As Legal Issues Surround Cannabis, Law Firms Get Ready

“Max Crane, managing partner of Newark-based Sills Cummis & Gross P.C., admits that recent events have only further heightened the value legal professionals can bring to those navigating the cannabis industry.

Crane’s firm hopped into this practice area early on. He’s glad they did.

‘It’s something we saw as an emerging industry — with some significant growing pains — back when most firms were running the other way,’ he said. ‘It’s no longer a third rail today. So many more firms are running to it and jumping in, while we have a head start.’”