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Ms. Podein assists clients in navigating California’s rapidly-evolving cannabis market. Her focus is on licensing, permitting, regulatory compliance, business entity formation and regulation, and corporate governance. Ms. Podein is also a contributor to various cannabis magazines, websites and the firm’s own legal blog.. Ms. Podein’s background in intellectual property and business law has provided a solid foundation for her to build her cannabis practice. Before joining the firm, she represented and litigated claims for intellectual property and commercial business disputes in federal and state court; negotiated and drafted contracts for licensing, real property and financial agreements; and advised clients on corporate governance.. In her spare time, Ms. Podein enjoys trail running, volunteering with Mountain Restoration Trust and attending live theater and music concerts.

Not only does Ken lead the firm’s transactional corporate practice, he is also deeply involved in the local entrepreneurial community and active in multiple professional organizations and various angel and investor groups throughout the United States. He is a Founding Member of Slow Money Alliance and Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, Board Member of Investors’ Circle, as well as Board Member and Managing Director of North Country Angels, Vermont’s only angel investment group.. For over 35 years, Ken has concentrated in general corporate and securities transactions as well as the formation and governance activities of privately and publicly held companies, non-profit organizations, venture capital funds and financial institutions. Ken led the drafting of the Vermont Benefit Corporation legislation, and he is passionate about fostering the growth of socially responsible businesses.

Representing businesses throughout the country, from small start-ups to nationally known venture-backed companies, Eli’s practice involves providing sophisticated corporate legal advice across a wide spectrum of businesses and transactions. With a background in accounting and finance, a large portion of Eli’s practice includes multi-million dollar venture capital deals, mezzanine round commercial debt transactions, early-stage angel, as well as family and friends offerings.. Named a Rising Star by the Vermont Business Magazine, Eli is very prominent in the “Slow Money” and “invest local” movements, referred to as the “go-to guy” for creative financing in Amy Cortese’s book “Localvesting.”. Working with regulators at the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, Eli has proven instrumental in helping to relax securities law to facilitate raising capital, and he was directly involved in recent revisions to the Vermont Small Business Offering Exemption (VSBOE) and Solar/Utility No-Action (SUN) Exemption.