WHO WE ARE

The newly approved Cannabis Law Section is charged with serving as the New York State Bar Association’s focal point for the evolving legal status of Cannabis at both the state and federal level.

This emerging, constantly evolving legal industry provides our members with the opportunity to have a significant impact. Our members are helping to shape this new and complex industry.

We hope you’ll join us on this mission.

SECTION BENEFITS

Cannabis law is perhaps one of the fastest growing yet complex areas of the law that poses a broad spectrum of challenges. This Section seeks to help NYSBA lawyers give their clients better advice through sharing educational resources, and otherwise helping New York set the highest possible legal and business (including advice to medical professionals) standards for legalized Cannabis products.

 

 

To help expand the reach of the Cannabis Law Section to the entire NYSBA membership, some of our members have volunteered to be Liaisons with other NYSBA Sections. Please feel free to contact your Section’s liaison from the list below to learn how you can get involved.

Business Law Section – Glenn J. Witecki, Esq.
Corporate Counsel Section – Lee Williams, Esq.
Criminal Justice Section – John Joseph Montes, Esq.
Elder Law and Special Needs Section – Jeffrey A. Asher, Esq.
Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section – Diane Krausz, Esq.
Environmental and Energy Law Section – Telisport W. Putsavage, Esq.
Executive Committee – Jonathan B. Behrins, Esq.
Food, Drug & Cosmetic Law Section – Brian J. Malkin, Esq. and Thomas J. Schultz, Esq.
General Practice Section – Elisa Strassler Rosenthal, Esq.
Health Law Section – Sandra Jensen, Esq., Noah B. Potter, Esq. and Jay B. Silverman, Esq.
Intellectual Property Law Section – Robert Laurence Greenberg, Esq.
International Law Section – Jose Alberto Campos, Esq.
Labor and Employment Law Section – Alyson Matthews, Esq., Geoffrey A. Mort, Esq. and Samuel Sverdlov, Esq.
Real Property Law Section – Aleece E. Burgio, Esq.
Tax Section – Jason Klimek, Esq.
Trusts and Estates Law Section – Regina Kiperman, Esq.
Young Lawyers Section – Michael James Sullivan, Esq.

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Contact the Cannabis Law Section Liaison

To learn more about this Section, please contact Tara Lana
tlana@nysba.org
(518) 487-5596

Please do not contact the Section liaison with a request for legal advice or an attorney referral. You can instead visit our ‘Public Resources’ or ‘Lawyer Referral Service’ page for this type of request.

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