Old marijuana charges could go up in smoke with new expungement process — and help from Rose Law Group cannabis attorney Jonathan Udell

By Edward Celaya | Arizona Daily Star Some missed out on job opportunities. Others found it difficult to apply for loans. And while some suffered almost no effects for having a marijuana conviction or arrest on their records, one woman talked about being unable to become a homeowner. Those were some of the stories of people attending a first-of-its-kind expungement clinic on Saturday, July 3 at Harambe Café on …

Rose Law Group attorney Jonathan Udell helping clear cloudy records with Southern Arizona NORML expungement clinic coming to Tucson

By David Abott | Tucson Weekly There are nearly 200,000 estimated expungable cannabis offenses throughout the state of Arizona and on July 12, the floodgates will open for those affected by old cannabis laws to petition to have charges on their criminal records sealed. While some petitioners may be able to expedite the process through the websites of their county attorney’s office, many will …

Adam Trenk, Rose Law Group partner, cannabis department director, among world’s top cannabis attorneys

By Cannabis Law Report | Green Market Report The Cannabis Law Report recently published its Global Top 200 Editorially Selected Cannabis Legal Professionals  2020-2021+. This list featured cannabis legal professionals from jurisdictions around the world. The Cannabis Global 200 is designed to give readers a direct access to the most experienced cannabis/hemp legal experts around the world and in your jurisdiction.  With permission, Green Market Report is publishing the list of lawyers, but for more detailed information please go to …

Your chance to clear an Arizona marijuana conviction from your record: An expungement clinic featuring Rose Law Group cannabis attorney Jonathan Udell

(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Copperstate Farms.) By David Abott | Phoenix New Times One of the big selling points for Proposition 207 legalizing cannabis in the state of Arizona was the possibility of expungement of pot-related convictions for nearly 200,000 residents affected by previous laws. As the July 12 start date for qualified individuals to submit petitions to clear …

Jonathan Udell, attorney at Rose Law Group, presents cannabis CLE for Coconino County Bar

Staying Out of the Weeds – A Cannabis Law Overview: A Continuing Legal Education presentation delivered Tuesday by firm cannabis attorney and AZ NORML Communications Director Jonathan Udell for the Coconino County Bar Association. A wide array of topics: Ranging from the history of cannabis use/prohibition, the movement to legalize cannabis, and the campaign for Prop. 207, to opportunities for entering the cannabis industry, the financial issues dispensaries …

Arizona Department of Health Services Released Draft of Social Equity Rules

By Jonathan Udell, Rose Law Group cannabis attorney | Rose Law Group Reporter Yesterday at approximately 4:30pm, the Arizona Department of Health Services (“ADHS”) released its first draft of rules that would govern the social equity program established by Proposition 207, the Smart and Safe Arizona Act. See Ariz. Dep’t of Health Svcs., May 2021 Draft of Social Equity Rules (May 6, 2021), available …

Adam Trenk, Rose Law Group partner, cannabis department director, on Arizona’s marijuana lottery

By Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic Thirteen fortunate businesses on Monday won the lottery, literally, giving them the multi-million dollar opportunity to run marijuana dispensaries, farms and processing plants in rural Arizona counties. The new dispensary licenses are each designated for a specific county with fewer than two marijuana dispensaries operating today. The lottery follows Arizona voters’ approval of Proposition …

Free expungement clinic hopes to give some Arizonans a second chance; Rose Law Group attorney Jonathan Udell comments

Mike Robinette (left), Executive Director of Southern Arizona NORML and Deputy Director of Arizona NORML with Jonathan Udell, Rose Law Group cannabis attorney. By Elliot Polakoff | AZ Family Photo by Jonathan Udell PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Legalizing marijuana has the potential to impact Arizona in so many ways, and now hundreds of thousands of Arizonans will soon have the …