Allison Margolin

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Allison Margolin
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NationalityAmerican
OccupationLawyer
Years active2002–present
Known forMarijuana Advocate & Attorney

Allison Margolin is an American attorney and medical marijuana advocate based in Beverly Hills, California.[1] She initially gained notoriety for "unorthodox ads" that proclaimed her "L.A.'s dopest attorney". Margolin was one of the first attorneys to advertise her law practice on YouTube.[2][3] She is a founding partner of the well-known law firm Margolin & Lawrence, where she practices medical marijuana regulatory and business law, as well as federal and state criminal defense.[4][5][6][7]

The daughter of Bruce Margolin, one of the first lawyers to champion efforts to decriminalize marijuana in the 1970s, Allison Margolin is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. Her Harvard application essay argued that all drugs should be legalized.[2] Margolin began her legal career representing people with terminal diseases who were facing criminal charges for marijuana activity.[8] By 2008, she had a reputation for getting cases dismissed, and for recovering marijuana plants that had been seized by police.[9] She has represented growers and distributors in marijuana cases in both state and federal court, including the Supreme Court of California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[10][11]

Margolin is the author of Jury Nullifications and Reasonable Doubt, published by Phoenix Books in January 2008.[12] As a cannabis lawyer, she is an advocate for regulations that remedy the effects of the drug war and promote social equity.[13][14] In 2017 she was named a SuperLawyer by Thomson Reuters. She is the only cannabis attorney in the United States with this distinction.[15]

References[]

  1. ^ Downs, David (November 25, 2016). "Green wave: Legalized marijuana setting scores of defendants free". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Dolan, Maura (August 22, 2006). "A Law Unto Herself". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  3. ^ Slater, Dan (July 25, 2008). "L.A.'s Dopest Attorney Says Courts Need to Bone Up on Pot Law - Law Blog - WSJ". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "Los Angeles' Latest Draft Rules Worry Cultivators and Manufacturers".
  5. ^ https://blog.ceb.com/2017/02/15/the-dos-and-donts-of-cultivating-clients-in-the-marijuana-field/
  6. ^ "California's Legal Pot Law is Helping Give Felons Their Lives Back".
  7. ^ "Accepting marijuana is a step toward seeing it's used safely: Guest commentary". Los Angeles Daily News. June 8, 2017.
  8. ^ "Allison Margolin, L.A.'s Dopest Attorney". June 12, 2013.
  9. ^ "Dr. Kush". The New Yorker. July 20, 2008.
  10. ^ Winship, Parker. "LA's Premiere Marijuana Attorney on Advice for Extractors and Her Plan to End the Drug War - Dabs Magazine".
  11. ^ G. M. Filisko (September 1, 2012), "A Dope Niche: With State Law Changes, It's Pot That's Hot", ABA Journal, American Bar Association
  12. ^ http://www.worldcat.org/title/jury-nullifications-and-reasonable-doubt/oclc/190958289
  13. ^ "Is marijuana legal in California? 6 things you should know".
  14. ^ "How L.A. Can make its marijuana rules more fair (And more fun): Guest commentary". Los Angeles Daily News. July 12, 2017.
  15. ^ "Top Rated Beverly Hills, CA Criminal Defense Attorney | Allison Margolin".

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