Gain a better understanding of banking issues presented by the conflict between the legalized use of marijuana in various states and its treatment as a controlled substance under federal law.
This topic will provide a thorough review of the tension between federal and state cannabis regulations as they impact lenders in the industry. The panel will take a deep dive into cannabis specific suspicious activity reports, due diligence requirements, and enforcement issues.
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Oren Bitan
Buchalter
- Shareholder with Buchalter
- Extensive legal background that includes business, real estate, banking, receivership law, consumer product, and commercial litigation
- Trusted advisor who guides his clients through their day-to-day legal concerns, and has particular expertise in disputes involving real estate, banking and mortgage fraud, creditors’ rights, film finance, and intellectual property
- Advises cannabis-related businesses on a wide variety of topics, including disputes regarding business licenses, receivership over grow facilities and dispensaries, real property development, leasing, and financing for cannabis-related businesses, and assembling teams of attorneys to provide general corporate, employment, and intellectual property advice to the industry
- Frequent speaker and has written numerous publications
- J.D. degree, cum laude, Loyola Law School; B.S. degree, University of Southern California
- Can be contacted at 213-891-5012 or [email protected]

Gregg Williams
Trident Pacific Real Estate Group, Inc.
- Principal and Founder of Trident Pacific Real Estate Group, Inc., a real estate asset receivership and resolutions firm
- Court-appointed receiver specializing in Commercial Real Estate Receivership for CMBS Special Servicers and Balance Sheet Lenders
- Called upon when circumstances arise that threaten the creditor’s secured position
- Serves to preserve the property of lenders and litigants from waste or alienation pending a hearing on the merits of the matter
- Over the course of his career, has developed over 3,000 residential lots, 500,000 square feet of office space and over 1 million square feet of mixed use projects
- B.S. degree, University of Southern California
- Can be contacted at 949-244-1918 or [email protected]

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