The New Partner Joins the Cannabis and Hemp Group
(Denver, Colo., July 13, 2021) – Moye White LLP is pleased to announce Garrett Graff has joined the firm as a partner on the Cannabis and Hemp team.
At the firm, Graff will focus on advising clients on corporate and regulatory legal needs, specializing in regulated markets such as cannabis and hemp, food and beverage, and alcohol. He represents companies on matters involving corporation formation and governance; operational agreements; debt/equity financing and mergers and acquisitions and a wide breadth of regulatory counsel including licensure, successfully obtaining licenses in numerous states in both competitive and noncompetitive licensure processes.
In addition, Graff represents hemp and natural product companies across the country on a variety of matters, including imports and exports, cultivation, processing and manufacturing, and distribution, as well as navigating legislative and regulatory frameworks such as FDA and FTC regulation, inclusive of labeling and marketing compliance. He also serves on the board of the Colorado Hemp Association.
Prior to joining Moye White, Graff served as the managing partner at a cannabis-focused law firm in Denver. There, he advised companies on corporate and regulatory needs, consistent with the regulatory scheme, in drafting governing documents; corporate formation and structuring; operational agreements; financings and M&A. As managing partner, he oversaw and managed more than 50 attorneys and staff in coordination with the executive team, including practice and personnel management.
Graff earned his law degree, cum laude, from the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law. He received his undergraduate degree in business administration, with a focus on marketing and management, from the University of Colorado Boulder. Graff is currently admitted to the Colorado State Court; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
About Moye White LLP
Moye White is a full-service business law firm serving clients throughout the United States and internationally, with offices in Colorado and Georgia. The firm provides legal representation to clients in a wide variety of industries offering strategic, business-oriented counsel to public, private, and governmental clients in complex business and real estate transactions and commercial litigation matters.