What We Do
We bring together Georgia’s cannabis and hemp businesses to promote their common business interests. We regularly engage in:
- Education for members of the Association via policy and regulatory updates, workshops, and trainings.
- Education for lawmakers, regulators, and public officials to better understand the needs of the cannabis and hemp businesses in Georgia.
- Networking for members of the Association via events held in person and virtually.
- Lobbying for bills at the state and local levels that better the interest of cannabis and hemp businesses in Georgia.
Our Founders
Sanford A. Posner
Sanford A. Posner
Sanford A. Posner
Sanford is a partner at Elarbee Thompson, a well-respected and award-winning labor, employment, and complex litigation law firm. Sanford has won numerous awards, including Georgia Super Lawyers "Rising Star" and Corporate INTL's "Georgia's Immigration Law Firm of the Year." He heads the firm's immigration practice and recently began the
Sanford is a partner at Elarbee Thompson, a well-respected and award-winning labor, employment, and complex litigation law firm. Sanford has won numerous awards, including Georgia Super Lawyers "Rising Star" and Corporate INTL's "Georgia's Immigration Law Firm of the Year." He heads the firm's immigration practice and recently began the firm's cannabis-focused services. Sanford works with employers in various industries including technology, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and telecommunications; and assists them in pursuing short-term and long-term immigration strategies for their employees. He assists individuals and businesses in cannabis and hemp with a range of issues including starting a business, licensure, and compliance.
Zane Bader
Sanford A. Posner
Sanford A. Posner
Zane has worked in the legal cannabis industry since 2017 doing strategic communications and public relations at NisonCo, one of the oldest cannabis-specific PR firms. He has driven PR campaigns for a wide variety of cannabis companies, including MSOs, hemp-CBD brands, seed-to-sale software, cannabis payment processors, and cannabis educa
Zane has worked in the legal cannabis industry since 2017 doing strategic communications and public relations at NisonCo, one of the oldest cannabis-specific PR firms. He has driven PR campaigns for a wide variety of cannabis companies, including MSOs, hemp-CBD brands, seed-to-sale software, cannabis payment processors, and cannabis education providers. Throughout his tenure at NisonCo, he has gotten clients organic media coverage in many mainstream outlets including Bloomberg, Business Insider, CNN, The Today Show, Forbes, Refinery29, Cheddar, and nearly every cannabis trade publication.
He also has extensive experience in drug policy reform at the municipal, state, and federal levels. He served as the Secretary for the Board of Directors at Students for Sensible Drug Policy and has been a panelist at numerous international drug policy reform conferences.
Justin Connell
Sanford A. Posner
Justin Connell
Justin is a partner at Elarbee Thompson, a well-respected and award-winning labor, employment, and complex litigation law firm. He represents clients nationwide in both federal and state courts and has been named a “Georgia Super Lawyer” by Atlanta Magazine and a “Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend Magazine. The major focus of Justin’s practi
Justin is a partner at Elarbee Thompson, a well-respected and award-winning labor, employment, and complex litigation law firm. He represents clients nationwide in both federal and state courts and has been named a “Georgia Super Lawyer” by Atlanta Magazine and a “Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend Magazine. The major focus of Justin’s practice is complex civil litigation, particularly business litigation, class actions, labor and employment disputes, and catastrophic and significant injury cases. He has served as lead counsel in a wide range of litigation subject areas, including RICO, products liability, shareholder derivative actions, business valuation cases, trade secrets, breach of trust or fiduciary duty matters, lost profits, consumer fraud, business torts, constitutional, civil rights, and computer fraud cases. Justin is also a member of the firm's cannabis group and helps businesses with a wide variety of issues, including licensure and compliance.