Overview

Adam D. Fine is managing partner of Vicente Sederberg's Boston office. He represents several successful Massachusetts cannabis businesses and prospective business licensees on corporate, licensing, and regulatory matters.

Adam is a leading voice on cannabis law and policy in the Commonwealth, and in 2018 he was named one of the "100 Most Influential People in Boston" by Boston magazine. He served as a consultant to the Massachusetts Special Senate Committee on Marijuana and as a member of the drafting committee for Question 4, the 2016 ballot initiative that legalized marijuana in Massachusetts. He has testified before numerous municipal and regulatory bodies regarding marijuana policy and compliance, and he has chaired multiple cannabis-related CLE events. He is frequently quoted in the Boston Globe and other local news outlets, as well as in national cannabis industry publications.

Before joining Vicente Sederberg in 2013, Adam spent a number of years as an attorney at a Boston law firm, where he focused on complex civil and criminal litigation. Prior to entering private practice, he served as a trial attorney for the Defender Association of Philadelphia, where he litigated more than 200 criminal trials.

Experience

Leadership & Community Involvement

• Faculty Chair, The Law and Business of Marijuana Dispensaries, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Inc.
• Member, Cannabis Practice Group Advisory Committee, Boston Bar Association
• Member, International Cannabis Bar Association

Recognition

• National Law Journal, 'Cannabis Law Trailblazer,' 2019
• Boston Magazine, 'The 100 Most Influential People in Boston,' 2018

Publications

• Editor & Co-author, "Massachusetts Cannabis Law Manual," MCLE New England, 2019