Agenda

Wednesday, June 7 Moderator: Rachel Gillette, Partner, Holland & Hart LLP
8:00	Breakfast and Networking
9:00	Brief Self-Introductions (No CLE for this session)
9:30	NORML Welcome and Political Updates (No CLE for this session) Keith Stroup, Founder and Legal Counsel, NORML Gerry Goldstein, Partner, Goldstein & Orr
10:00	State Regulatory Update: Including Social Equity Initiatives & Natural Medicines Shawn Hauser, Partner, Vicente LLP Dominique Mendiola, Senior Director, Marijuana Enforcement Division, Colorado Tremaine Wright, Chair, New York Cannabis Control Board
11:30	Public Companies Panel: Representing Public Companies in Cannabis Jessica Billingsley, Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer, Akerna Elliot Choi, Chief Knowledge Officer, Vicente LLP Zachary Kobrin, Partner, Akerman
12:30	Break
12:45	Cannabis CBD Issues and Transactions Hilary Bricken, Partner, Harris Bricken Nabil Rodriguez, Associate Attorney, Holland & Hart LLP
2:30	Free Time/Optional Group Afternoon Events Trip to Meow Wolf, Convergence Station: A four story immersive art exhibition with 70 unique art installations telling a tale of converged worlds. Tickets $45. Sign up at the seminar registration desk Wednesday morning. Take the Seed & Smith Dispensary & Grow Tour: a free, 40-minute guided tour of a state-of-the-art cannabis cultivation facility beginning at 3PM. Sign up at the seminar registration desk Wednesday morning. Visit Jad’s Mile High Smoke: the first retail sales & hospitality lounge in Colorado.
5:00-7:00	Opening Reception Sponsored by Holland & Hart LLP and Sarah Lee Gossett Parrish PLLC
Thursday, June 8 Moderator: Joe Bondy, Law Offices of Joseph A. Bondy
8:00	Breakfast and Networking
9:00	Regulation A++: Alternative Ways To Go Public and To Raise Capital for Cannabis Companies David Feldman, Managing Partner, Feldman Legal Advisors PLLC
10:00	Cannabis Taxes – Not Much Good, Some Bad, and a Lot of Ugly Jennifer Benda, Tax Partner, Holland & Hart LLP Mike Goral, J.D. L.L.M., National Cannabis Partner, Armanino LLP
11:00	Break
11:15	Navigating Cannabis IP: Brand Licensing, Patents, and Trademark Aaron Poledna, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP Luke Zimmerman, Founder and Principle, Luke S Zimmerman APC
12:10	Cannabis Banking: How It’s Done and What’s Left To Do Sahar Ayinehsazia, Partner, Vicente LLP The Honorable Fmr. Representative Ed Perlmutter, Attorney, Holland & Knight
2:30	Free Time/Optional Group Afternoon Events Take the Seed & Smith Dispensary & Grow Tour: a free, 40-minute guided tour of a state-of-the-art cannabis cultivation facility beginning at 3PM. Sign up at the seminar registration desk. Visit Jad’s Mile High Smoke: the first retail sales & hospitality lounge in Colorado.
6:00	Dinner at the Marijuana Mansion: A NORML Elevated Experience Benefit dinner for The NORML Foundation. Tickets $125.
Friday, June 9 Moderator: Brian Vicente, Founding Partner, Vicente LLP
8:00	Breakfast and Networking
8:00-1:45	Distribute and collect CLE attendance forms
9:00	Where There’s Smoke, Is There Fire? Weeding Through the Ethical Issues Confronting the Cannabis Practitioner Jan Jacobowitz, Legal Ethics Advisor, Jacobowitz Law
10:00	Cannabis Litigation Trends Jesse Mondry, Attorney, Harris Bricken David Standa, Partner, Greenspoon Marder Dan Stanford, Senior Member, Stanford & Associates
11:30	Break
11:45	Current Federal Legislative Proposals and How They Impact the Practice of Law Morgan Fox, Political Director, NORML Aaron Smith, CEO, National Cannabis Industry Association
12:45	Distressed M & A: Discussion Regarding the Legal Landscape in 2023 Charlie Alovisetti, Partner, Vicente LLP Elliot Choi, Chief Knowledge Officer, Vicente LLP
1:45	Free Time

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