Maximillian Amster

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Amster is CEO and Founder of Veridis. Previously, Mr. Amster was a Partner and Investment Committee Member at Avesta, a private equity real estate partnership. During his tenure, the firm grew from $125 million of assets to over $1 billion.

Before joining Avesta, Mr. Amster served as Principal and General Counsel at Jeb Bush & Associates LLC, a merchant bank founded by former-Governor Jeb Bush with interests in energy, shipping, transportation, and real estate.

Mr. Amster has a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he served as Notes Editor for the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and Vice-President of The Federalist Society. During law school, Mr. Amster worked at Alston & Bird, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.

Mr. Amster also has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin.

Eric M. Albritton

Managing Director of Investments

Eric M. Albritton is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of civil cases, including, but not limited to, business/commercial litigation, employment litigation, personal injury, and patent infringement litigation.

In addition to his civil docket, Mr. Albritton has represented witnesses and defendants in state and federal criminal matters.

Mr. Albritton has been trial counsel in more than 65 jury trials and has argued in numerous courts of appeals (including, for example, the U.S. Courts of Appeal for Fifth and Federal Circuits) and the United States Supreme Court.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Albritton served as a law clerk to the Honorable William Wayne Justice of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, and to the Honorable Henry A. Politz, then-Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Mr. Albritton is AV rated, has been listed as a Texas Super Lawyer since 2009, is a member ABOTA and the Texas Verdicts Hall of Fame, and is a Past President of the T. John Ward Inn of Court and the Eastern District of Texas Bar Association.

Mr. Albritton graduated from Baylor University and the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

Danielle Diaz

SENIOR DIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS

Danielle Diaz is Senior Director of Investments at Veridis. Before joining the company, Ms. Diaz was Of Counsel at Greenberg Traurig, P.A., where her practice focused on complex commercial litigation. Ms. Diaz has broad experience in various aspects of litigation, including motions practice, discovery, settlement, trial preparation, and appellate briefs.

Ms. Diaz graduated magna cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law, where she served as the Managing Editor of the University of Miami Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif.

Ms. Diaz also received a B.A. cum laude in Psychology from The George Washington University.

Chance Fletcher

Director of Investments

Chance Fletcher is Director of Investments at Veridis. Before joining Veridis, Mr. Fletcher worked at an international firm focusing on appellate practice. He has argued in state court and in federal circuit court, and he has briefed multiple cases in the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Fletcher received a J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. After law school, Mr. Fletcher clerked for Chief Judge William H. Pryor Jr. on the Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Fletcher also received an A.B. from Princeton University.