
Adam Fine
Partner
Corporate & Business
Insolvency & State Receivership
Insurance
International Transactions
Licensing
Litigation & Arbitration
Outside General Counsel Program
Real Estate
Regulatory Compliance
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
J.D., cum laude, American University Washington College of Law
B.A., University of Rochester
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, "Trailblazers: Cannabis Law," 2019
- Boston Magazine, "The 100 Most Influential People in Boston," 2018
Publications
- Editor/Co-author, "Massachusetts Cannabis Law Manual," MCLE New England, 2019
Events
- Speaker, American Bar Association Business Law Virtual Section Annual Meeting, "Planting the Seeds for Cannabis Clients,” Online, September 25, 2020
- Speaker, MJBizCon, "Regulatory Practices and Trends from Coast to Coast,” Las Vegas, December 12, 2019
- Speaker, MJBizCon Next, "On The Horizon: Emerging Markets & Trends (Opening of the East Coast Markets),” New Orleans, June 13, 2019
- Speaker, Cannabis Bar Association , "The New U.S. Hemp Economy: State & Federal Considerations,” , June 11, 2019
- Speaker, S&G, "Cannabis: The Journey Continues,” Worcester , May 22, 2019
- Speaker, REBA, "Spring Seminar 2019,” Lake Buena Vista , May 06, 2019
- Speaker, MCLE, "3rd Annual Cannabis Symposium ,” Boston, April 26, 2019
- Speaker, NECANN, "Massachusetts Cannabis Business Licensing Workshop ,” Boston, March 22, 2019
- Speaker, NCIA, "Seed to Sale - Entry to Exit: A Legal and Business Primer for a Thoughtful Entry and Successful Exit in the Cannabis Space,” Boston, February 12, 2019
- Speaker, MCLE, "Cannabis & Hemp: The Law & Business 6 Months Later,” Boston, December 05, 2018
- Presenter, Recreational Marijuana Business Law in Massachusetts, ",” Boston, June 19, 2018
- Speaker, REBA, "Spring Seminar 2018,” , May 01, 2018
- Speaker, MCLE, "The Law & Business of Marijuana Dispensaries ,” Boston, April 30, 2018
- Speaker, MCLE: Massachusetts Marijuana Summit, "New Regs, Federal Threat, Financial Hurdles ,” Boston, March 02, 2018
- Speaker, Boston Bar Association , "Commercial Real Estate & the Cannabis Industry ,” Boston, December 11, 2017
- Speaker, Insurance Business America , "Cannabis Covers Boston,” Boston, December 07, 2017
- Speaker, REBA, "Spring Seminar 2017,” Santa Clara, May 01, 2017
- Speaker, MCLE, "1st Look at the New MA Marijuana Laws ,” Boston, January 19, 2017
In the Media
- Boston Business Journal, "Packies Argue More Beer, Wine Sellers also Mean More Pot Shops," January 13, 2020
- PR Newswire, "Burns & Levinson and Vicente Sederberg Announce Nationwide Collaboration to Provide One-Stop Legal Services to Cannabis Industry," December 9, 2019
- Marijuana Business Daily , "Massachusetts Keeps Cannabis Vape Ban, Orders Quarantine of Products as Regulators Focus on Suspect Additive," November 12, 2019
- Marijuana Business Daily, "Pushback to Massachusetts Vaping Ban," October 4, 2019
- Boston Globe, "Baker joins calls to change local pot shop rule," September 10, 2019
- BostInno, "From Reducing Stigma to Driving Justice: Notes on the Future of Cannabusiness," July 19, 2019
- The Patriot Ledger, "Recreational pot slow to come to South Shore," June 21, 2019
- Boston Business Journal, "Mass. cracks down on CBD, roiling the emerging hemp industry," June 19, 2019
- Boston Globe, "Ruling means Mass. companies can’t fire workers for medical marijuana," April 17, 2017
- Cape Cod Times, "A growing divide on recreational marijuana bill," January 13, 2017