
03 / A SHARED JOURNEY
Not just there for the transaction. There for the journey.
The Aspirus approach is built around an ongoing advisory relationship—not simply stepping in when something goes wrong. Understanding your business along the way makes legal counsel more connected to the decisions that matter.
BUSINESS JUDGMENT. LEGAL CLARITY. PERSONAL COMMITMENT.
04 / EXPERIENCE, IN PERSPECTIVE
A career on both sides of the table.
From running a manufacturing business to advising business owners, Steve’s professional background connects legal analysis with the realities of leadership, capital, and growth.
BUSINESS LEADERSHIP
While attending the University of Puget Sound, Steve worked at a manufacturing company in Tacoma, ultimately becoming its CEO.
EDUCATION & LEGAL FOUNDATION
B.S. in Finance, magna cum laude, University of Puget Sound. Law degree, University of Notre Dame; Articles Editor of the Notre Dame Journal of Legislation.
A BROAD BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
His published biography describes advising companies from small start-ups to Fortune 500 businesses, with entrepreneurial experience across technology, manufacturing, medicine, real property, and other industries.
05 / LET’S CONNECT
Your next chapter deserves experienced counsel.
Thoughtful legal guidance. Decades of experience. A personal approach.
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