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Attorneys from Baltimore-based Goodell DeVries have formed a new firm specializing in business and cannabis law.
The new firm, Corey Tepe, LLC, launched Monday and maintains an office in Columbia.
Justin Tepe, managing attorney at Corey Tepe, said he and Kaitlin Corey previously worked as partners at Goodell DeVries and have complementary practices that allow their new firm to be a full-service practice.
“We’ve been looking forward to an opportunity to work together again,” Tepe said in a recent interview with The Daily Record. “The goal of Corey Tepe is [to] be a one-stop shop for our business clients, whether cannabis or any other industry.”
Corey, a partner at Corey Tepe, said she and Tepe represent a variety of businesses, including technology groups, advertising agencies and government contractors, with Tepe continuing to represent clients in the cannabis industry.
“We know that we work really well together because we’ve worked together for a couple of years at Goodell [DeVries], so we’re looking forward to what we can do here,” Corey said.
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At Goodell DeVries, Corey has worked with companies, assisting them with general corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property protection and management. Corey has advised clients on brand protection strategies by reviewing marketing creative for legal compliance, clearing trademarks for use and registration, and licensing of trademarks and copyrights.
Tepe has focused his practice on representing operators and ancillary businesses in the cannabis industry, having also served as outside general counsel and a regulatory advisor to clients in matters of employment law, contract negotiations, commercial disputes, and transactions. Tepe has also assisted cannabis clients with writing applications for licenses and through all stages of the business lifecycle.
“We both have a very robust relationship with the clients that we have, and by having a firm that can service all of the needs that our clients have, we’re hoping that our clients don’t need to go shop around and have four lawyers from different firms engaged to handle all of their needs,” Tepe said. “We want to provide it all for them right here.”
Corey and Tepe formed the firm, bringing with them Donna Thomas and James Astrachan, both of whom are partners at Goodell DeVries; Brendon Stern, an associate attorney at Tepe Law; and Christopher Corey from Goodell DeVries.
Tepe said that as the firm’s client list expands, the practice group will look to bring on additional help to expand in the practice of cannabis law, as well as in general litigation and regulatory work.
The cannabis industry has seen expansive and robust changes in recent years, Tepe said, with the focus now being on assisting businesses who have been awarded licenses through the state’s lottery system with help becoming operational.
“It’s a very busy time, but I think the general population of Maryland can be excited that there’s going to be a lot of new businesses with a lot of new opportunities, a lot of new products hitting the market, [and] Maryland is poised to be a really big state in the cannabis industry,” Tepe said.
Editor’s note: Astrachan authors occasional columns for The Daily Record.
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