Dickinson Wright (Cannabis Practice)

Dickinson Wright is a full-service law firm that traces its start to a two-person practice serving banking and railroad clients in the late 1800s and now lists offices across the Midwest, Southwest and South plus Toronto and Windsor in Canada. Its site lists offices alphabetically and does not name a headquarters. The cannabis page names Scot C. Crow, a member and co-division director for transactions in the Columbus office, as its key contact, and the practice serves cannabis, hemp and psychedelics businesses.

The practice represents license holders and applicants and the businesses that supply them, including cultivators, dispensaries, processors, investors, private equity groups, public companies, lenders, REITs, testing labs and transportation companies. Listed services include application support, regulatory compliance on advertising, labeling and product safety, corporate formation and restructuring, supply and distribution agreements, equipment purchase, lease and technology licensing, commercial contracts, financing, M&A due diligence and regulatory approvals, real estate and zoning, disputes with regulators and between partners, Section 280E planning, employment, and trademark, patent and copyright protection.

The firm also lists bankruptcy, insolvency, secured-transaction and foreclosure work for the sector. It says it designs a pricing plan with each client for predictability but does not publish fees. It publishes legal updates, webinars and industry insights on cannabis, hemp and psychedelics regulation, and its site moved from dickinson-wright.com to dwlaw.com. Clients range, in the firm's words, from Fortune 500 companies to small and emerging businesses, nonprofits and individuals.