Thomas Howard
We both start the show with a quick why is working in non-plant touching cannabis so hard when it comes to issues like online and banking.
If it isn’t You Tube it’s, Twilo , PayPal etc and concur that we are both praying for schedule 3 as many other businesses are to hopefully change all of that.
The bulk of our conversation touches on a ranges of issues in Illinois for 2024 including
- Medical
- Medical market oligopoly
- Adult use
- Hybrid Dispensaries
- THCA hemp flower product isssue
- The new farm bill (2024)
- The issue of no delivery online or drive throughs in the state
- Quasi consumption licenses
- Residency requirements in Illinois
- Current seed to sale & testing- tracking issues
Tom also explains why he thinks The Absurd Resolve Principle (1819 UK) may be be one legal path to solving some problems not just in the states but nationally
Absurdity and the Limits of Literalism_ Defining the Absurd Resul
Tom cites
1869. Us v Kirby
service-ll-usrep-usrep074-usrep074482-usrep074482- It is illegal to interrupt a postman own this job delivering mail
- Arrested while delivering mail for murder – and charged
- Sheriff then charged for violating the statute
- Supreme Court said no ridiculous against common sense
- Is it possible to apply this law to the current farm bill?
We finish with a quick overview on psychedelics issues and law currently in discussion in Illinois
BIO
Thomas Howard – Attorney Peoria IL
Licensed to practice since 2008, Thomas Howard has represented numerous financial institutions in litigation to enforce their security interests. Since 2018, he has helped numerous cannabis companies with their hemp farms, to licensing applications in the adult use cannabis industry.
He helps community banks in complex commercial workouts involving some of the most sophisticated financial products in the banking industry. He has also litigated in contested contract cases on various legal theories.
A Peoria, IL attorney recognized by Super Lawyers & Leading Lawyers
After nearly ten years of practicing law with his father, Mr. Howard started the Collateral Base to bring sophisticate corporate and commercial law into the 21st century by shaking up the current corporate culture that makes so many lawyers regret going to law school and have terrible work/life balance.
To assist downstate community banks with flat fees for uncontested litigation, he has designed and built the Collateral Base website, where he publishes regularly on security interests and offers his flat fee menu of services. He also built automation systems into his bank litigation practice to facilitate his flat fee offerings.
Uniform Commercial Code issues, replevins, guaranty actions, and bankruptcy. He has successfully resolved numerous multi-million dollar non-performing loans for many community banks throughout Illinois. As a result of his efforts, Mr. Howard earned Rising Stars by Super Lawyers, and as an Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers from 2015 to 2018. Only two percent of attorneys ever receive such distinction.
Illinois Cannabis Lawyer
He often posts YouTubes regarding issues faced by the cannabis industry, and advocates for allowing cannabis businesses to access banking services by dropping cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, which requires an act of Congress. To further develop his cannabis practice and help the state of Illinois transition from medical to full adult use of cannabis, Mr. Howard designed and built CannabisIndustryLawyer.com.
Thomas Howard is admitted to practice in:
- The State Of Illinois
- State Of Wisconsin
- United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Wisconsin
- Central District Of Illinois,
- NorthernDistrict Of Illinois,
- Southern Districts Of Illinois.
He is a member of the ISBA’s Standing Committee on:
- Immigration Law,
- Judicial Evaluations Outside Of Cook County, And
- Commercial Collections, Banking And Bankruptcy.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-howard-attorney/
The latest episode of his podcast 18 March 2024
