Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Dec. 6, 2019
Cannabis and legal ethics: More guidance emerges
Multiple sources have helped establish the principle that lawyers may ethically represent clients operating in the cannabis industry. This is opening the way for new firms and new practice groups in existing law firms to provide legal services to cannabis businesses.
Allison B. Margolin
Allison B. Margolin PLCEmail: allison@allisonmargolin.com
Allison is a founding partner of Allison B. Margolin PLC. The firm represents and advises cannabis businesses and individuals on compliance, licensing, zoning, criminal defense, and other matters at the local, state, and federal levels.
James Raza Lawrence
Partner
Margolin & Lawrence
Email: raza@margolinlawrence.com
Raza is a founding partner of Margolin & Lawrence. The firm represents and advises cannabis businesses and individuals on compliance, licensing, zoning, criminal defense, and other matters at the local, state, and federal levels.
Commercial cannabis has experienced many bumps in the road — layoffs, falling stock prices, vaping deaths — but still presents golden opportunities for investors and attorneys seeking to establish new businesses in this emerging economy.
Lawyers practicing in nearly every field work with the cannabis industry, representing clients in corporate formation, mergers and acquisitions, state and local licensing and land use, intellectual p...
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