Robert Arthur Bernheimer

Robert Arthur Bernheimer is a California attorney whose practice includes cannabis and marijuana law, based in Indian Wells. Bernheimer earned a law degree from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law and has 30 years in practice. Related work listed for Bernheimer covers local approvals, host community agreements and land use, which are often the harder half of a licensing matter, real estate matters, where distance requirements and zoning often decide whether a site is usable and business formation and transactional work for operators and their investors.

Because California has a regulated adult-use market as well as a medical program, cannabis practice there covers license applications and transfers, compliance audits and municipal approvals, as well as the charges that continue to attach to unlicensed sale and cultivation. The Department of Cannabis Control administers the state program. California stands out as the largest regulated market in the country, where state licenses sit on top of a separate local approval in every city and county.