Matthew R. Abel
Detroit,
Michigan
Matthew Abel has been a criminal defense lawyer in Michigan for 29 years and is executive director of the Michigan chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). He founded Cannabis Counsel, PLC, a Detroit law firm entirely devoted to cannabis clients and cases, providing both business advice and legal counseling as well as criminal defense in marijuana cases throughout Michigan. Since passage of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act in 2008, the practice has rapidly grown to include not only business clients and issues but also employment, drug testing, probation, family law, contract, real estate, landlord-tenant, and other issues surrounding cannabis. Mr. Abel is a lifetime member of the NORML Legal Committee and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and a member of Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, the National Lawyers Guild, Americans for Safe Access, and the legal committee of the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan. He has lectured on the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act for Oaksterdam University in Michigan, the Michigan Cannabis College, Med Grow Cannabis College, the Cannabis Career Institute, ICLE, and bar associations throughout Michigan.
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