Helping our clients create green legacies and golden futures.

Estate Planning

Cannabis Law

Gigi, Melissa, and Louis

Our estate plans are created through revocable trusts, wills, advanced health care directives, powers of attorney, and other important legal documents that will help you and your loved ones with an unplanned event or at the end of life.

Almost everyone who lives in California benefits from estate planning - especially if you own a home, have kids or care for pets. We work with married couples, unmarried couples, and singles, with and without kids. Melissa loves to work with fellow pet caregivers who wish to protect the interests of their pets with a pet trust.

Melissa’s business background helps her understand the specialized needs of business owners when it comes to estate planning, including those in highly regulated industries like cannabis and alcoholic beverages, and professional corporations.

We use Wealthcounsel®, state-of-the-art software and legal tools that help us stay on top of changing laws and provide our clients with the most effective and high-quality estate plans. Our goal is to keep you and your loved ones from unnecessary emotional distress and financial complications during difficult times.

Helping you prepare for the future and the unexpected through estate planning.

Melissa at a client’s farm in Mendocino County, September 2012.

Advocating for the cannabis industry since 2010.

We specialize in the local and state laws and regulations that govern California’s cannabis industry.

We assist clients with local permits, states licenses, and compliance.

Our clients include long-established cultivators, entrepreneurs new to the cannabis industry, and vertically-integrated best-selling brands.

  • We prepare and submit applications for local permits, including land use entitlements, in most California cities and counties. We have helped our clients secure over 100 local permits.

  • We work with clients to obtain and renew annual state licenses from DCC, as well as respond to inquiries from state regulators.

  • We help our clients navigate local and state laws and regulations to ensure that their businesses are compliant. We also analyze business models and innovations for compliance.

  • We assist owners of residential and commercial real estate to reduce cannabis-related fines and penalties on their property, saving them tens of thousands of dollars and allowing them to restore their properties.

  • We work with clients to help craft their business strategies, saving them time, capital and energy by being on the right path and in compliance from the beginning.

  • We assist clients with questions and concerns about various issues, including fair terms for real estate purchases and leases and options for energy efficiency.

  • We identify and create opportunities in California and beyond to advance our clients' business interests through our network both within and outside the cannabis industry.