Cannabis Experience That Counts
Serving clients from offices overlooking the city and Sound on the 39th floor of the Seattle skyline’s premiere building, Cultiva Law’s skillful set of cannabis attorneys are sophisticated, agile, and effective.
Our extensive trial experience informs our transactional practice, helping you effectively weigh and manage risks, and drafting a wide variety of contracts and agreements that protect and empower your marijuana business, from entity formation through successful operation and growth. Clients count on us to ensure they are fully informed and protected by an aggressive and efficacious line of defense when making all business decisions.
Clients Choose Us For
5 Star Cannabis Law Firm in Washington. Read the reviews from Clients and Attorneys
Specific legal experience. We are experienced in cannabis business law, litigation, and compliance.
Industry pioneering. We’ve worked in this space since before legalization.
Our partnership mindset. Your business’ success is our passion.
Focused on Lasting Relationships
Our ability to integrate outstanding litigation strategies into insightful and resourceful business solutions – and to back it up with proven trial skills – can make all the difference when protecting your business in this competitive and rapidly evolving cannabis industry.
Cannabis Practice Areas
Business Law
- CBD, Hemp and Cannabis Counsel
- Corporate Restructuring
- Strategic Business Relationships
- Managing Investments and Investment Agreements
- Securing Licensing Agreements
- Financing and Reporting Strategies
- Resolving Taxation Matters
- Business Entity Formation and Dissolution
- Purchase and Sale of Businesses/Licenses
- Contract Review and Enforcement
- Real Estate Solutions, Including Lease or Purchase/Sale Agreements
- Drafting and Negotiating Business Agreements
Litigation
- Breach of Contract and Related Claims
- Employee and Employment Issues
- Trademark Disputes and Defense
- Constitutional Challenges to Local Ordinances
- Forfeiture and Criminal Charges
- Settlement Negotiations
- Administrative Hearings
- Partner and Ownership Disputes
- Contested Company Dissolutions
Cannabis Compliance
- License Violation Defense
- Monitoring Regulation Changes
- Legal Compliance Audits
- Corporate Governance and Policy Guides
- Corporate and Internal Investigations
- Licensure and License Application Process
- Business License Registration
- Regulatory Compliance
- Risk Mitigation
Rated 5 Stars by Over 40 Clients
“We have had the good fortune to enlist to services of the extraordinary Attorney, Aaron Pelley. He guides us through the complicated and “pothole” ridden I-502 business. As a licensed Producer-Processor, there have been many occasions where both the cannabis legal expertise and business knowledge …has set our business in the right direction. We have avoided many of the pitfalls by having his guidance, legal advice and wisdom. There is no one worth their salt in the Cannabis world that dose not know the name Aaron Pelley. Those of us that have had the resources to hire him, are so much further along than with out his legal edge and brilliance Aaron and his staff keep up with the ever changing rules. compliance regulations and landscape of everything !-502, We whole-heartedly give our highest recommendation. This is for their ability to handle our legal and business concerns in this new, highly regulated, demanding business.”
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Fabiola “Fabi” Jimenez, is a Washington State Native, with connections spanning Marysville to Walla Walla. With a background in corporate transactions, intellectual property, regulatory compliance, and marketing, she brings her immense expertise to help clients during every stage of business development, growth and change. She aids her clients with issues regarding privacy, restricted product development,…
Rae puts her Juris Doctor to use as Cultiva’s lead paralegal. In that role she assists with discovery, drafting documents for submission to the court, filings and registration with government agencies, general trial preparation and more. Rae assists our legal team in preparing for trials, hearings, and closings. She handles legal research and gathering relevant…
Sam dedicates his practice to corporate law, intellectual property, regulatory compliance, and litigation in representing the cannabis industry. Prior to private practice, Sam was the executive director of UW Law’s Cannabis Law & Policy Project. Sam is one of the founding members of the WSBA Cannabis Law Section and speaks regularly in CLEs and to…
Heidi Urness, Strategic Legal Counsel at Cultiva Law, is a Chicago born-and-raised litigator. With a background in corporate litigation and environmental compliance, Heidi is thrilled to meld these passions to cultivate effective legal solutions across all stages of corporate development, operation, and litigation. After gaining sub rosa insights into the highest levels of judicial decision-making…
Ted Bernhard is a seasoned business, securities, tax and regulatory compliance attorney with a professional career spanning over two decades. He began his legal career with one of the largest and most prominent law firms in the Pacific Northwest and joined Cultiva Law to continue serving entrepreneurs, businesses, and private equity investors. Specifically, Ted helps…
Aaron Pelley has played an active role in Cannabis Law for over a decade. He helped build the foundation for legal protections in medical cannabis law and is a leading advocate for the cannabis business. His passion for this new realm of practice led to the launch of Cultiva and the formation of a boutique…
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Seattle Office Location
From Suite 3900 in downtown Seattle, Cultiva Law offers clients a skillful set of sophisticated, agile, and effective attorneys.
Address:
1000 Second Ave, Suite 3900
Business Hours:
Mon-Fri 8am – 5pm
Phones are OPEN 24/7
Phone:
(206) 480-1600
Email:
admin@cultivalaw.com