The 7th Annual Cannabis and Psychedelics Law Symposium
Date: Mar 12, 2025 1:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick,
Member Price: $195.00
Non-Member Price: $244.00
Section Price: $183.00
Areas of Law: Cannabis, Health
Earn up to 4.8 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Daniel T. McKillop, Esq.
- Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC, Little Falls
- Michael F. Schaff, Esq.
- Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A., Woodbridge
- Sarah Trent, Esq.
- Founder and CEO, Valley Wellness, Raritan
Presenters
- Joshua S. Bauchner, Esq.
- Mandelbaum Barrett, Roseland
- Brittany A. Bonetti, Esq.
- Cooper Levenson P.A., Atlantic City
- Valisha Desir, Esq.
- The Glory Firm, Scotch Plains
- Lisa Gora, Esq.
- Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., Newark
- Mollie Hartman Lustig, Esq.
- Secretary, Cannabis and Psychedelics Law Special Committee, NJSBA, McLaughlin & Stern, Westfieldis a Partner in McLaughlin & Stern, LLP in Clark, New Jersey, and New York City, and is Chair of the Cannabis Practice Group. She has a comprehensive understanding of the existing laws and regulations governing cannabis cultivation, sale, use and legalization; practices traditional civil law with a focus in labor and employment issues for governmental entities; and represents clients in family law matters.
Ms. Hartman Lustig is admitted to practice in New Jersey and Massachusetts, and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the District of Massachusetts. Secretary of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Cannabis Law Special Committee (CLSC), she has been a member of the Committee since 2017, co-chairs the CLSC’s Social Justice and Equity Subcommittee and sits on the Municipal and Land Use Subcommittee. She is an instructor at Rutgers Law School, has lectured for ICLE and is the recipient of several honors.
Ms. Hartman Lustig received her B.A. from the University of Rochester and her J.D. from Suffolk University School of Law, where she served as a Rule 3:03 Certified Student Attorney for the Suffolk University Legal Services and completed a concentration in Civil Litigation. She clerked for the Honorable Claude M. Coleman, J.S.C. and the Honorable Craig R. Harris, J.S.C., Essex County Superior Court, where she served as a Court-Certified Mediator in child custody and parenting cases.
(9/23) - Lisa Linkowsky
- Founder, Milestone Franchising
- Chirali V. Patel, Esq.
- Blaze Law Firm LLC, Iselin
- Sarah Powell, Esq.
- Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli Tipton LLC, Easton
- Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (District 20)
- Majority Conference Leader
- Seth Tipton, Esq.
- Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Cappelli LLC, Easton
- Ivan Tukhtin, Esq.
- Sweetspot Brands, Raritan
- David Michael White, Esq.
- Professor, Seton Hall Law Schl Faculty
- John D. Williams, Esq.
- Law Office of John D. Williams, Newton
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Cannabis and Psychedelics Law Committee and the NJSBA Health Law Section
Join us for the 7th Annual Cannabis and Psychedelics Law Symposium – the Latest in Cannabis and Psychedelics Law. This 2025 update will provide crucial information for your practice in the ever-evolving industry of cannabis and psychedelics law.
Program Agenda:
- 1:00 | Welcome - Michael F. Schaff, Esq.
- 1:10 | Cannabis Scheduling, Rescheduling and De-scheduling: The Practical Impacts for Cannabis Businesses
Speakers: Sarah Powell, Esq.; Seth Tipton, Esq.
- 1:45 | What You Need to Know About WIRE: A discussion on the anticipated future of WIRE Interim Guidance of 9.09.22.
Speaker: David White, Esq.
- 2:20 | Hemp 2025 – The Feds, State, Courts, And Path Forward: This panel will summarize and describe action by the federal government regarding the Farm Bill, recent statutory amendments in New Jersey regarding state law pertaining to hemp and intoxicating hemp products, the current challenge to this state action by plaintiffs-appellants in the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals case Loki Brands v. Platkin, and the path forward for hemp at the federal and state level. If time permits, the panelists will take questions from attendees.
Speakers: Joshua S. Bauchner, Esq.; Brittany A. Bonetti, Esq.; Daniel T. McKillop, Esq.; John D. Williams, Esq.
- 3:05 | The World of Emerging Therapies: A discussion on cannabis, ketamine, and other psychedelics and how they integrate into the healthcare system.
Speaker: Lisa Gora, Esq.
- 3:50 | I Thought I Could Only Have One Retail License: Learn how to expand your retail brand in New Jersey, and gain insight into the implementation and outcome of the 35% equity rule and an introduction to franchising.
Speakers: Mollie Hartman Lustig, Esq.; Lisa Linkowsky, Esq.; Chirali Patel, Esq.; Sarah Trent, Esq.; Ivan Tukhtin, Esq.
- 4:45 | Expungements: An update on pending legislation and how to file an expungement.
Speakers: Assemblywoman Annette Quijano; Valisha Desir, Esq.
- 5:15 | Adjourn
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