Kristin R. Brown

Kristin R. Brown is a Texas attorney whose practice includes cannabis and marijuana law, based in Dallas. Brown earned a law degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law and Texas Wesleyan University School of Law - Texas Wesleyan University and has 11 years in practice. Alongside cannabis matters, Brown handles appellate practice, which in cannabis matters often means reviewing an agency decision, drug charges ranging from simple possession through cultivation and distribution and cannabis DUI defense, which usually turns on drug-recognition testimony rather than a chemical test.

Texas limits lawful cannabis to low-THC and CBD products, so most cannabis matters in the state are criminal ones, including possession, paraphernalia, cultivation and distribution charges, together with a growing volume of disputes over hemp-derived THC products. Oversight sits with the Compassionate Use Program. Texas is a state where a large retail trade in hemp-derived THC products has grown up alongside a very narrow medical program, and the legal status of those products has been contested repeatedly.