Jodi Green

Practice Areas

Jodi Green is the Founder and Managing Partner of Antithesis Law, guiding clients through the complex and ever-evolving maze of legal and business issues that impact those involved in the psychedelics ecosystem and other emerging industries.

Leveraging her own entrepreneurial experience as a guide, Jodi assists clients with a wide range of legal needs, including corporate formation and governance; contracts; regulatory compliance; and insurance coverage. She also provides fractional general counsel and insurance risk management services to growing entities.

The Firm's psychedelic client portfolio includes:

Healthcare practitioners, coaches, healers, and guides

Clinics and retreat companies

Cultivators and manufacturers

Investors

Educational companies

Media companies

Community, non-profit, religious, and indigenous organizations

Insurance brokers, providers, and TPA’s

Jodi and other firm members actively contribute to policy in collaboration with community and nonprofit organizations, including the Colorado Natural Medicine Advisory Board and Ketamine Task Force. Antithesis lawyers have also served as in-house counsel for leading organizations, such as Burning Man and MAPS.

On top of her legal work, Jodi is a prolific writer and dynamic public speaker, who has spoken for organizations such as MAPS Psychedelic Science, Psychedelics Today, reMind Psychedelic Business Forum, and YPO. She also testified before the National Association of Insurance Commissioners on the importance of insurance for highly regulated industries, including cannabis, and published an online course titled: “Managing the Risks of Cannabis-Related Businesses."

A Board Member of the Psychedelic Bar Association, Jodi was also named a California “Super Lawyer” and a Top 200 Psychedelics Lawyer.

You can visit Antithesis Law at www.antithesis.law.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

State Bar Admissions: California; Illinois

Federal Circuit Court Admissions: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Federal District Court Admissions: Central District of California; Northern District of Illinois

Experience

Some of Jodi's experience includes:

Formation of a multi-entity, multi-state ketamine addiction recovery venture, including management services organization, along with related fundraising documents, licensing agreements, and other applicable contracts.

Assist with contract review and general corporate legal advice for psychedelic employee benefits company.

Assist with corporate review, contracts, healthcare and insurance advice for California in-person ketamine assisted therapy retreat.

Assist with healthcare and corporate legal issues for California ketamine psychiatry and IV vitamin clinic.

Assist with healthcare and corporate legal issues for California psychotherapy and integrative wellness clinic.

Assist with corporate formation and contracts for California integration coaching practice.

Assist with corporate formation, fundraising and investor contracts, and regulatory advice for psychedelic public benefit company.

Assist hemp beverage startup with incorporation of new entity, review and drafting of licensing agreements.

Formation of new entities and trademark applications for psychedelic coaching businesses.

Recovered $4.75 million for a client in a dispute with an insurance carrier over proceeds from a homeowner’s insurance policy.

Represented client in California litigation involving regulatory issues surrounding hemp-derived cannabinoids.

Serves as general counsel and compliance officer for advertising technology company.

Served as an insurance coverage consultant for an insurance broker to assist with cannabis, hemp, and psychedelic insurance programs.

Assisted with implementation of standardized language, policies and procedures relating to insurance provisions in commercial contracts.

Assisted in insurance coverage analysis and dispute resolution against numerous pharmaceutical companies in the trillion-dollar nationwide opioid litigation.

Assisted in mediation of $800 million in claims over damages and insurance coverage for the MGM Harvest Festival mass shooting.

Professional Memberships

Jodi is a Board Member of the Psychedelic Bar Association, pro bono counsel to the Ketamine Task Force.

Jodi formerly served on the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Cannabis Committee, and as a member of the Risk Management and Insurance Committee of the National Cannabis Industry Association, as well as a member of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance and American Bar Association.

Publications

Publications and Presentations

"Gray Markets: The Good, The Bad and the Jury’s Still Out," reMind Psychedelics Business Forum (Dec. 2024)

"Longtime Insurance Attorny Launches "Rebel" Psychedelics Firm," Law360 (Oct. 2024)

"Legal Issues for Psychedelics Business Owners," Psychedelics Today Masterclass (July 2024)

"Psychedelics, Insurance, and Risk Management for Licensed Therapy Professionals," Webinar (April 2024)

"Recreational vs Rx Market – The Future of Natural Psychedelics in the Kaleidoscope of Evolving Regulations," MAPS Psychedelic Science Conference (June 2023)

"Show Me the Data – Navigating Psychedelic Naysayers," MAPS Psychedelic Science Conference (June 2023)

"Insurance and Risk Management for Psychedelics," MAPS Psychedelic Science Conference (June 2023)

"Insurance and Risk Transfer for Psychedelics Practitioners," Psychedelics Today, Vital Program Virtual Meeting (Feb. 2023)

Psychedelics: Impact on Leadership, Diversity, and Inclusion, co-presented with MAPS JEDI Officer, Chief Psychedelics Group Virtual Meeting (Jan. 2023)

“Ketamine Clinics Opening Up Around Southern California,” KNX News Radio, Expert Interview (March 2023)

"Interstate Cannabis Agreements," MyLawCLE (Nov. 2022)

“Dispute Resolution and Risk Transfer for Founders and General Counsel,” Chief (Oct. 2022)

“The Future of Psychedelics,” YPO President’s Forum (Oct. 2022)

“Creating Social Equity in the Cannabis Industry,” ALM Webinar

“Women in Cannabis,” DRI Cannabis Seminar (Sept. 2022)

“The Rise of Cannabis Lounges,” NCIA Podcast and Social Equity Committee Meetings, Podcast and Webinar (Aug. + Oct. 2022)

“Protecting Your Cannabis Business with Insurance,” Hampton Cannabis Expo (CanXpo) (Aug. 2022)

“Compliance, Risk Management, and Insurance Essentials for the Cannabis Industry,” Los Angeles County Bar Association (May 2022)

“Opioid Insurance Coverage Issues,” International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, Committee Meeting (Apr. 2022)

“The Next Wave in Public Nuisance Claims,” Dispute Resolution and Litigation, American Bar Association (Mar. 2022)

“Cannabis State of the Union,” National Association of Insurance Commissioners, NAIC Spring National Meeting (Mar. 2022)

PUBLICATIONS

Quoted, “DEA Cannabis Proposal Likely to Keep Insurers Sidelined,” Law 360 (May 2024)

Quoted, “Women in Insurance Law on Breaking Down Barriers,” Law 360 (March 2024)

“We Need More Women in the C-Suites of Psychedelic Companies,” Interview with ReMind Media (June 2023)

“How to Access and Assess Ketamine Therapy Options,” The Cannigma (May 15, 2023)

“What’s the Deal with Cannabis Consumption Lounges,” The Cannigma (Oct. 2022)

“The Struggle is Real: Federal Trademark Registration for Cannabis and Hemp-Derived Food and Beverages Remains Elusive,” Miller Nash, IP & Technology Law Trends, coauthor (Oct. 2022)

“Ohio Ruling Continues Pro-Insurer Shift In Opioid Wars,” Law 360 (Sept. 2022)

“A Roadmap to Insurance Coverage for the Mother of Toxic Torts: PFAS,” Miller Nash, The Northwest Policyholder (Sept. 2022)

“A Road Map to Insurance for PFAS Claims and Suits,” Law360 (Sept. 2022)

“‘Take-Home COVID’ Claims May Lead to Future Insurance Disputes,” Miller Nash, The Northwest Policyholder (Aug. 2022)

“Cannabis Lounges – Coming to a City Near You,” NCIA Blog (Aug. 2022)

“Biggest General Liability Rulings In The First Half of 2022,” Law360, quoted (June 2022)

“Forum Battles Lie Ahead For Opioid Coverage Disputes,” Law360, quoted (June 2022)

“The Ninth Circuit Leaves Open the Delta-8 THC Legal Loophole in an Intellectual Property Dispute,” Miller Nash, IP & Technology Law Trends, coauthor (May 2022)

“An Alaska Court Goes Fishing for Insurance, Hooking Another Policyholder Win in a Phishing Scam Case,” Miller Nash, The Northwest Policyholder (Mar. 2022)

“2 Calif. Insurance Decisions Question Boundaries Of Fortuity,” Law360, coauthor (May 2022)

“Insurers Up Scrutiny Of Companies’ ESG Strategies,” Law360, quoted (May 2022)

“Legal Experts Say Opioid Coverage Disputes Far From Over,” Law360, quoted (Apr. 2022)

“The Ninth Circuit Hooks a California Policyholder Win Under a Commercial Crime Policy in a Phishing Scam Case,” Miller Nash, The Northwest Policyholder (Mar. 2022)

“Policyholder Attys Hail Wash. Justices’ Entry Into Virus Fight,” Law360, quoted (Jan. 2022)

“What To Know As Vermont Justices Hear Virus Coverage Row,” Law360, quoted (Jan. 2022)

“Managing the Risks of Cannabis-touching Entities,” ALM/National Underwriter, Online Course (2022)

Education

Awards