CWCBExpo NYC 2019

Cristina Buccola

Cristina Buccola Counsel PLLC


Cristina is a sought-after attorney, advisor, and advocate who focuses her legal and business acumen on helping her clients build and sustain viable enterprises.

As the founder of Cristina Buccola Counsel PLLC, Cristina is retained by cannabis and hemp companies, lifestyle and wellness entrepreneurs, media outlets, investors, and artists to advise on M&A matters and investment opportunities, to design brand protection and licensing programs, to develop strategic ventures, and to manage day-to-day legal needs. She also assists cannabis and hemp producers, processors, wholesalers, retailers, and applicants in navigating the legal, licensing, regulatory, and operational challenges they face. Cristina is admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Illinois (retired).

Cristina undertakes public interest/policy work related to medical cannabis and economic and social justice issues, has testified in front of the New York State and New Jersey Legislatures about cannabis regulatory programs, and has worked with elected officials on developing cannabis legalization positions. She is a member of the New York Cannabis Bar Association and the National Cannabis Bar Association. Cristina also serves as Counsel to Serenity Garden Harlem, a community garden in Sugar Hill, NYC.

Before dedicating herself exclusively to the full-spectrum law practice that is CB Counsel, Cristina served as the General Counsel of High Times and was a partner in an adult-use cultivation concern.

Cristina received her BA from The Gallatin School at New York University and her JD from The University of Chicago Law School. She cut her teeth in the M&A and private equity departments of white-shoe law firms in NYC and Chicago. She also served as the General Counsel and Director of Human Resources of an international technology company.

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