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Patrick McCarthy (Managing Director of Mercury)

Patrick McCarthy

Managing Director of Mercury

Patrick leads the Albany office and guides his lobbying clients through the sometimes complex world of New York State politics and government. McCarthy brings his many years of experience dealing with the media to develop sound crisis management strategies.

James Rieger (Partner at Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP)

James Rieger

Partner at Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP

James Rieger is a partner at Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, New York, NY, and the founder and Chair of its Cannabis Industry Practice Group. Tannenbaum Helpern is a 40 year old general practice law firm centered on providing solutions to entrepreneurs, investors and institutions. James has over 25 years’ experience with a broad corporate and securities law practice, with a focus on the cannabis industry, and represents public and private companies, hedge funds, merchant banks, private equity funds, exchange traded funds, venture capital funds, investment banks, underwriters, and private investors in many types of transactions, including public and private debt and equity offerings, credit facilities, mergers, acquisitions, fund formation, activist investments, restructurings and divestitures of assets and divisions.

James is the current Chairman of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee of the Business Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. James is a contributor to Bloomberg Law’s cannabis page and is a frequent lecturer and author on cannabis related matters. James is a member of numerous cannabis industry organizations. James can be reached at Rieger@thsh.com , 212-508-6728 and www.linkedin.com/in/james-rieger-14039418.

Jeffrey Samuels (Vice President of the Cannabis Practice at Embroker)

Jeffrey Samuels

Vice President of the Cannabis Practice at Embroker

Jeffrey Samuels is the Cannabis and Hemp Practice leader at Embroker, an insurance and technology platform based in SF, Chicago, Boston, and NYC, who has raised over $40M in venture funding to drastically improve the way high-growth businesses engage with insurance products. Jeffrey holds a property and casualty insurance license in all 50 states as well as a Commercial Lines Coverage Specialist (CLCS) designation. He is also the Vice President of Business Development at Hillview, a next-generation cannabis and hemp company based in Lincoln Park, NJ. Since its inaugural year in 2017, Jeffrey has been a board member with NCIA’s Risk Management and Insurance Committee where he is still active today.