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April 22, 2025 – Brown Bag Webinar

Civil Litigation in the Cannibis Industry

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Price: FREE for LPI Members / $10 for non-members

Presented by: Katy M. Young, Esq.

Katy M. Young is a founder and the Managing Partner of Ad Astra Law Group, PC. Founded in 2014, Ad Astra is a thriving litigation practice in the areas of business, employment, real estate, and intellectual property. Ms. Young’s favorite areas of practice are business and real estate litigation, including partnership disputes, breach of contract including real estate contracts, breach of fiduciary duty, investor issues, business torts, employment discrimination and labor claims, intellectual property disputes, and general counsel work. She has represented cannabis businesses in these types of disputes since 2015. Her experience in the courtroom sets her apart from most lawyers. She applies practical, cost-effective litigation strategies to achieve the results that clients need.

Ms. Young served four years as the President of the Board of Directors of the InterNational Cannabis Bar Association. She sits on the Executive Committee of the Edward J. McFetridge American Inn of Court. She is a member of the Berkeley Rotary Club. She is also a member of the ProVisors networking group, the Bay Area Lawyers’ Affinity Group, and the Cannabis Affinity Group (as well as the Executive Committees of each of those groups). She formerly sat on the Executive Committee of the Litigation Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco. She has been named a Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2014 through 2021, then a Super Lawyer for 2022-2024. She was also honored as part of Benchmark Litigation’s Top 40 Under 40 Hotlist for 2018 through 2021.

Ms. Young received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in Social Science and Pre-Law from University of the Pacific in 2004. She attended the university on an athletic and academic scholarship and held several distinguished research assistant positions. Ms. Young graduated from University of San Francisco School of Law, magna cum laude, in 2009. She was a member of the law review and the moot court program as well as a tutor and mentor. The law review published her comment article Georgia is a Peach for Insured’s Right to Diminished Value at 42 U.S.F. L. Rev. 417 (2008). She received honors for best oral argument in the moot court program and top honors in legal research and writing. Ms. Young spent her last semester of law school working as a judicial extern for Chief Magistrate Judge James Larson in the Northern District of California. She also spent a summer working for the California State Bar Office of the Chief Trial Counsel which prosecutes attorneys charged with ethical violations. Ms. Young is a dedicated advocate for cannabis businesses and for a lawyer’s ability to represent cannabis clients.

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