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GREENSPOON MARDER SHAREHOLDER RACHEL GILLETTE CHOSEN AS A NATIONAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION 7TH ANNUAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY LOBBY DAYS TEAM LEADER
DENVER – May 15, 2017 – Greenspoon Marder shareholder Rachel Gillette has been chosen as a team leader for the National Cannabis Industry Association’s (NCIA) 7th Annual Cannabis Industry Lobby Days. As a team leader, she must shepherd 3-5 participants between meetings, and to act as NCIA’s direct point of contact for her team.
NCIA’s Lobby Days provide the best opportunity to show our nation’s decision-makers what a responsible and legitimate cannabis industry looks like and to help raise awareness of issues like the unfair tax and banking policies hampering our industry’s potential to grow and be treated like any other U.S. business sector. The NCIA is the only national trade association advancing the interests of the legitimate and responsible cannabis industry. The organization is leading the unified and coordinated campaign to ensure this emerging sector is treated fairly under federal law.
Ms. Gillette focuses her practice on marijuana/cannabis business licensing and regulatory compliance, business law and transactions, contract drafting and review, tax litigation, corporate formation, and tax matters, including audit representation. She is an active member of the NCIA and will be a featured speaker at their 4th Annual Cannabis Business Summit & Expo. Through her current work with cannabis and hemp businesses in a highly regulated industry, Ms. Gillette remains committed to ending the prohibition of cannabis at the national level and ensuring state licensed and legal marijuana businesses are fairly taxed and regulated.
