Joseph Phelps joined Laird Norton Company in 2020 as Vice President, Legal and Secretary of the company.  His responsibilities include oversight of the company’s legal function, corporate governance, and various unitholder matters.

Prior to working at Laird Norton, Joseph worked at global law firms in New York and Seattle focusing on corporate governance matters, corporate and financial transactions and capital markets transactions.  Joseph received his A.B. from Brown University and his J.D. from Tulane University and is admitted to the bar in New York and Washington.