This proud Chicago native is best known for her vocal versatility, boundless energy and magnetic charisma on stage. 

During the week, Valerie Ojeda travels the country, working as an Event Emcee, Trade Show Presenter and Automotive Product Specialist, representing top companies like Panasonic, HPE, Microsoft, 3M and Honda, just to name a few.

On weekends, she manages and sings lead vocals for the wildly successful cover band, “Anthem Road,” playing in casinos, resorts, conventions, wineries, private parties and outdoor festivals, throughout the country. Anthem Road has shared the stage with such iconic 80’s bands as Berlin and Warrant, as well as some of the top tribute bands in the world. Valerie’s favorite musical moments to date were meeting rock legends Pat Benatar, Kip Winger, Jerry Dixon and Billy Ocean, as well as singing with Terri Nunn at The Canyon Club and singing the National Anthem before a Slaughter concert.

For Valerie, being of service is the highest form of consciousness, so being able to give back to local communities, by being a part of Law Rocks, is an absolute dream come true!

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Hailing from the Washington D.C. area, The Bass Negus is a professional bassist, composer, music director, and educator. Having a penchant for music as a toddler, he was playing three instruments at the ripe age of eight. By the time The Bass Negus graduated high school, he proficiently played eleven instruments in total. Focusing on bass, he gained a full scholarship to Bowie State University and subsequently to Berklee College of Music.

Professionally, The Bass Negus’ versatility has afforded him opportunities to perform both nationally and internationally with world-renowned musicians, vocalists, theater actors/directors, and orchestras, including vibraphonist Warren Wolfe, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony-Award winners André De Shields, and Melba Moore, and The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, to name a few. Most recently, his talents were shared in Olney Theatre Center’s production of Fela!, and Broadway director/ actor Whitney White’s rock musical, Macbeth in Stride at D.C. 's critically acclaimed Shakespeare Theater Company.

As an in-demand sideman and soloist, The Bass Negus rotates between Gospel, Jazz, Blues, World Music, Funk, and Rock. Independently, he launched his brand, All Bass Creations, wherein he uses effects pedals, live looping, and software manipulation to produce fully composed songs/tracks with just his bass. All Bass Creations has performed at venues including The Kennedy Center, Washington Convention Center, The Strathmore, House of Blues, Blues Alley, Howard Theater, The Fillmore, and can be found on all music streaming platforms. Most recently, his composition, “Fighting Ways” received a sync placement with Paramount Studios.

As an educator, The Bass Negus works with the Maryland-based non-profit FAME - Foundation for the Advancement of Music & Education, leading private lessons and group music clinics.

Stacy Puente is (in no particular order), the frontwoman for numerous failed alternative rock bands, a lifelong student of humanity, and, at times, a lawyer. Her music reflects her experiences fighting the power and pursuing outrageous experiences across the space-time continuum.

 Faith “Dutchie Dutch” Roberts, Esq. is an artist and attorney originally from Washington DC and currently living in Los Angeles. A small business owner and independent artist, Faith has published two EPs, and four albums in addition to writing and performing her music, trademarking and distributing merchandise, and providing consultation services to entrepreneurs and independent artists.  

Faith has a long history in the music business – her parents’ record company MarSil Productions created and nationally distributed soul music compilations, and she began performing in GoGo bands at age 15 as a bassist. Faith attended DC Public Schools, graduated Trinity Washington University magna cum laude, and earned her law degree from the University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law. 

 Faith has been a member of the DC Bar since 2021 and is pursuing certification as registered in-house counsel in California and New York as she continues her work serving as a passionate advocate for entertainers and entrepreneurs. She currently serves as a General Attorney for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Capital Access and is detailed to the Office of General Counsel for disaster loan assistance duties and litigation. 

Gregory K. Wells, a trial lawyer, focuses on Plaintiff’s medical malpractice, serious personal injury and wrongful death cases. He is also a highly sought-after Mediator. Greg is listed in Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Product Liability and Professional Malpractice Law; the Maryland Lawyers and Washington, D.C. “Super Lawyers” and in Washingtonian Magazine’s “Washington D.C.’s Top Lawyers  “Hall of Fame”. Greg has been recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” in numerous occasions in the area of Professional Malpractice by Best Lawyers in America.

Greg is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, where he currently serves as the Regent for Washington, D.C. and Maryland, and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has maintained the coveted “AV” rating, the rating for the highest level of professional excellence for legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards, from the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell publication.

A Board member of F.A.M.E., the Foundation for the Advancement of Music and Education, Greg, a life-long music lover, is an avid guitar-player whose ability to gig has been, unfortunately, been curtailed by his busy law practice.

Featuring legal talent from Venable
Rocking for Friends of ROAM (Rock of Ages Music)

Almost Noise (in the Basement) is a high-energy rock band born from the legendary, multi-time Law Rocks champion Noise in the Basement. This new lineup blends three NITB veterans with four rocking lawyers from Venable LLP—one of whom is a crossover member—and a former-lawyer guest star adding vocal firepower. Expect dueling guitars, powerhouse vocals, and a stage presence that’s all-in on fun. Whether you’re here for the music or the mayhem, Almost Noise is ready to lay down the law and bring down the house!

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Featuring legal talent from Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Industry Association, USTelecom, Verizon, Somos, and Interlink Capital Strategies
Rocking for Miriam's Kitchen

Harmful interference was formed in the Spring of 2019 with the quickly achieved goal of becoming the world’s greatest telecom lawyer rock band. Rocking audiences from DC to Atlanta to Chicago, the band’s reputation has grown exponentially in the following years. The band presently includes telecom industry legends Patrick Halley, guitar/vocals/off-color humor (Wireless Infrastructure Association, formerly FCC, USTelecom, Wilkinson Barker Knauer); Kristi Thompson, Vocals/percussion/robocall cop (FCC), Brandon Heiner, vocals/guitar/gear master (USTelecom, formerly Hill staff, Lumen), Joel Bernstein, bass/definitely not vocals/next-level conversation skills (Somos, formerly Temple Strategies); Randy Clarke, drums/practice space purveyor/smoldering intensity (Verizon, formerly FCC, Lumen); along with telecom outsider Jozsef Szamosfalvi (Interlink Capital Strategies, highest scoring scrabble name in the history of Law Rocks DC with 53 points).

Featuring legal talent from Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh
Rocking for HomeAid National Capital Region

Larry & The LandLawyers is a rock band born from the legal world, featuring three attorneys from Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh John Rinaldi, Mark Goetzman, Mike Kieffer, and longtime friend and client Larry Clark of Felice Development Group. The band regularly performs as part of Law Rocks, a global nonprofit concert series that brings together legal professionals to raise money for charitable causes.

Blending legal expertise with musical talent, Larry & The LandLawyers are proud to support organizations making a real impact in the community, including LUNGevity, in memory of their friend Pete Dolan, and HomeAid Northern Virginia, which builds and renovates shelters for those in need. Known for their energy on stage and commitment off it, the band proves that lawyers can rock — and do good — at the same time.

Featuring legal talent from Maryland Office of the Attorney General; Kator, Parks, Weiser & Wright; Lutzker & Lutzker
Rocking for Young Artists of America

Lex Loco is DC’s most original cover band, delivering power rock and pop anthems with flirtatious swagger and charisma to spare. 

From Queen to Britney, these attorneys-by-day-rock-stars-by-night deliver banger after banger to boisterous crowds across the DMV. 

People are saying the only thing more dangerous than Lex Loco in legal practice is Lex Loco on stage.

Lex Loco is Lexi Pozonsky (vocals), Arnold Alaniz (guitar), Ethan Barr (guitar and keys), Evan Allis (bass), and Will Elman (drums). The band will be raising money for Young Artists of America, which offers orchestral and musical theater training for elementary through high school students in the DC area.

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Featuring legal talent from Baker Hostetler; Fish and Richardson; Taft Stettinius & Hollister
Rocking for Catholic Charities Legal Network DC

Warning: Malicious Code will worm into your ears and camp out in your brain with a blend of classic, southern, and early 2000s rock as easily as a hacker on an unpatched network running Windows Server 2012. Starring Jon Knight, Ben Christoff, Justin Heminger, Darrell Stark, Kristen Bertch, and Nate Gibson. Yeah, we know you've been told not to trust us. But go ahead. Click the link. You'll love it.

Featuring legal talent from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Rocking for Blood Cancer United

Led Zeppelin. Van Halen. Metallica. Each legends of rock in their own right, but none executing with the unmitigated musicality and Akin spirit of Night Work.

Night Work consists of attorneys from the DC office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. The name Night Work was devised by a broader group of Akin musicians across the firm’s many offices in honor of the firm’s founder, Bob Strauss. Mr. Strauss famously said to a client that “You’ve given us your night work; now can we have your day work?”

Sporting a palatable blend of 70s, 80s and 90s influence, Night Work has taken the music landscape by storm and is ready to deliver another unforgettable evening of your favorite hits and hidden gems. The soaring vocals of Matt Nicely and J.R. Molm, virtuosic dynamism of Steve Kho on keys, infectious groove of Brian Pomper on bass, thrilling command of rhythm by Scott Alberino on drums and rip-roaring edge of Tom McCarthy on guitar create a one-of-a-kind sound that leaves audiences wanting more and other attorneys wondering if, they too, can live out their rockstar ambitions.

Featuring legal talent from Willkie Farr & Gallagher; Interactive Brokers; McGuire Woods; Miller Friel; the DOJ Appellate Division
Rocking for Gifts For The Homeless

The Precedents are an all-lawyer band with no ringers. They started playing charity gigs 20 years ago. The band features legal talent from Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Interactive Brokers, McGuire Woods, and the DOJ Appellate Division.  The Precedents are the band that all other lawyer bands must follow.

Featuring legal talent from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Rocking for Words, Beats & Life

SOUND COUNSEL makes its debut performance at Law Rocks DC 2025, bringing together Orrick attorneys and colleagues with a shared passion for great music and live shows.  Sound Counsel’s sound is eclectic, high energy, loud and fun.