Hadas Alterman

Hadas is a Co-Founding Partner of Plant Medicine Law Group, a boutique law firm serving the cannabis and psychedelic fields. She is a Board Member of the American Psychedelic Practitioner's Association and a Founding Board Member of the Psychedelic Bar Association. She also serves on the Equity Subcommittee of the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board, and was the Policy Director of New Yorkers for Mental Health Alternatives, an organization that she co-founded that successfully lobbied for the introduction of a New York bill to decriminalize psilocybin by statute. Prior to founding PMLG, she worked with a leading cannabis law firm in San Francisco. She has also led clients through successful cannabis license applications in multiple states; served as counsel to equity applicants in Oakland and San Francisco, and worked with legacy growers in the Emerald Triangle. Hadas is a former restorative justice practitioner and community organizer dedicated to using the law to expand equitable access to healing and wellness

Education

• Doctor of Law - JD University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
• Bachelor of Arts - BA University of California, Santa Cruz (2009 — 2011)
• University of California, Los Angeles (2007 — 2009)