High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vella & Pratt PC (formerly Vella & Pratt LLP) is an international law firm based in Toronto. The firm was founded in 1988 by George F. Vella and Christopher J. Pratt after the dissolution of Kennedy & Associates, a former, multinational Toronto law firm founded by businessman and champion throroughbred breeder Richard R. Kennedy, who was indicted on several counts of fraud in 2003.