Patrick Goggin
Bio
Earning an Environmental Law Certificate from Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, Mr. Goggin was admitted to the California Bar in 1996. Based in San Francisco, he served as co-counsel in the seminal HIA v. DEA cases in the early 2000s. Later, Mr. Goggin led the industry effort with Senator Mark Leno in 2013 to finally pass California’s Industrial Hemp Farming Act after three vetoes. Mr. Goggin began working on cannabis regulation in San Francisco in 2005 when the City commenced its regulation of dispensaries. Since then, he has represented clients throughout Northern California on regulatory compliance issues and permitting of all facets of cannabis activity. He served on San Francisco’s Medical Cannabis Task Force from 2010-11. In 2018, he co-founded the California Hemp Council advocating on behalf of the hemp industries at the California Capitol. He recently returned to solo practice after five years as Senior Counsel at the Hoban Law Group. Mr. Goggin continues to advise clients on all forms of cannabis compliance, general counsel, and strategic advising. With a long history of litigating, Mr. Goggin is a trained mediator and has a respected reputation as a dispute resolution specialist and facilitator.
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