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Cleveland State University

Professor of Law Emeritus

Chagrin Falls,

OH

44022


Frantz Ward LLP

Of Counsel

Keenan represents businesses of all sizes in litigation matters, corporate formation, business development, and protection of intellectual property rights. Since 2017, he has focused his practice on assisting companies operating in the regulated cannabis space, including hemp, marijuana, and ancillary endeavors.

Before joining Frantz Ward, Keenan co-founded Foster & Jones and worked at the Hoban Law Group. In both roles, he guided businesses in the emerging cannabis industry. Keenan also teaches political science courses at Heidelberg University as an adjunct professor and serves as counsel and an ex-officio member of the board of directors of Model United Nations of the Far West, a not-for-profit organization that hosts an annual, collegiate model United Nations conference, where students can hone their oratory and international diplomacy skills. Keenan lives in Hudson with his wife Regan and daughters Maisie and Aida.

Cleveland,

OH

44114


Benesch

Partner

Kight Law Office, PC

Attorney | Author | Advocate

Rod is a cannabis business law attorney. Based in North Carolina and Mexico, Rod represents legal cannabis businesses throughout the world and is editor and chief writer of the Kight On Cannabis law blog. Rod is the author of “Cannabis Business Law-What You Need to Know”, published by Aspatore Books. He has served on the advisory board for the American Journal of Endocannabinoid Medicine, for which he has also written a legal column. Rod also created the “Source Rule”, which is widely regarded as a primary legal foundation for the contemporary hemp market in cannabinoids and other cannabis materials.

Rod is frequently quoted on cannabis matters by trade publications and major media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Time, Politico, and Business Insider. Additionally, Rod has been listed in MG Magazine's list of "30 Powerful Litigators", Hemp Connoisseur Magazine’s list of “100 People You Should Know”, and High Time's "2020 Leaders in Cannabis Law." He is part of the legal teams in two high-profile cases against the DEA and the Texas Department of State Health Services regarding hemp extracts, has drafted and presented cannabis legislation to a foreign head of state, is a member of the board of directors of a publicly traded Canadian cannabis and psychedelics company, testified to the FDA about CBD and cannabis compounds, and is a partner in a Mexican import-export company focused on legal cross-border hemp transactions. Rod routinely advises in-house counsel and C-suite level executives on cannabis issues. He has discussed cannabis legal issues in numerous seminars to lawyers, business executives, and public officials and is regularly asked to be a guest speaker on US and inter- national podcasts about cannabis and psychedelics.

Rod is a strong believer in cannabis for personal and medical use after using it successfully during chemotherapy treatments for cancer (he is in remission). He has been an attorney advocate for NORML and has also been a member of the International Cannabis Bar Association, the National Cannabis Industry Association, the Hemp Industries Association, and the Southeast Hemp Association.

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Business Attorney

Mallory's corporate practice provides legal guidance to various business and healthcare providers, focusing on complex regulatory problem-solving, contract drafting and negotiation, and transactional support, emphasizing mergers and acquisitions. In her transactional, regulatory, and contracting experience in healthcare, she helps clients obtain requisite state and federal licensure and certification, identify and manage risks, and draft operational policies and procedures to ensure enterprise-wide compliance with regulatory requirements, focusing on fraud, waste, and abuse.

Mallory is currently licensed in Tennessee only.

 

EDUCATION

  • J.D., magna cum laude, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 2018; Humphreys Fellow; CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in commercial contract drafting, business organizations and tort law; Memphis Law Review Senior Editorial Board, Research Editor
  • B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville, 2010

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Healthcare business and operational contracting services, including drafting, editing and negotiating more than 1,000 healthcare-industry contracts, with an emphasis on those negotiated for medical professional services; hospital and institutional system services; healthcare-related leasing; product development; clinical studies; procurement and market-access; payor relations; telemedicine and virtual-care models; data services; healthcare-technology platforms; privacy; clinical management services organizations; practitioner employment and supervision; clinical-laboratory; and pharmacy/pharmaceutical industry (including specialty pharmacy/pharmaceuticals) business contracting needs, in addition to many other healthcare-related contractual services
  • Research complex regulatory issues to identify risks and develop solutions, including drafting operational policies and procedures, and facilitating state and federal licensure, certification and credentialing processes to ensure enterprise-wide regulatory compliance, with a strong emphasis in the group medical practice, telemedicine, pharmacy, life-sciences, and healthcare-institutional spaces, among others
  • Transactional focus, including working on more than 100 mergers, acquisitions, and sales for a variety of public and private healthcare entities with valuations in the multi-millions to billions of dollars, including professional group practices; clinical laboratories; retail, specialty and institutional pharmacies; hospital and institutional systems; ambulatory surgical centers; substance-abuse disorder entities; management-services organizations; and home health agencies; among others
  • Advice and counsel to the medical and recreational hemp and cannabis industries, including regulatory research and advising, commercial and operational contracting matters, state-licensure facilitation and engagement with regulatory agencies, and drafting legislation and policy documents

AEM Law

Attorney at Law

Athens,

GA

30606


Dickinson Wright PLLC

Member

Columbus,

OH

43215


Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter Co., L.P.A.

Attorney

Columbus,

OH

43215


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