We would like to extend a warm welcome to our Dispute Resolution Specialist, Russell Bennett.
Russell Bennett became a lawyer in 1997 prior to establishing a career in film and theatre production. In 1998, Bennett produced and co-directed the documentary STONED: Hemp Nation on Trial, which followed the trial of Christopher Clay, owner of Hemp Nation. STONED premiered on CBC and was nominated for Best Political Documentary at Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival.
In 2004, Bennett co-wrote and performed The Reefer Man, a multi-character solo play that told the story of a lawyer who is arrested for growing award-winning cannabis in his basement but escapes to become an underground cannabis superhero. Bennett toured the award-winning play to fringe festivals and professional theatres. After the birth of the first of his three children, Bennett returned to the practice of insolvency and fraud recovery law.
On April 20, 2018, Bennett founded Cannabis Law, a full-service cannabis law firm to help and protect small businesses and entrepreneurs as they grow. To understand legalization and the history of cannabis prohibition, Bennett wrote the book, Canada's Cannabis Act: Annotation & Commentary, now in its fourth edition, 2022-2023.
Bennett founded and hosts a podcast on Cannabis Law, which features long-form interviews with industry and legal experts. Bennett blogs sometimes and posts on matters relating to cannabis and the law. Bennett’s next initiatives are producing and directing a documentary on the challenges with the cannabis industry, and helping people and companies in the cannabis industry by mediating their disputes with CansultEd.
We are thrilled to have you as a part of the team!
