Andrea A. Golan

Counsel

Los Angeles

a.golan@vicentellp.com

310-684-2016

777 S. Alameda St.,
2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90021

California

J.D., magna cum laude, Whittier Law School
B.A., University of California San Diego

Overview

Andrea Golan serves as counsel in Vicente LLP’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s Regulatory Compliance and Hemp and Cannabinoids Departments. Her practice focuses on advising businesses in ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements for cultivating, processing, testing, marketing, and selling cannabis products—including advising businesses with respect to the intersection of federal, state, and local laws.

Prior to joining Vicente LLP, Andrea was an associate attorney at a national insurance defense firm, where her practice focused on commercial and business litigation, public entity defense, catastrophic injury, and medical malpractice.

Andrea graduated magna cum laude from Whittier Law School, where she served as research editor of the Whittier Law Review. Prior to law school, Andrea worked in customs and regulatory compliance, where she handled sourcing, manufacturing, laboratory testing, packaging, labeling, customs compliance, and factory audits and inspections for housewares and consumables. Andrea also worked as a congressional liaison officer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where she served as a liaison to Members of Congress and their congressional staffers to ensure they were informed of FEMA policies and programs, in addition to assisting individuals and communities with disaster recovery.

Experience

Leadership & Community Involvement

  • Member, International Cannabis Bar Association
  • Member, Cannabis Committee, American Herbal Products Association
  • Member, Government Relations Committee, American Herbal Products Association

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