J.R. Bernans

J.R. Bernans is listed as a cannabis and marijuana law attorney serving Oxford and the surrounding Ohio area. Bernans earned a law degree from University of Cincinnati College of Law and has 5 years in practice. Alongside cannabis matters, Bernans handles the criminal side of a legal market, meaning unlicensed sales, over-limit possession and diversion cases and cannabis DUI defense, where blood THC levels are a poor proxy for impairment at the time of driving.

Ohio regulates both adult-use and medical cannabis, so legal work in the state runs from licensing and local approvals through packaging, advertising and seed-to-sale tracking rules, alongside the criminal matters that still arise around unlicensed activity and possession above the legal limit. The Division of Cannabis Control administers the state program. It is a newer adult-use market layered onto an existing medical program.

Bernans additionally practices in domestic violence.