Omar Figueroa – Law Offices of Omar Figueroa, Inc

Omar Figueroa has more than twenty-six years of experience practicing cannabis law in California and is the Founder and Managing Partner of The Law Offices of Omar Figueroa, Inc. His law firm is focused on the cannabis industry and provides counsel to hemp and marijuana companies.  Omar also handles complex civil and criminal litigation.

Omar has served as a Board Member of many cannabis-related trade associations, including the International Cannabis Bar Association, the National Cannabis Industry Association, and the Cannabis Travel Association International.

Omar is also a legal author and publisher who has published a series of legal books designed to give readers a deep understanding of the laws which govern cannabis and hemp in California and New York.  These books can be found in library collections at Stanford Law School, Yale Law School, and Cal Poly Humboldt.

Experience

• Works with licensed cannabis businesses in all parts of the supply chain (from cultivators to retailers) on complex regulatory and compliance matters.
• Defended hundreds of felony cannabis cases all across California.
• Presented dozens of Continuing Legal Education (CLE)  Seminars to lawyers on topics ranging from legal ethics to cannabis regulations to the Corporate Transparency Act.
• Author of statewide initiatives to legalize cannabis and psilocybin mushrooms in California
• Member of Board of Directors, Sebastopol Center for the Arts
• Member of Board of Directors, Sonoma County Bar Association
• Member of Ganjier Circle who helped develop a curriculum for training cannabis sommeliers (Ganjier) and Systematic Assessment Protocol (SAP) for judging fine cannabis and concentrates

Education

• Yale College, B.A. in Philosophy
• Stanford Law School, J.D.
• Trial Lawyers College at Thunderhead Ranch, Warrior.
• Wharton Executive Education, Boards That Lead certificate program.

Awards

• Ranked by Chambers and Partners, Cannabis Law, Western United States
• SuperLawyers honoree in the field of Cannabis Law, 2022-present
• Lifetime Member of the NORML Legal Committee honored with the Distinguished Counsel’s award by NORML
• Best of the North Bay Award, Best Law Firm

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