State (CA · NY · MA) and federal cannabis counsel
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Federal DEA registration compliance, California enforcement defense, and the transactions in between. You talk directly to Ryan, not an intake desk.
Ryan Kocot
Ryan Kocot
Attorney · Licensed in CA, NY & MA
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Ongoing federal compliance once you’ve applied or registered. Recordkeeping, security, reporting, and mock inspections before anyone knocks.
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Compliance, transactions, and enforcement defense covered
Registration, compliance, contracts, and defense, handled by the same attorney instead of four different firms.
DEA registrationFederal registration under 21 CFR § 1301.13(k) for state-licensed medical operators, plus the compliance program that keeps it.Learn more → Compliance & regulatoryPrograms built from the enforcement side backward: audits, SOPs your staff can answer for, mock inspections.Learn more → Contracts & transactionsSupply, distribution, licensing, and M&A paper that survives a dispute and a regulator reading it.Learn more → Permitting & licensingState and local licensing in California, New York, and Massachusetts, from application to renewal.Learn more → Corporate governanceEntity structures and intercompany agreements that hold up when someone tests them.Learn more → Criminal defenseFor when the matter stops being administrative. Defense counsel in all three states.Learn more →
Three states, one federal layer
Licensing, compliance, and transactions in all 3 states, plus the federal layer over every one of them.
CaliforniaDCC compliance, enforcement defense, transactions, and a Sacramento presence.California → New YorkOCM licensing, compliance, and transactions for the New York market.New York → MassachusettsCCC licensing, compliance, and transaction counsel.Massachusetts →
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Ryan Kocot
One attorney for the whole file.
Registration, compliance, transactions, and enforcement defense. Bring the matter to one firm instead of getting bounced between four.
Ryan Kocot · Attorney · CA, NY & MA · You talk directly to Ryan, not an intake desk.

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