By Edward Celaya | Arizona Daily Star Drive up Interstate 10 and you’re bound to notice them: Billboards for marijuana dispensaries, most of them with addresses somewhere in the greater Phoenix area. In fact, the number of active and open dispensaries in Maricopa County — 86, as of this month — outnumbers the amount of operating dispensaries in the rest of the …
Could Pima County ruling threaten marijuana expungements? Rose Law Group cannabis attorney Jonathan Udell talks about it in Phoenix New Times.
By Katya Schwenk | Phoenix New Times Since July 12, hundreds of thousands of people convicted of low-level marijuana charges in Arizona are eligible to have their records scrubbed clean, thanks to a provision of Proposition 207, the marijuana legalization ballot measure that voters passed last November. But as courts begin to process these new expungement petitions, one new ruling in Pima County is …
Faces of Arizona: Rose Law Group Cannabis Attorney Jonathan Udell helps clear marijuana convictions
By Michael Donahue | Arizona Republic (Courtesy Photo by David Wallace) In July 2015, Jonathan Udell would wake up with excruciating stomach pain every morning. His morning routine consisted of writhing in pain before making it to the bathroom where he would try to stretch his stomach. The pain would sometimes cause him to black out. Sitting in his bathroom, Udell …
Old marijuana charges could go up in smoke with new expungement process — and help from Rose Law Group cannabis attorney Jonathan Udell
By Edward Celaya | Arizona Daily Star Some missed out on job opportunities. Others found it difficult to apply for loans. And while some suffered almost no effects for having a marijuana conviction or arrest on their records, one woman talked about being unable to become a homeowner. Those were some of the stories of people attending a first-of-its-kind expungement clinic on Saturday, July 3 at Harambe Café on …
Rose Law Group attorney Jonathan Udell helping clear cloudy records with Southern Arizona NORML expungement clinic coming to Tucson
By David Abott | Tucson Weekly There are nearly 200,000 estimated expungable cannabis offenses throughout the state of Arizona and on July 12, the floodgates will open for those affected by old cannabis laws to petition to have charges on their criminal records sealed. While some petitioners may be able to expedite the process through the websites of their county attorney’s office, many will …
Your chance to clear an Arizona marijuana conviction from your record: An expungement clinic featuring Rose Law Group cannabis attorney Jonathan Udell
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Copperstate Farms.) By David Abott | Phoenix New Times One of the big selling points for Proposition 207 legalizing cannabis in the state of Arizona was the possibility of expungement of pot-related convictions for nearly 200,000 residents affected by previous laws. As the July 12 start date for qualified individuals to submit petitions to clear …
Marijuana Industry Trade Association discusses final social equity rules for marijuana establishment licensing, featuring Jonathan Udell, cannabis attorney at Rose Law Group
Rose Law Group attorney and AZ NORML Communications Director Jonathan Udell joined MITA and cannabis industry experts last Friday for a panel discussion on ADHS’ final rules governing licensing and applications under the social equity program established by Prop. 207.
Jonathan Udell, attorney at Rose Law Group, presents cannabis CLE for Coconino County Bar
Staying Out of the Weeds – A Cannabis Law Overview: A Continuing Legal Education presentation delivered Tuesday by firm cannabis attorney and AZ NORML Communications Director Jonathan Udell for the Coconino County Bar Association. A wide array of topics: Ranging from the history of cannabis use/prohibition, the movement to legalize cannabis, and the campaign for Prop. 207, to opportunities for entering the cannabis industry, the financial issues dispensaries …
Arizona Department of Health Services Released Draft of Social Equity Rules
By Jonathan Udell, Rose Law Group cannabis attorney | Rose Law Group Reporter Yesterday at approximately 4:30pm, the Arizona Department of Health Services (“ADHS”) released its first draft of rules that would govern the social equity program established by Proposition 207, the Smart and Safe Arizona Act. See Ariz. Dep’t of Health Svcs., May 2021 Draft of Social Equity Rules (May 6, 2021), available …
Free expungement clinic hopes to give some Arizonans a second chance; Rose Law Group attorney Jonathan Udell comments
Mike Robinette (left), Executive Director of Southern Arizona NORML and Deputy Director of Arizona NORML with Jonathan Udell, Rose Law Group cannabis attorney. By Elliot Polakoff | AZ Family Photo by Jonathan Udell PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Legalizing marijuana has the potential to impact Arizona in so many ways, and now hundreds of thousands of Arizonans will soon have the …