is the principal with the Law Offices of Lance Rogers in San Diego, California. As a part of his regulatory compliance practice, he currently represents many of the leading cannabis companies in California, including retailers, manufacturers, and agriculture ventures. Mr. Rogers has litigated a wide array of matters related to cannabis including criminal defense, regulatory violations, land use/zoning, complex business litigation and partnership, and dispute matters. He attained the first dispensary license in southern California through the county of San Diego. Mr. Rogers has written extensively about the cannabis industry, and is a frequent speaker at legal conferences across the United States. He served as general counsel for the California Cannabis Industry Association, a state industry group he helped to form. Mr. Rogers earned his J.D. degree from California Western School of Law and his B.A. degree from the University of California, San Diego.

is a partner with Armstrong Teasdale LLP, focusing his practice on representing businesses in the legalized cannabis industry. He has successfully represented companies applying for state licenses to cultivate, manufacture, and dispense cannabis and cannabis-infused products. Mr. Walter represents a significant percentage of the license-holding entities in Missouri. An active and influential advisor to the industry, he was a member of the committee responsible for drafting Missouri Amendment 3 that legalized recreational cannabis use in the state. Mr. Walter earned his B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Missouri and his J.D. degree (Missouri Environmental Law and Policy Review, articles editor (1996-1998) from the University of Missouri School of Law. He is a member of the The Missouri Bar, International Cannabis Bar Association, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Marijuana Law Committee, chair) and State Bar of Texas. Mr. Walter is admitted to practice in Missouri and Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eighth circuits; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern districts of Missouri; and the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois.

is a partner with Spencer Fane, LLP in the firm's St. Louis office. He is an experienced employment attorney and has served as a strategic business partner to employers for over sixteen years, both as an HR consultant and as an employment attorney. A portion of his practice is devoted to wage and hour law. Mr. Brenner has successfully handled many Department of Labor investigations around the country and litigated numerous misclassification, overtime, and minimum wage collective and class actions under the FLSA and other similar state laws. He has defended wage cases in state and federal courts across the country. Mr. Brenner also represents employers and managers in administrative charge processes and federal and state court litigation throughout the country involving, for example, state and federal claims of discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment, retaliation and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) violations. He has been recognized as among the Best Lawyers in America, Employment Law - Management, since 2023, and was included on the POWER List for Employment Law by Missouri Lawyers Weekly in 2024. He earned his B.S. degree, Dean's List, from Olin Business School at Washington University and his J.D. degree from University of Missouri School of Law.

is a partner with Armstrong Teasdale LLP. As a member of the corporate services and financial and real estate services practice groups, he provides legal services to clients of all sizes and structures; from entrepreneurial startups to large, publicly held companies. Mr. Cambridge counsels clients in all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, corporate and securities matters, and lending transactions. As the leader of the firm's financial services and banking industry team, he works with an interdisciplinary group of attorneys from different areas of expertise within the firm to provide a full range of legal services to clients in the financial services industry, including banks, bank holding companies, credit unions, mortgage companies and other lenders. Mr. Cambridge earned his B.S. degree, with honors, from Michigan State University and his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan. He is a member of the The Missouri Bar, Illinois State Bar Association, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, American Bar Association, Missouri Bankers Association Bank Counsel Section (member, Advisory Board; chairman 2023, vice chairman 2022), Illinois Bankers Association, Missouri Independent Bankers Association and the Community Bankers Association of Illinois. Mr. Cambridge is admitted to practice in Missouri and Illinois.

is the president of BTA Corporation, a boutique firm located in Los Angeles, California, providing tax, accounting, and consulting services to small businesses. He is a certified public accountant. Mr. Andersen has taught management science and information systems at California State University in Bakersfield. For the last 14 years, he has been a member of the faculty at the University of Phoenix School of Business. Mr. Andersen is a member of California Society of Certified Public Accountants. He earned his B.S. degree from Iowa State University, his M.S.B.A degree from Boston University, his M.B.A. degree from California State University in Bakersfield and his M.S. degree (taxation) from Golden Gate University. After watching the cannabis industry for several years, the firm set up a division specifically for the cannabis industry in 2018, branded as CannabisCPA.tax, providing tax, audit, accounting and systems support to the cannabis industry.