Benjamin Sobczak

Benjamin Sobczak is an experienced litigator with an emphasis on shareholder and close corporate disputes, collection actions, private securities litigation, class action defense, and business torts. He also serves as outside general counsel providing regulatory and transactional-based services to cannabis companies in various jurisdictions throughout the U.S. and Canada. He is a frequent speaker at professional seminars and conferences and is recognized as a leading legal contributor to the Michigan cannabis industry. Prior to joining Dickinson Wright, Ben served as the Chief Legal Officer for a vertically integrated cannabis company with operations in Michigan and Massachusetts. In that role, Ben gained invaluable experience as a business operator and entrepreneur. That expanded perspective enables him to fully appreciate client needs and develop practical and cost-effective legal solutions in furtherance of their success.

State Bar of Michigan Cannabis Law Section Council Member; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; American Bar Association; Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association; Oakland County Bar Association

Co-Author, "Marijuana Rescheduling Pending Despite New Executive Order," Dickinson Wright Client Alert, December 2025; Co-Author, “Congress Moves to Redefine Hemp: One Year to Reshape a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, November 2025; Co-Author, "Michigan's Wholesale Marijuana Tax: Preliminary Thoughts and Observations," Dickinson Wright Client Alert, October 2025; Author, “Tennessee’s New Law Moves Hemp-Derived Cannabinoids Under ABC Authority January 1, 2026,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, June 2025; Co-Author, “A Lid on the Canna Worms? Congress Formally Pursues Prohibition of Intoxicating Hemp,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, June 2025; Co-Author, "Cliffs Without Fences and Fences Without Cliffs: Exploring the Emerging Conflicts Between Quasi-Legal Intoxicating Hemp and Regulated State-Legal Cannabis," Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper, No. 855, Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, June 2024; Co-Author, "Regulated Cannabis Collateral Creates Challenges in Compressed Industry,” Green Market Report, May 2023

Wayne State University

J.D., magna cum laude

2009

Western Michigan University

B.S, summa cum laude

2005

40 & Under Hotlist

Benchmark Litigation

2019

Business Litigation of the Year

Crain’s Detroit Business

2017

Rising Stars

Michigan Super Lawyers

Business Litigation

Michigan Super Lawyers, 2024-2025

Industry Focus – Cannabis

The Legal 500 United States

2025

Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers

Cannabis Law Report / Cannabis Law Journal

2025