Karma Koala Podcast 127: Rod Kight – We discuss hemp and extra hemp, in addition to a fast have a look at worldwide markets on the planet of hashish

I’m an legal professional representing corporations within the hashish business in the USA and internationally. Seek the advice of, help with strategic planning, advise on compliance points, and provide a full vary of enterprise providers to the hashish sector. I additionally write laws for governments and promote hashish in authorized worldwide markets.

THE STORY OF ROD

I’ve been an advocate for hashish reform all through my grownup life and personally skilled its helpful results whereas present process chemotherapy remedies for testicular most cancers. I’ve been in remission for years. You’ll be able to examine my hashish regulation journey from by clicking right here. I’m lucky to offer authorized providers to corporations within the hashish business, together with hemp, CBD, THC, new and rising cannabinoids, and medical and grownup marijuana.

For nearly 25 years I’ve represented 1000’s of companies and people in authorized issues. Throughout this time, I’ve offered authorized steerage to shoppers protecting a variety of enterprise points, together with entity formation, contract drafting and negotiation, shareholder disputes, joint ventures, mergers, points tax, mental property safety, business litigation, appeals, asset gross sales, chapter, and dissolution.

Rod's skilled biography

Rod is a business hashish regulation legal professional. Based mostly in North Carolina and Mexico, Rod represents hashish authorized companies all over the world and is editor and lead author for the Kight On Hashish authorized weblog. Rod is the writer of “Hashish Enterprise Legislation-What You Have to Know”, revealed by Aspatore Books. He served on the advisory board for the American Journal of Endocannabinoid Medication, for which he additionally wrote a authorized column. Rod additionally created the “Supply Rule”, which is broadly considered a main authorized basis for the modern hemp market in cannabinoids and different hashish supplies.

Rod is incessantly quoted on hashish points by enterprise publications and main media retailers together with the Wall Road Journal, Time, Washington Submit, Politico and Enterprise Insider. Salon.com revealed an opinion piece that Rod wrote about hemp. Moreover, Rod has been listed on MG Journal's record of “30 Highly effective Litigators”, Hemp Connoisseur Journal's record of “100 Folks You Ought to Know”, and Excessive Time's “2020 Leaders in Hashish Legislation”. He served on the authorized groups in two high-profile instances in opposition to the DEA and the Texas Division of Well being Providers concerning hemp extracts, wrote and launched hashish laws to a international head of state, is a member of the board of administrators. of a Canadian publicly traded hashish and psychedelic firm, has testified to the FDA on CBD and hashish compounds, and is a companion in a Mexican import-export firm centered on authorized cross-border transactions of hemp. Rod recurrently advises in-house counsel and C-suite executives on hashish issues. He has mentioned the authorized problems with hashish in quite a few seminars to attorneys, enterprise leaders and public officers and is recurrently requested to be a visitor speaker on American and worldwide podcasts about hashish and psychedelics.

Rod is a powerful believer in hashish for private and medical use after efficiently utilizing it throughout chemotherapy remedies for most cancers (he’s in remission). He has been a training legal professional for NORML and has additionally been a member of the Worldwide Hashish Bar Affiliation, the Nationwide Hashish Trade Affiliation, the Hemp Industries Affiliation and the Southeast Hemp Affiliation.

ADMISSIONS AND ADMISSIONS

Admitted, North Carolina State Bar (1999)
Admitted, Oregon State Bar (2016)
Listed in Tremendous Attorneys Rising Stars 2012
Martindale Hubbell BY Peer Rated Lawyer
Listed in North Carolina Tremendous Attorneys, since 2016
Enterprise North Carolina Authorized Elite, 2016-2017
Listed in Finest Attorneys in America, 2017-2018
Listed in “30 Highly effective Litigators” by MG Journal, 2018
US Information & World Report/Finest Attorneys in America's Finest Legislation Corporations, 2019