Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – July 29, 2024 – Greenspoon Marder announces the firm has been selected for a third consecutive year among the top firms to receive rankings by Legal 500 USA in the practice areas of Cannabis (Industry Focus) and Immigration (Labor & Employment). In addition, Cannabis and Tax Law partner Nick J. Richards received ranking among the list of ten attorneys selected as “Leading Lawyers” in Cannabis.
The Cannabis Law practice group at Greenspoon Marder handles many matters affecting cannabis and hemp-sector clients, including state-level license applications, M&A, real estate, litigation, tax, and regulatory and compliance issues. The department is co-chaired by Chicago-based partner Irina Dashevsky, who specializes in state-level licensing, regulatory, and cannabis M&A deals across the country, matters. Alongside her, partner and co-chair Nick J. Richards in Denver handles tax, M&A, and regulatory compliance work. Other key team members of the group include partners Matthew Ginder, Ryan M. Holz, Doug R. Sargent, David F. Standa, and senior counsel Matthew Schiller.
The Immigration and Naturalization practice group at Greenspoon Marder is led by New York-based partner and chair Patricia L. Gannon who focuses her practice on business immigration. Her team aids clients to secure work visas for corporate executives representing Fortune 500 companies, startups, and high-profile individuals as well as advising clients on changes in immigration legislation and compliance. Fellow partner Marcela Bermudez focuses her practice on helping clients with a variety of employment-based immigration, non-immigrant matters, I-9 issues, and family-based benefits as well as on global business immigration with a concentration in Latin America, while associate attorney Ruijie Zhang has experience in handling complex H-1B RFEs on specialty occupation, employer-employee relationship alongside DOL and USCIS procedures.
The Legal 500 series assesses the strengths of law firms in over 150 jurisdictions, analyzing the capabilities of law firms across the world. The rankings are based primarily on a series of criteria, with research based on feedback from over 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms, as well as interviews with leading private practice lawyers, in addition to a team of researchers who have ‘unrivaled’ experience in the legal market.