Aim High
with Us
Our crew of legacy experts are
here to help take your cannabis
business to the next level.
Your Cannabis Business
Aim High with Us
Ready to tackle compliance? Our crew of legacy experts are here to help take your cannabis business to the next level.
Expertise
Integrity
Experience
Your Cannabis Business
Expertise
Integrity
Experience
Value: Accessibility
Our One-of-a-Kind Services
High Rise Law offers the only Cannabis Advice Hotline to answer all your compliance and legal questions. We are also one of the few law firms providing services without high retainers and long term commitments. Get the help you need when you need it.
As a virtual law firm we keep our overhead low so we can pass that savings on to you. We offer upfront flat-rate pricing with no surprises for most of our services. Hourly billing is straightforward and transparent.

Value: Dedication
Our One-of-a-Kind Crew
Every member of our crew is a visionary leader of the cannabis industry. With decades of combined experience, we’ve built a team of experts to guide you and your business through California’s complicated web of compliance. Our crew brings together legal, regulatory, and operational expertise unlike anyone else.
Value: Excellence
Get the Best of Both Worlds
Our hybrid model combines the expertise and protections of a law firm with the practical experience of cannabis consultants allowing us to provide unparalleled services at an affordable cost.
Compare: Consultants
- Practical Experience Operating Cannabis Businesses
- Less Expensive
- More Day-to-Day Support
- No Licenses or Credentials, Competence Not Required
- No Oversight or Accountability, Contractual Liability Only
- No Fiduciary or Ethical Duties
- No Legal Privilege or Confidentiality
- No Limits on Fees and Billing Practices
Compare: Traditional Law Firms
- Licensed & Credentialed Experts
- Qualified to give legal advice & opinions
- Attorney-Client Privilege & Confidentiality
- Liability for Malpractice & Incompetence
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Ethical Requirements & Fiduciary Duties
- Fee & Billing Regulations
- State Bar Oversight, Misconduct Reporting, & Discipline
- Continuing Education Requirements
- Lack Real World Cannabis Operations Experience
- Expensive Retainers & Hourly Billing
- Limited Availability
High Rise Law
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Legacy Cannabis Lawyer
& Business Operators - Up-Front Flat Rate Pricing
- Easy Access Advice Hotline
- Hands-On Support




Three Words:
ATTORNEY-CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY
This is your ultimate shield. Only attorney communications, documentation, and work product have confidentiality and privilege protections. Audits and reports prepared by consultants are easily accessible to regulators, trial attorneys, and law enforcement through warrants and subpoenas.
Already Have a Lawyer?
Great! Our services are an ideal compliment to comprehensive legal representation.While we focus on compliance and inspections, your retainer lawyer can focus on other legal and business matters.
Value: Integrity
We Walk The Walk
Our Mission
Our mission at High Rise Law is to establish a socially and environmentally responsible cannabis industry that is a model for all other commercial industries. Our compliance services are guided by principles of equity, accessibility, and sustainability. We work with our clients to protect consumers, workers, and the environment while ensuring their business is open to people of all abilities.
Our Legacy
High Rise Law is the latest evolution of the Law Office of Lauren Vázquez, the Fired Up Lawyer, established in 2011. Vázquez is one of the nation’s original cannabis business attorneys and is known as the lawyer that legalized cannabis in California. As an industry pioneer she has worked with many other cannabis leaders and organizations. Over the years she has received numerous honors for her work and has been an invited speaker at top industry events.
Our Dedication
Every member of our crew has a history of helping cannabis patients, prisoners, parents, Veterans, and small businesses. We are the activists that lobby politicians, stay late at city council meetings, challenge regulators, and change state and local laws. We are the influencers that stand up to corporate cannabis. We believe the cannabis industry always has been and always will be a movement for social justice.






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