Jared Schwass Attorney
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Jared Schwass is a corporate and regulatory attorney based in California who advises businesses operating in highly regulated industries. His clients include entrepreneurs, investors, and companies ranging from early-stage startups to publicly traded multi-state operators. His practice focuses on corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, licensing, land use, and outside general counsel services.
With experience in both private practice and government, Jared offers clients a practical understanding of the legal and regulatory issues affecting regulated businesses. Before joining Harris Sliwoski, he served as lead California regulatory counsel at a top Am Law 100 firm, where he advised some of the nation's largest cannabis companies on licensing, compliance, land use, enforcement matters, and regulatory due diligence for mergers and acquisitions. He has worked on transactions representing billions of dollars in aggregate cannabis industry deal value.
His government experience includes serving as Deputy County Counsel for Mendocino County, where he advised on the development, interpretation, and implementation of local cannabis regulations. That role provided firsthand insight into how regulatory agencies develop policy, evaluate compliance, and administer licensing programs.
Outside General Counsel to Regulated Businesses
Before joining Harris Sliwoski, Jared founded and led his own practice representing regulated businesses as outside general counsel. He advised clients on corporate governance, commercial agreements, regulatory strategy, and business expansion, helping companies navigate every stage of growth, from local permitting through multi-state operations.
Whether assisting with a complex transaction, developing a compliance strategy, or advising on day-to-day business operations, Jared focuses on practical solutions that help clients achieve their business objectives while managing regulatory risk.
Outside the office, Jared enjoys spending time on the golf course.
حقائق سريعة
التعليم
- J.D., California Western School of Law
- B.A., History, University of Redlands
العضوية في نقابة المحامين والمحاكم
- نقابة المحامين بولاية كاليفورنيا
More About Jared
- شركة «برايت جرين» تنسحب من قطاع القنب، أخبار CRB Monitor، 19 مارس 2025
- Inside the Cannabis Operator Playbook: What Happens After Launch, Cogent Law, May 2026
- California Cannabis Report (newsletter/publication), Schwass Law Firm, 2021-2025
- Beyond the Show' Podcast: CA's Gubernatorial Recall Election and More, Cannabis Business Times, September 2021
- M&A Uptick Expected to Continue in 2021: Q&A with Fox Rothschild, Cannabis Business Times, February 2021
- New York to Require Licenses to Manufacture and Sell Hemp-Derived CBD Products, Cannabis Business Executive, July 2020
- State-Based Options Exist for the Cannabis Industry Shut Out of the SBA Loan Process, Cannabis Law & Regulation Reporter, April 2020
- Inside the Cannabis Operator Playbook, Panelist, Cogent Law, 2026.
- نقابة المحامين في سان فرانسيسكو
- Mendocino County Bar Association
- الرابطة الدولية لمحاميي القضايا المتعلقة بالقنب
- Cannabis Chamber of Commerce
- Super Lawyers, Rising Star — Cannabis Law (2021–2024)
- Databird, Top 250 Cannabis Law Expert in the U.S. (2021–present)
خبرة مثبتة في التعامل مع القضايا القانونية الصعبة
“Zkittlez” originator Terphogz releases statement on settlement with “Skittles” candy maker Wrigley
Timothy Alger مجلة Greenway
July 18th, 2023Timothy Alger stated, “It’s important to distinguish between my clients and unregulated pirates that Wrigley sued separately who sell adulterated candy or who use packaging identical to Wrigley’s including their registered trademarks.”
المزيد
ما علاقة «قانون إصلاح الولايات» الذي قدمته النائبة ميس بالقنب؟
جيسي موندري في Hemp Grower
24 نوفمبر 2021قال موندري: «في رأيي، سعت وزارة الزراعة الأمريكية (USDA) بشكل خاطئ إلى فرض برنامج شهادة إدارة مكافحة المخدرات (DEA) هذا على مختبرات فحص القنب. أعتقد أن إلغاء هذا الشرط سيساعد في إنهاء الاختناق على مستوى الاختبار هذا، وسيسمح لصناعة الكانابيديول (CBD) المستخرج من القنب بالتوسع. وهذه مجرد إحدى الطرق لتحقيق ذلك».
المزيد
20 Best International Business Law Podcasts of 2021
بودكاست القانون والأعمال العالمية في مجلة Welp
June 19th, 2021Are you wanting to learn more about international business law ? Well you’ve come to the right place. This is a curated list of the best international business law podcasts of 2021.
المزيد
USDA Reopens Hemp Comment Period
جيسي موندري في WeedWeek
September 14th, 2020“I think it also shows [that federal agencies] are working in good faith and want to make rules that work for the industry,” he said. “They actually want it to grow, and taking feedback from folks in the industry is a good way to help understand what needs to be done.”
المزيد
The Cannabis Recession Test
Harris Sliwoski in Comstock's Magazine
August 18th, 2020Harris Sliwoski, an international law firm specializing in the cannabis industry, wrote in April that it was being contacted almost every week by a cannabis company looking for a white-knight investor to bail them out.
المزيد
“False and Misleading:” Suit Claims Select Vapes Contain Less THC Than Labelled
جيسي موندري في WeedWeek
31 يوليو 2020In a Thursday post at law firm Harris Sliwoski’s Canna Law Blog, attorney Jesse Mondry outlines problems Curaleaf and Cura have faced.
المزيد
As marijuana class action lawsuits surge, experts stress accurate, forthright disclosures
جيسي موندري في صحيفة ماريجوانا بيزنس ديلي
June 10th, 2020A U.S. Federal Food and Drug Administration warning letter against a CBD company for making an unfounded health claim, for example, “is almost an invitation to a plaintiff lawyer,” Mondry said.
المزيد
تزايد الدعاوى القضائية المتعلقة بالقنب: مزاعم دعوى قضائية حديثة «تثير قلق المزارعين»
جيسي موندري في HempGrower
21 مايو 2020قال جيسي موندري، المحامي في مكتب المحاماة الدولي Harris Sliwoski»،لمجلة «Hemp Grower»: «شهد العام الماضي ارتفاعًا ملحوظًا في عدد الدعاوى القضائية المتعلقة بالقنب في جميع مراحل الصناعة تقريبًا»، بدءًا من النزاعات التعاقدية وصولاً إلى الإجراءات الفيدرالية ضد الادعاءات الصحية المتعلقة بالكانابيديول (CBD). وقد ظهرت دعاوى قضائية تتعلق بشركات القنب في جميع أنحاء الولايات المتحدة، حيث تراوحت قيمة المطالبات بين مئات الآلاف من الدولارات وأكثر من مليار دولار.
المزيد
Why the 0.3% THC limit for U.S. hemp might stop you from starting a CBD business
جيسي موندري في RIV Capital
17 أبريل 2020“The farmers for this growing season are going to have to abide by that 0.3 percent THC threshold and it is going to be very difficult for them to do so,” said Jesse Mondry, an attorney based in the Portland, Oregon offices of Harris Sliwoski who regularly does litigation work involving hemp and CBD.
المزيد