Inclusion
Diversity is not a goal
at this firm. It is the firm.
Fridman Fels & Soto is a veteran-owned, majority-minority boutique. Our attorneys are former federal prosecutors, SEC enforcement lawyers, and White & Case partners — trilingual, experienced across three continents.
Our Position
Where we stand.
Fridman Fels & Soto believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion strengthen the American legal profession. We are a majority-minority, veteran-owned boutique built by lawyers whose backgrounds are the reason clients hire us for cross-border work.
Beginning in 2025, the federal government pressured American law firms to abandon those commitments. Some of the country's largest firms renamed their diversity programs, scrubbed their websites, or negotiated agreements with the administration. We watched firms that promote their courage in the courtroom fold because of a threatening letter from the current administration.
We will not. Our commitments are lawful and we know the difference between legal obligation and political intimidation. The partners of this firm spent their careers enforcing federal law. We decline to be frightened out of saying what we believe.
Our Commitments
How we practice inclusion.
Veteran Ownership
Fridman Fels & Soto is a veteran-owned law firm. Founding Partner Alejandro Soto served in the United States military before pursuing a career in law and government service. We carry that commitment to service into the firm's culture of discipline, accountability, and the understanding that the institution exists to support the mission, not the other way around.
Veteran status does not shape how we practice law, but it shapes who we are. We are proud to be part of the community of veteran-owned businesses and to serve clients across the full range of industries and backgrounds.
A Genuinely Diverse Practice
Diversity at Fridman Fels & Soto is the firm, not a program. We are a majority-minority firm by any conventional measure, and that is a product of merit: recruiting and retaining lawyers whose backgrounds, languages, and experience give clients a genuine advantage in cross-border matters.
Hiring and Advancement
We hire and promote based on ability, work ethic, and judgment. We do not apply numerical targets or preferences to hiring decisions, consistent with applicable law.
We actively recruit from a broad range of law schools. We offer summer positions and mentorship to law students from underrepresented backgrounds, and we believe that expanding the pool of well-trained federal criminal defense lawyers serves the profession and the public.
All attorneys at the firm receive substantive work, direct partner mentorship, and honest feedback. We do not have separate tracks.
Clients
We represent individuals and organizations without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic. Our clients include individuals under investigation, corporations facing government scrutiny, civil society organizations, and institutional clients across sectors and geographies.
We are particularly experienced in representing clients whose matters involve Latin American jurisdictions, non-English-language documents, or cross-border legal exposure — experience that grew organically from who we are and where we come from.