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McGlinchey’s Heidi Urness Named Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyer

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McGlinchey is pleased to announce that Heidi Urness, a member (partner) in the firm’s Seattle office and co-chair of McGlinchey’s Cannabis practice group, has been named to the 4th Edition of the Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers published by Cannabis Law Report & Cannabis Law Journal.

Heidi has a national reputation in the cannabis industry. As a prominent voice on the legal issues facing industry participants, Heidi is frequently invited to speak on the complex laws that impact marijuana, hemp, and businesses dealing with cannabinoids. She counsels existing and future licensees, as well as cannabis-ancillary businesses and financiers, on a wide range of topics, including corporate formation,  financing, licensing and regulatory issues, transactions and contracts, litigation and disputes, transportation, real property, employment, taxation, and more.

Recently selected to Law360’s 2023 Cannabis Editorial Advisory Board, Heidi is a leading author and a regular contributor to many of the nation’s premier cannabis publications. She was named one of the Top 30 Cannabis Litigators You Should Know and a Washington Super Lawyers 2023 “Rising Star.”

The Cannabis Law Report & Cannabis Law Journal’s annual ranking of the Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers compiles the lawyers and law firms they believe to be the leading cannabis practitioners & practices around the world. Selection is based on an annual survey of clients and lawyers in the cannabis legal services sector and editorial decisions based on their industry reporting for over seven years. 

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