Overview

Krissy Atterholt is an associate attorney in Vicente Sederberg LLP’s Michigan office. She manages and assists with Michigan cannabis licensing, compliance and regulatory projects. Krissy is also passionate about psychedelic policy and advocating for safe, equitable and legal access to entheogens. 

Krissy first joined Vicente Sederberg in 2021, where she completed a year-long clerkship with the Los Angeles office. The VS clerkship provided her with a deep understanding of cannabis licensing, psychedelic policy and the unique intricacies cannabis and emerging therapeutic businesses face. Prior to her time with VS, Krissy spent nearly a year learning the ins and outs of cannabis and psychedelic law as an intern with Plant Medicine Law Group LLP, a woman-founded firm based out of New York. She also served as a project assistant for the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Restorative Justice Project, where she gained the skills to see clients and their problems holistically and implement creative and restorative resolutions.

Krissy earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of St. Thomas—Minnesota.

Publications

VS Insights

• Author, "Michigan Cannabis Packaging and Labeling 101," October 28, 2022

• Author, "How to Fix Non-compliant Michigan Cannabis Product Packaging," October 28, 2022