Shay Aaron Gilmore provides exceptional corporate, commercial, and outside general counsel services to cannabis operators and investors throughout the legal California cannabis supply chain. Focusing on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, financing, and regulatory transactional matters, Shay has advised, counseled and guided some of the most successful operators and investors in the cannabis industry. Shay serves on the Board of Directors of the International Cannabis Bar Association, and Shay is a Co-Founder of the California Lawyers Association Cannabis Practitioners Group. Shay has been recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine as a Northern California Super Lawyer in Business & Corporate Law and in Cannabis Law. The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco has appointed Shay to a seat on the San Francisco Cannabis Oversight Committee through 2024 to advise the Mayor and Board on cannabis laws and regulations.
- Cannabis & Marijuana Law
- Marijuana Business Formation, Medical Marijuana
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts
- Credit Cards Accepted
- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 217196
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Attorney-at-Law
- The Law Office of Shay Aaron Gilmore
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- Senior Counsel
- NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company
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- Partner
- Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
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- Counsel
- Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
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- Associate
- Carroll Burdick & McDonough (n/k/a Squire Patton Boggs) LLP
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- Associate
- Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft (n/k/a Duane Morris) LLP
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- Associate
- Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
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- The University of Texas School of Law
- J.D. (2001)
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- Rice University
- B.A. (1998) | Economics
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- Northern California Super Lawyer in Cannabis Law
- Super Lawyers Magazine
- For the third year in a row, Super Lawyers Magazine has named Shay a Northern California Super Lawyer in Cannabis Law. The magazine has previously recognized Shay as a Northern California Super Lawyer in Business and Corporate Law. The award recognizes the top 5% of legal practitioners based on a patented selection process.
- Top 20 California Cannabis Lawyers
- The Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal
- The Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal named Shay Aaron Gilmore to its list of the Top 20 Cannabis Lawyers in California for 2022. The annual series recognizes elite lawyers in the state who have achieved significant victories for clients, given back to their communities and are considered leaders in the practice of cannabis law.
- California State Bar # 217196
- Member
- - Current
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- Governors signs 3 cannabis bills to disrupt illicit market and address worker exploitation
- The Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal
- California Cannabis Social Equity Provisions and the Dormant Commerce Clause
- The Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal
- California Cannabis Corporate Law, Continuing Legal Education, Online
- California Lawyers Association
- Cannabis Social Equity in Northern California, San Francisco, California
- Bar Association of San Francisco
- Navigating Cannabis: Lessons from Experienced Practitioners, Virtual Spring Meeting, Online
- American Bar Association Business Law Section
- Website
- The Law Office of Shay Aaron Gilmore
