As a business attorney supporting clients in the Pacific Northwest, I provide outside counsel that looks and feels like I am part of the inside team. I am an out-of-the box problem-solver who enjoys coming up with practical and elegant solutions to tricky legal problems. I have a true desire to understand clients’ businesses, pinch-points, and goals. I know I have done something right when a client calls with unexpected emergencies, to share well-deserved business successes, or just to kick the tires on a new idea.With a background and concentration in assisting clients in highly regulated industries, I am part of one of the first law firm teams in the state to assist companies operating in Washington’s cannabis market. Since 2013, I have helped clients navigate ever-evolving legal challenges, regulatory uncertainty and change, and new market growing pains. In that time, I have developed a dynamic and robust practice advising a wide variety of clients on state and federal legal matters surrounding cannabis, including marijuana, industrial hemp, and CBD. I am frequently called on to structure, draft, and negotiate merger and acquisition transactions and key strategic agreements relating to cannabis matters. I also assist in the preparation of cannabis-specific policies for ancillary business, including financial institutions, and assists landlords, intellectual property companies, manufacturers, and investors in structuring and documenting strategic business relationships with cannabis-related companies.I also advise clients in businesses in other Pacific Northwest industries, including beverage clients, farmers, financial institutions, and tech companies. Outside of the office, I enjoy spending my time exploring the Pacific Northwest with my husband and two children. An avid fan of musical theater, I share my love of music with my children and thoroughly enjoy family karaoke nights. Raised in Montana, I frequently travel to Big Sky Country to visit family and love spending time in and around Missoula.
Listed skills include Legal Writing, Legal Research, Media Relations, Editing, and 3 others.