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Kight on Cannabis: The Definitive Word on Weed.. Rod Kight is an award winning lawyer, advocate, and author focusing his efforts on supporting providers, farmers, manufacturers, scientist, laboratories, and the retail industry surrounding the commerce of industrial hemp and legal recreational and medical cannabis. Visit the website: . [Note: Website goes live end of January 2018. Stay tuned!] I have a personal interest in cannabis. I experimented with it recreationally in college and, frankly, continued my “experimentation” off and on into adulthood.. In my mid-thirties I was diagnosed with testicular cancer and had to undergo chemotherapy treatments. I did not try cannabis as a medical aid at first. This was due to a misplaced belief that trying it as a medical aid would really be nothing more than using my illness as an excuse to get high. However, on a particularly difficult day when I was feeling miserable, I broke down and smoked marijuana with my brother. The experience was stunning and remarkable. Within fifteen minutes I felt significantly better and had an appetite for the first time in days. My flu- like aches subsided and my nausea disappeared. Certainly, I was not 100 percent better. However, I felt well enough to spend a pleasant evening talking with my brother. I ate two helpings of spicy Indian food and slept well enough to regain some lost energy. Had I not smoked marijuana that evening I would have remained in bed, not eaten, and spent most of the night tossing and turning, nauseated and in agony. My energy levels would have continued their steep decline and I would have been worse off for the next treatment.. Cannabis helped me through chemotherapy and I resolved at that time to become an advocate for its legalization. In addition to aiding with side effects of chemotherapy, new research suggests that it may also be important in treatment and even prevention of certain diseases.. I also have a long-time interest in business law. Law students do not typically have “majors” (or “minors”) in legal subjects in the same way that undergraduates do. However, a law student can choose to focus on a specific legal area by taking multiple courses in that area. In my case, I took every business law class that was offered in law school. As a philosophy major in college I was intrigued by the strange implications of being able to create a separate legal individual under the law and the tensions that such an arrangement could create between natural entities (i.e., people) and artificial entities (i.e., corporations). (That issue has been playing out in the Supreme Court recently, but in another context.) The metaphysics of the corporate veil and limited liability fascinated me.. Later, after starting my own law practice, the practical aspects of running a business— bookkeeping, marketing, taxes, employee management, financing, etc.— captivated me. Over the years, my law practice quickly migrated toward bankruptcy law. I eventually became a bankruptcy specialist and have represented numerous businesses through difficult reorganizations. I have also maintained a general business and commercial litigation of this is to say that being a cannabis business lawyer feels natural to me and was probably inevitable. Thank you for reading.

About Havenspire Law. Havenspire Law is your legal safe haven; a place where ideas are protected, growth is guided, and small businesses are empowered to build boldly. Founded by Caleb Tarver, Esq., a third-generation small business owner and experienced business attorney, our firm is rooted in entrepreneurship and focused on helping North Carolina businesses and nonprofits thrive.. We provide personalized, concierge-level legal services across every stage of the business journey; from formation to growth, contracts to compliance, and exit planning to estate protection. Our flat-fee model makes legal services accessible, predictable, and aligned with your goals. We proudly serve startups, family-owned businesses, consultants, creatives, and nonprofit leaders throughout the Research Triangle and across North Carolina.. Whether you’re launching your dream, growing a legacy, or planning your next move, Havenspire Law is here to clear the legal path forward.

I am passionate about helping small businesses find creative solutions to real world problems.  The majority of my practice is focused on small business and employment law with some other fun topics in between.  I enjoy helping small businesses develop HR programs for employees that are compliant with state and federal laws, as well as helping counsel small business owners on how to build their businesses within the confines of the law.. When not practicing law, I am an avid runner and skydive enthusiast.  I also enjoy hanging out with my husband and three rescue pets at my home in Raleigh, NC.

I assist clients with business and commercial transactions, civil litigation and complex dispute resolution, commercial and venture finance, business formations, business purchases and sales, real estate, and tax matters. My typical clients are small-to-medium size privately held businesses, venture investors, and entrepreneurs. Prior to entering private legal practice, I worked for several years in private equity and venture capital. As a lawyer, I combine my legal training with my deep business experience to deliver cost effective legal solutions that are practical and address my clients’ specific business needs.

I am a co-founder of a great boutique law firm called Five Valleys Law, P.L.L.C.  At our firm we focus on three primary areas of law: Estate/Trust Planning, Real Estate Transacations, and Business Law.  Given my family background in agriculture, I have a special interest in working with farm and and ranch families.

Dave is a sole practitioner at Geiszler Steele, PC. Dave serves as general counsel to a wide variety of individuals and businesses across a broad spectrum of civil legal areas. Dave has earned a Martindale-Hubbell “AV-Preeminent” rating by his peers, indicting the highest level of professional excellence. His practice includes advising clients about business and commercial matters, including matters involving the cannabis sector, real estate and real property transactions, contract issues, and other civil matters. Dave also serves as a mediator, arbitrator and settlement master. Dave is admitted to practice in all Montana State Courts and all United States District Courts in Montana. He is a member of the State Bar of Montana, the Western Montana Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. Dave is a Past President of the State Bar of Montana, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. The American Bar Foundation is among the world's leading research institutes for the empirical and interdisciplinary study of law, and which seeks to advance the understanding and improvement of law through research projects on the most pressing issues facing the legal system in the United States and the world. He is a Past President of the Western Montana Bar Association and also served for many years as Justice of the Peace Pro Tem for Missoula County, Montana.. Dave was born and raised in Colorado. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Montana School of Law. While attending law school in Missoula, Dave worked as a prosecutor for the Missoula City Attorney's office, and clerked for the Honorable Robert H. Whaley, U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of Washington, and for the Honorable Jeremiah C. Lynch, U.S. Magis trate Judge, District of Montana, as a clinical intern.. Prior to his legal career, Dave was a professional mountain and river guide, worked as a mountaineering and climbing instructor and ski patroller in Colorado, Utah and California, and as program manager for the Colorado Outward Bound School's international sea kayaking program in Baja California and Sur, Mexico. Dave greatly enjoys spending time outdoors with his friends and of Practice

James Wilson grew up on a small farm and learned from a young age the value of hard work. He couldn’t be more thrilled to be living in Big Sky Country with his family. While not born in Montana, the state has become home over the years as he spent many family vacations and summers visiting his Grandparents on their farm near Flathead Lake. He has a strong work ethic and commitment to justice. A strong desire to help people solve difficult problems was why he went to law school.. Mr. Wilson attended the University of Notre Dame Law School. While in school he stayed very busy, working in the South Bend, Indiana Public Defender’s Office, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office in Detroit, Michigan, and working for a small general practice firm in Michigan. During his final semester of school, he interned for the Honorable Victoria A. Roberts of the Federal District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan.. Mr. Wilson will work relentlessly to help solve your legal issues. Getting results matters to clients, and we pledge to exhaust all possibilities and work relentlessly to reach a favorable outcome for your case. Because we are a small firm, we pick and choose the cases we know we can handle and those we can devote 100 percent of our attention to.

Zachary Smith grew up on the Northshore and attended Covington High before completeing his undergraduate studies at LSU. Mr. Smith received his J.D. from Loyola University College of Law in New Orleans in 2016 where he finished in the top 25% of his class. Prior to joining Chehardy Sherman Williams as an associate attorney, Mr. Smith served as a law clerk at the firm, and also worked with Propeller Business Incubator to create the Entrepreneurship Project at Loyola University School of Law. Mr. Smith is currently a partner at Chehardy Sherman Williams and practices in the areas of Personal Injury, Class and Collective Actions and Employment Law under the Fair Labor Standards Act.