Events
Free Webinar: AI in Cannabis Legal Practice
May 7 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Free event! Self-study credit available.
Presented by the Cannabis Practitioners Group and the Law Practice Management and Technology Section.
AI is becoming more and more ubiquitous in the legal services industry, including for attorneys serving clients in the legal cannabis industry. This session will focus on helping these lawyers understand the current state of play in the development of AI and how they can use it in their practices, as well as how their clients are already using AI tools and what unique risks this introduces. We will also address the ethical thicket that AI use creates for lawyers and tips on navigating through it.
Speakers: Aniket Sawant and Gabe Parton Lee
Moderator: Jason Horst
Jason Horst is the Managing Partner of Horst Legal Counsel, PC, a boutique law firm in the Bay Area serving business and individual clients. Jason and his team combine their decades of experience generating successful outcomes for clients with cutting edge legal technology, including AI-powered tools, empowering them to simultaneously enhance their services and create cost-saving efficiencies. Jason is an accomplished mediator and business and real estate litigator who has been recognized as a Super Lawyer from 2023 through 2026. He has served on the Board of Directors of the International Cannabis Bar Association for the past 7 years, two of them as its President.
Aniket Sawant, PhD is a visionary founder and practical problem-solver dedicated to advancing the court reporting profession through innovative technology. Aniket is the CEO of Threadeo, where he builds cloud- and AI-based solutions serving court reporting, litigation support teams, and law firms. His work emphasizes practical, human-centered workflows for managing information—helping legal professionals better capture, organize, and use records and related matter materials. He also appears in legal-tech programming discussing Threadeo’s origin story and product approach.
Gabe Parton Lee is General Counsel at Wyld, helping lead legal, regulatory, and compliance strategy as the company expanded into multiple states and developed additional product lines, including hemp-derived CBD offerings. Gabe has spoken publicly about the realities of working inside a fast-evolving cannabis regulatory environment, and how he uses AI to help drive success. He is frequently quoted discussing product composition and oversight in reporting on cannabis product safety.
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