Las Vegas, NV – July 19, 2018 – Greenspoon Marder attorneys, Phillip Silvestri and Adam Kemper , will be featured speakers at the Business of Marijuana in Nevada , presented by the Seminar Group, taking place in Las Vegas July 19th and 20th . Mr. Silvestri is both a speaker and Program Co-Chair. His lecture is entitled, “Cannabis Beyond Nevada,” and it will be a comprehensive update on the cannabis industry in states other than Nevada. Mr. Kemper’s lecture is entitled, “Employment Law Considerations for Canna-Businesses,” and it will be covering a range of topics including wage and hour compliance, startup and early contract issues, and safety issues.
Mr. Silvestri focuses on the representation of clients in highly regulated industries. His practice includes representing clients in the timeshare, banking/finance, gaming, cannabis, and alcohol industries in complex default-regulated litigation, bankruptcy, and foreclosure matters. In the cannabis industry, he advises and represents businesses, licensed growers, processors, and retailers of medical and recreational marijuana. Recently, Mr. Silvestri played an integral role in securing an arbitration award of $2.8 million for Westgate Resorts in an arbitration matter styled, NAV-LVH, LLC v. Exhibit A Circle, LLC .
Mr. Kemper focuses in the area of labor and employment law. He counsels employers of all sizes on a variety of workplace and human resources issues including, but not limited to, interviewing, hiring, employee disciple and discharge, workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, whistleblowing, unemployment, medical marijuana compliance, restrictive covenants, non-compete agreements, non-solicitation agreements, non-disclosure agreements, separation agreements, workplace policies, and employee handbooks.
About Greenspoon Marder Greenspoon Marder is a national full-service business law firm with 240 attorneys and 26 locations across the United States. We are ranked amongst American Lawyer ’s Am Law 200, as one of the top law firms in the U.S. since 2015. Since our inception in 1981, our firm has been committed to providing excellent client service through our cross-disciplinary, client-team approach. Our mission is to understand the challenges that our clients face, build collaborative relationships, and craft creative solutions designed and executed with long-term strategic goals in mind. We serve Fortune 500, middle-market public and private companies, start-ups, emerging businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs nationwide.
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