Keely Masterson
Assistant General Counsel
Executive Snapshot
Keely Masterson is an Associate General Counsel who helps founders, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and growing businesses build the legal foundation behind successful companies. Her practice spans business formation, commercial contracts, corporate governance, and day-to-day business counseling, with a particular focus on trademark, copyright, and brand protection.
As Unified CLO's primary attorney for trademark and copyright matters, Keely helps clients select, protect, register, and maintain the brands and creative assets that distinguish their businesses. As both an attorney, entrepreneur, and artist, she understands firsthand that a company's ideas, reputation, and intellectual property are often among its most valuable assets. She brings that perspective to every client relationship, helping businesses protect what makes them unique while building a strong legal foundation for future growth.
Why Clients Call Keely
Businesses call Keely when they're creating something worth protecting.
Whether launching a new company, introducing a new product, developing a brand, registering a trademark, protecting original content, or negotiating commercial agreements, Keely helps clients build businesses on a solid legal foundation.
As Unified CLO's primary attorney for trademark and copyright matters, she helps businesses protect their names, logos, creative works, and other intellectual property while also advising on contracts, governance, and day-to-day legal issues. Clients appreciate her collaborative approach, practical guidance, and her ability to connect intellectual property strategy to broader business goals.
Keely’s Story
Keely Masterson has spent her career helping entrepreneurs turn ideas into businesses and businesses into lasting brands.
Raised in a family of entrepreneurs, artists, and small business owners, she developed an early appreciation for the determination it takes to create something meaningful. As both an attorney, entrepreneur, and artist, she understands firsthand that a company's greatest assets are often the ideas, creativity, and reputation behind it. That perspective continues to shape the way she practices law today.
Rather than viewing legal services as isolated transactions, Keely believes legal counsel should help founders build businesses that are protected, sustainable, and positioned for long-term success.
Before joining Unified CLO, Keely founded Soleil Law, where she spent more than a decade advising entrepreneurs, startups, nonprofits, and creative businesses on business formation, governance, commercial contracts, trademarks, copyrights, and intellectual property strategy. Her clients ranged from freelancers and creative professionals to technology companies, wellness businesses, nonprofits, and established organizations. Throughout those engagements, she helped founders build legal foundations that allowed them to focus on growing their businesses.
Her background also includes entertainment law, healthcare licensing and compliance, nonprofit organizations, and commercial transactions, giving her a broad understanding of the legal challenges businesses face as they grow. Today, she serves as Unified CLO's primary attorney for trademark and copyright matters while also advising clients on contracts, governance, and the day-to-day legal issues that accompany growth.
She believes every successful business begins with an idea worth protecting.
Career Experience
Unified CLO
Associate General Counsel
As an Associate General Counsel with Unified CLO, Keely advises founders, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and growing businesses on trademarks, copyrights, intellectual property strategy, commercial contracts, business formation, governance, and day-to-day legal matters. She leads the firm's trademark and copyright practice while working closely with Unified CLO's Chief Legal Officers to provide practical, business-focused legal counsel.
Soleil Law
Founder & Principal Attorney
Keely founded Soleil Law to provide practical legal counsel to entrepreneurs, startups, nonprofits, and small businesses. For more than a decade, she has advised clients on business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property, trademark and copyright protection, commercial contracts, and general business counseling.
Working directly with founders reinforced her belief that legal counsel should do more than solve legal problems. It should help businesses grow with confidence.
Hughes Media Law
Associate Attorney
Advised clients on entertainment law, intellectual property, business formation, real estate, nonprofit organizations, and commercial transactions. Assisted creators and entrepreneurs with protecting artistic works through copyright registration and developing legal structures for new ventures.
Khatri Medical Law & Licensing
Associate Attorney
Advised healthcare organizations on licensing, accreditation, business formation, compliance, and operational matters, helping clients navigate the legal requirements associated with launching and operating healthcare businesses.
How Keely Helps Clients
Trademark & Brand Protection
A company's brand is often one of its most valuable assets. Keely helps clients select, clear, register, protect, and maintain trademarks that support long-term business growth. She advises businesses throughout the trademark lifecycle, from initial clearance and registration to portfolio management and ongoing brand strategy.
Copyright & Creative Assets
Businesses create valuable intellectual property every day. Keely helps clients protect original content, educational materials, marketing assets, creative works, and other copyrighted materials through registration, ownership analysis, licensing, and strategic counseling.
Founder & Entrepreneur Counsel
Having spent much of her career representing entrepreneurs, startups, nonprofits, and founder-led businesses, Keely understands the practical legal questions business owners face every day. She helps clients establish legal foundations that support sustainable growth while protecting the ideas that inspired them to build their businesses.
Commercial Contracts & Business Operations
Keely advises businesses on customer agreements, vendor contracts, licensing arrangements, service agreements, and other commercial transactions that support day-to-day operations. Her focus is on creating practical agreements that protect clients while helping businesses move forward.
Education
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Juris Doctor
University of Washington
Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Bar Admissions
State Bar of California
Beyond the Bar
Creativity has always been part of Keely's life. Raised in a family of entrepreneurs, artists, and small business owners, she is an entrepreneur and artist herself. That firsthand appreciation for the creative process gives her a unique perspective when helping clients protect the brands, ideas, and original works they bring into the world.
Outside of practicing law, Keely enjoys creative pursuits, supporting fellow entrepreneurs, and encouraging artists and mission-driven businesses as they grow. She believes one of the most rewarding parts of her work is helping people transform an idea into a lasting business.
Ready to Talk?
Whether your company needs an experienced General Counsel, strategic legal guidance, or executive-level legal leadership, Unified CLO is ready to help.
Schedule a Conversation
Keely Masterson
Assistant General Counsel
Executive Snapshot
Keely Masterson is an Associate General Counsel who helps founders, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and growing businesses build the legal foundation behind successful companies. Her practice spans business formation, commercial contracts, corporate governance, and day-to-day business counseling, with a particular focus on trademark, copyright, and brand protection.
As Unified CLO's primary attorney for trademark and copyright matters, Keely helps clients select, protect, register, and maintain the brands and creative assets that distinguish their businesses. As both an attorney, entrepreneur, and artist, she understands firsthand that a company's ideas, reputation, and intellectual property are often among its most valuable assets. She brings that perspective to every client relationship, helping businesses protect what makes them unique while building a strong legal foundation for future growth.
Why Clients Call Keely
Businesses call Keely when they're creating something worth protecting.
Whether launching a new company, introducing a new product, developing a brand, registering a trademark, protecting original content, or negotiating commercial agreements, Keely helps clients build businesses on a solid legal foundation.
As Unified CLO's primary attorney for trademark and copyright matters, she helps businesses protect their names, logos, creative works, and other intellectual property while also advising on contracts, governance, and day-to-day legal issues. Clients appreciate her collaborative approach, practical guidance, and her ability to connect intellectual property strategy to broader business goals.
Keely’s Story
Keely Masterson has spent her career helping entrepreneurs turn ideas into businesses and businesses into lasting brands.
Raised in a family of entrepreneurs, artists, and small business owners, she developed an early appreciation for the determination it takes to create something meaningful. As both an attorney, entrepreneur, and artist, she understands firsthand that a company's greatest assets are often the ideas, creativity, and reputation behind it. That perspective continues to shape the way she practices law today.
Rather than viewing legal services as isolated transactions, Keely believes legal counsel should help founders build businesses that are protected, sustainable, and positioned for long-term success.
Before joining Unified CLO, Keely founded Soleil Law, where she spent more than a decade advising entrepreneurs, startups, nonprofits, and creative businesses on business formation, governance, commercial contracts, trademarks, copyrights, and intellectual property strategy. Her clients ranged from freelancers and creative professionals to technology companies, wellness businesses, nonprofits, and established organizations. Throughout those engagements, she helped founders build legal foundations that allowed them to focus on growing their businesses.
Her background also includes entertainment law, healthcare licensing and compliance, nonprofit organizations, and commercial transactions, giving her a broad understanding of the legal challenges businesses face as they grow. Today, she serves as Unified CLO's primary attorney for trademark and copyright matters while also advising clients on contracts, governance, and the day-to-day legal issues that accompany growth.
She believes every successful business begins with an idea worth protecting.
Career Experience
Unified CLO
Associate General Counsel
As an Associate General Counsel with Unified CLO, Keely advises founders, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and growing businesses on trademarks, copyrights, intellectual property strategy, commercial contracts, business formation, governance, and day-to-day legal matters. She leads the firm's trademark and copyright practice while working closely with Unified CLO's Chief Legal Officers to provide practical, business-focused legal counsel.
Soleil Law
Founder & Principal Attorney
Keely founded Soleil Law to provide practical legal counsel to entrepreneurs, startups, nonprofits, and small businesses. For more than a decade, she has advised clients on business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property, trademark and copyright protection, commercial contracts, and general business counseling.
Working directly with founders reinforced her belief that legal counsel should do more than solve legal problems. It should help businesses grow with confidence.
Hughes Media Law
Associate Attorney
Advised clients on entertainment law, intellectual property, business formation, real estate, nonprofit organizations, and commercial transactions. Assisted creators and entrepreneurs with protecting artistic works through copyright registration and developing legal structures for new ventures.
Khatri Medical Law & Licensing
Associate Attorney
Advised healthcare organizations on licensing, accreditation, business formation, compliance, and operational matters, helping clients navigate the legal requirements associated with launching and operating healthcare businesses.
How Keely Helps Clients
Trademark & Brand Protection
A company's brand is often one of its most valuable assets. Keely helps clients select, clear, register, protect, and maintain trademarks that support long-term business growth. She advises businesses throughout the trademark lifecycle, from initial clearance and registration to portfolio management and ongoing brand strategy.
Copyright & Creative Assets
Businesses create valuable intellectual property every day. Keely helps clients protect original content, educational materials, marketing assets, creative works, and other copyrighted materials through registration, ownership analysis, licensing, and strategic counseling.
Founder & Entrepreneur Counsel
Having spent much of her career representing entrepreneurs, startups, nonprofits, and founder-led businesses, Keely understands the practical legal questions business owners face every day. She helps clients establish legal foundations that support sustainable growth while protecting the ideas that inspired them to build their businesses.
Commercial Contracts & Business Operations
Keely advises businesses on customer agreements, vendor contracts, licensing arrangements, service agreements, and other commercial transactions that support day-to-day operations. Her focus is on creating practical agreements that protect clients while helping businesses move forward.
Education
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Juris Doctor
University of Washington
Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Bar Admissions
State Bar of California
Beyond the Bar
Creativity has always been part of Keely's life. Raised in a family of entrepreneurs, artists, and small business owners, she is an entrepreneur and artist herself. That firsthand appreciation for the creative process gives her a unique perspective when helping clients protect the brands, ideas, and original works they bring into the world.
Outside of practicing law, Keely enjoys creative pursuits, supporting fellow entrepreneurs, and encouraging artists and mission-driven businesses as they grow. She believes one of the most rewarding parts of her work is helping people transform an idea into a lasting business.
Ready to Talk?
Whether your company needs an experienced General Counsel, strategic legal guidance, or executive-level legal leadership, Unified CLO is ready to help.
Schedule a Conversation
Keely Masterson
Assistant General Counsel
Executive Snapshot
Keely Masterson is an Associate General Counsel who helps founders, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and growing businesses build the legal foundation behind successful companies. Her practice spans business formation, commercial contracts, corporate governance, and day-to-day business counseling, with a particular focus on trademark, copyright, and brand protection.
As Unified CLO's primary attorney for trademark and copyright matters, Keely helps clients select, protect, register, and maintain the brands and creative assets that distinguish their businesses. As both an attorney, entrepreneur, and artist, she understands firsthand that a company's ideas, reputation, and intellectual property are often among its most valuable assets. She brings that perspective to every client relationship, helping businesses protect what makes them unique while building a strong legal foundation for future growth.
Why Clients Call Keely
Businesses call Keely when they're creating something worth protecting.
Whether launching a new company, introducing a new product, developing a brand, registering a trademark, protecting original content, or negotiating commercial agreements, Keely helps clients build businesses on a solid legal foundation.
As Unified CLO's primary attorney for trademark and copyright matters, she helps businesses protect their names, logos, creative works, and other intellectual property while also advising on contracts, governance, and day-to-day legal issues. Clients appreciate her collaborative approach, practical guidance, and her ability to connect intellectual property strategy to broader business goals.
Keely’s Story
Keely Masterson has spent her career helping entrepreneurs turn ideas into businesses and businesses into lasting brands.
Raised in a family of entrepreneurs, artists, and small business owners, she developed an early appreciation for the determination it takes to create something meaningful. As both an attorney, entrepreneur, and artist, she understands firsthand that a company's greatest assets are often the ideas, creativity, and reputation behind it. That perspective continues to shape the way she practices law today.
Rather than viewing legal services as isolated transactions, Keely believes legal counsel should help founders build businesses that are protected, sustainable, and positioned for long-term success.
Before joining Unified CLO, Keely founded Soleil Law, where she spent more than a decade advising entrepreneurs, startups, nonprofits, and creative businesses on business formation, governance, commercial contracts, trademarks, copyrights, and intellectual property strategy. Her clients ranged from freelancers and creative professionals to technology companies, wellness businesses, nonprofits, and established organizations. Throughout those engagements, she helped founders build legal foundations that allowed them to focus on growing their businesses.
Her background also includes entertainment law, healthcare licensing and compliance, nonprofit organizations, and commercial transactions, giving her a broad understanding of the legal challenges businesses face as they grow. Today, she serves as Unified CLO's primary attorney for trademark and copyright matters while also advising clients on contracts, governance, and the day-to-day legal issues that accompany growth.
She believes every successful business begins with an idea worth protecting.
Career Experience
Unified CLO
Associate General Counsel
As an Associate General Counsel with Unified CLO, Keely advises founders, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and growing businesses on trademarks, copyrights, intellectual property strategy, commercial contracts, business formation, governance, and day-to-day legal matters. She leads the firm's trademark and copyright practice while working closely with Unified CLO's Chief Legal Officers to provide practical, business-focused legal counsel.
Soleil Law
Founder & Principal Attorney
Keely founded Soleil Law to provide practical legal counsel to entrepreneurs, startups, nonprofits, and small businesses. For more than a decade, she has advised clients on business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property, trademark and copyright protection, commercial contracts, and general business counseling.
Working directly with founders reinforced her belief that legal counsel should do more than solve legal problems. It should help businesses grow with confidence.
Hughes Media Law
Associate Attorney
Advised clients on entertainment law, intellectual property, business formation, real estate, nonprofit organizations, and commercial transactions. Assisted creators and entrepreneurs with protecting artistic works through copyright registration and developing legal structures for new ventures.
Khatri Medical Law & Licensing
Associate Attorney
Advised healthcare organizations on licensing, accreditation, business formation, compliance, and operational matters, helping clients navigate the legal requirements associated with launching and operating healthcare businesses.
How Keely Helps Clients
Trademark & Brand Protection
A company's brand is often one of its most valuable assets. Keely helps clients select, clear, register, protect, and maintain trademarks that support long-term business growth. She advises businesses throughout the trademark lifecycle, from initial clearance and registration to portfolio management and ongoing brand strategy.
Copyright & Creative Assets
Businesses create valuable intellectual property every day. Keely helps clients protect original content, educational materials, marketing assets, creative works, and other copyrighted materials through registration, ownership analysis, licensing, and strategic counseling.
Founder & Entrepreneur Counsel
Having spent much of her career representing entrepreneurs, startups, nonprofits, and founder-led businesses, Keely understands the practical legal questions business owners face every day. She helps clients establish legal foundations that support sustainable growth while protecting the ideas that inspired them to build their businesses.
Commercial Contracts & Business Operations
Keely advises businesses on customer agreements, vendor contracts, licensing arrangements, service agreements, and other commercial transactions that support day-to-day operations. Her focus is on creating practical agreements that protect clients while helping businesses move forward.
Education
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Juris Doctor
University of Washington
Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Bar Admissions
State Bar of California
Beyond the Bar
Creativity has always been part of Keely's life. Raised in a family of entrepreneurs, artists, and small business owners, she is an entrepreneur and artist herself. That firsthand appreciation for the creative process gives her a unique perspective when helping clients protect the brands, ideas, and original works they bring into the world.
Outside of practicing law, Keely enjoys creative pursuits, supporting fellow entrepreneurs, and encouraging artists and mission-driven businesses as they grow. She believes one of the most rewarding parts of her work is helping people transform an idea into a lasting business.
Ready to Talk?
Whether your company needs an experienced General Counsel, strategic legal guidance, or executive-level legal leadership, Unified CLO is ready to help.
Schedule a Conversation
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