Cannabis Legal Services FOR OPERATORS WHO NEED WORK DONE RIGHT.
Federal and state (CA, MA, & NY) represenation
HOW WE WORK:
Kocot Law offers cannabis legal services in three main categories: getting registered or licensed, staying compliant, and doing deals. The federal side (DEA registration and controlled-substances compliance) is national. The state side focuses on California, Massachusetts, and New York.
Below is what we handle. Each category links to its own page with detail on scope, process, and what to expect.
A note on pricing: We offer fixed-price engagements for clear scopes (license applications, standard contracts, entity formations, DEA registrations). For open-ended matters, ongoing counsel relationships, or anything where the work expands as we learn more, hourly engagements often serve clients better. It’s ultimately your choice.
Our Services Empower Your cannabis Brand.
Explore our comprehensive range of cannabis legal services and solutions. Kocot Law represents cannabis operators on federal and state matters. Federal practice is nationwide and includes DEA registration applications for cultivators, manufacturers, distributors, dispensaries, researchers, and import/export operators, as well as federal compliance and rescheduling-related advisory work. State practice covers California, Massachusetts, and New York, with focus on licensing (DCC, CCC, OCM applications and renewals), regulatory compliance (SOPs, METRC, Notice to Comply responses), contracts and transactions (supply, distribution, M&A, white-label), and corporate governance (entity formation, ownership disclosures, multi-state holding structures). California criminal defense and nationwide cannabis expert testimony round out the practice.
DEA registration applications for all operator types: cultivators, manufacturers, distributors, dispensaries (including § 1301.13(k) filings for state-licensed medical operators in the 60-day priority window), researchers, analytical labs, importers, and exporters.
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SOPs, METRC, audits, enforcement responses, Notice to Comply filings, and cure period strategy. The day-to-day work of staying licensed.
Supply agreements, distribution contracts, white-label arrangements, M&A, asset purchases, IP licensing. Cannabis-specific traps that are often missed.
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California cannabis criminal defense: unlicensed cultivation, illegal sales, possession with intent.
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