Andrew Mitton
Andrew has practiced law in Alaska for over 26 years. He worked in law firms and as in-house counsel for large corporations. Andrew is a small business owner himself. He started Vellum LLC in 2011. Why start a new company? Because there’s a much better way to provide legal services to Alaska’s small businesses and nobody else was doing it. So he redesigned the law firm from the ground up so that small businesses like yours can have a legal department like the big guys. He also started The Eureka Space (see below).
Andrew has advised hundreds of clients on business structuring and has formed their LLCs, negotiated and drafted thousands of contracts, helped numerous companies with the purchase and sale of their businesses, and pretty much everything associated with small business law.
He attended Brigham Young University for his undergraduate degree and attended the University of North Dakota for his law degree.
Andrew is a big fan of Alaska. He’s lived here for over 26 years. His wife was born here. They raised their four children here. His wife’s grandparents moved here in 1949. Andrew says, “I think Alaska is the greatest place in the world to raise a family. I want to do my part for Alaska. I’ve concluded that the best way to do this is to help Alaska’s local small businesses and their owners achieve their calling in life.”
Matt Lund
Matt understands the small business perspective first-hand, having started companies focused on retail sales, landscaping, and commercial property. He has advised hundreds of clients on business structuring, contracts, labor law, trademarks, and more.
Matt spent 23 years in the Air Force as a contracting officer and military lawyer (JAG). He negotiated and managed contracts totaling over $4B, litigated scores of cases, and supervised the litigation of hundreds of cases. He advised general officers and supervised legal teams providing criminal law, law of war, international law, labor law, environmental law, contract law, family law, and estate planning support to clients.
He previously served as the senior lawyer for the Air Force Institute of Technology (the Air Force’s graduate school), Aviano Air Base, Italy, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He led his legal office to be recognized as the team of year for Aviano AB in 2020 and was the Air Force’s top senior lawyer in the Pacific region in 2021. Matt graduated from the United States Air Force Academy with honors, was a Fulbright Scholar in Romania, earned an MBA from the University of Massachusetts (Lowell), and went to law school at Brigham Young University, where he was the lead articles editor of the school’s law review and graduated magna cum laude. He clerked for Judge Michael McConnell on the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals during law school and is admitted to practice law in Alaska and Utah, as well as before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Matt has been an Alaskan since his first tour at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in 2009. He and Sharlae decided that Alaska would be their home, and with their five children they enjoy all Alaska has to offer. Regarding the future, Matt says, "I'm a rational optimist. Every problem is an opportunity to help a team improve."
Shaun Belliston
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Shaun graduated magna cum laude in philosophy from Brigham Young University–Idaho and earned his J.D. from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. During law school, he clerked for the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office, interned for the Office of General Counsel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lima, Peru, and served on the board of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies.
Originally from Washington, Shaun moved to Alaska in 2019 with his wife, Michaela, where they are now raising three children and embracing the outdoors.
Licensed in both Alaska and Washington, Shaun helps business owners with formation, governance, compliance, contracts, labor and employment, intellectual property, and dispute resolution.
He has formed and maintained hundreds of entities, handled thousands of contracts, and filed numerous trademark applications. Shaun helps small and mid-sized businesses protect their interests, resolve disputes, and position themselves for growth. He views his role as not just solving problems, but preventing them.
Outside of work, he enjoys sailing, mountain biking, beekeeping, tennis, skiing, and spending time with his family in nature.