Mr. Paul D. Petruzzi

Mr. Paul D. Petruzzi is a Florida attorney whose practice includes cannabis and marijuana law, based in Miami. With 32 years since admission, Petruzzi is a graduate of University of Miami. Petruzzi also works on appeals, both from criminal convictions and from adverse regulatory rulings, possession, cultivation and distribution charges and white collar matters, an area cannabis operators encounter through banking, tax and reporting obligations.

Because Florida recognizes medical cannabis only, much of the practice involves the boundaries of the program: who qualifies, what a caregiver may do, and what happens when conduct falls outside it. Oversight sits with the Office of Medical Marijuana Use. Florida is a vertically integrated medical market with a limited number of treatment centre licenses, which keeps competition for licenses intense.