Top Rated Cannabis Law Attorney in New York, NY

A member of Hiller, PC, since 2015, Lauren A. Rudick focuses her practice on a variety of areas for her business and individual clients throughout New York state and across the country. Located in midtown Manhattan, her workload has included intellectual property, corporate finance and business transactions.

In addition, Ms. Rudick is a co-founder of the firm's cannabis law practice area, and in that regard, she advises investors, physicians, patients, growers and caregivers in matters involving New York state's medical marijuana statutes. Her experience in this area of the law has also encompassed land use and zoning, regulatory compliance, trademarks, and business opportunities. Ms. Rudick is admitted to practice in New York and before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Prior to joining Hiller, PC, as senior counsel in March 2014, Ms. Rudick was an associate at two well-known national law firms, where her practice included general commercial litigation and transactions. Her experience in this regard has encompassed public and private debt and equity financing; mergers and acquisitions; business formation; covenants not to compete; search engine optimization; the preparation and review of shareholder, partnership and operating agreements; and intellectual property licensing.

As an undergraduate, Ms. Rudick attended Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where she majored in music and management and received a Bachelor of Arts in 2001. Her legal education was then obtained at New York Law School, and she earned recognition for her participation in several national moot court competitions before being awarded her Juris Doctor cum laude in 2004. Ms. Rudick has provided pro bono services to several community organizations, including Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and Habitat for Humanity International, and her professional memberships include the National Cannabis Bar Association.