Cassia Furman is an equity partner and Executive Board member at leading cannabis law firm Vicente LLP, where she provides strategic transactional and regulatory support to cannabis and hemp operators, ancillary service providers, and investors.  With a passion for creative problem-solving, Cassia works tirelessly to help her clients establish, grow and operate their businesses in ever-changing regulatory environments.  Her decades of experience enable her to provide seasoned counsel across a range of disciplines and industries, including licensing and regulatory compliance; mergers and acquisitions; business formation and transactional matters such as management services agreements, supply chain agreements, and intellectual property licensing agreements; brand development; consumer product regulation; land use and real estate transactions; and wind-downs and distressed assets.

Cassia is co-author of “The Cannabis Business: Understanding Law, Finance, and Governance in America’s Newest Industry,” published by Routledge Press, and has authored and co-authored numerous cannabis and hemp-related ordinances, policy papers and complex legal opinions. She is recognized by Chambers and Partners as a leading Cannabis Law practitioner, has served as a retained expert witness, and lectures extensively on cannabis and hemp industry topics including hemp-synthesized cannabinoid regulation, brand protection and multi-state expansion, and federal policy.