Rebecca Stamey-White

Practice Areas

• Alcohol Beverage Law

• Cannabis/Hemp Law

• Regulated Products Compliance

• Alcohol Licensing (Federal and State)

• Industry-specific Commercial Agreements (Distribution, Manufacturing, AP/Custom Crush, IP Licensing/White Labeling, etc.)

• Mergers & Acquisitions (Regulatory Diligence and Licensing for Transactions)

• Sales and Marketing Compliance (labeling, advertising, social media, influencer marketing, brand partnerships,

• Trade Practice Compliance (Tied-House, Commercial Bribery, Consignment Sales, Exclusive Outlets)

• Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Shipping

• Regulatory Investigations, Audits and Accusations

Career

Rebecca Stamey-White is the founder of Stamey-White, a San Francisco-based professional corporation representing the alcoholic beverage, hospitality, and cannabis industries, and their service providers. Her practice has focused exclusively on the alcohol and cannabis/hemp industries for the past 15 years. She assists clients with securing and maintaining their required licenses, advises on production, sales, distribution, and marketing compliance issues, provides strategic regulatory counsel on transactions involving licenses, and defends clients before regulatory bodies.

Rebecca is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law’s San Francisco Immersion Program, where she teaches Cannabis Law, Business & Policy. She has taught Wine Law and Regulatory Issues as Professional Faculty at Sonoma State University’s Wine Business Institute. Additionally, she has guest lectured on cannabis and alcohol topics at Berkeley Law, UC Davis School of Law, the Cannabis Entrepreneurship Academy at Colorado University, and the University of New Hampshire School of Law.

Before starting her own firm, she was a partner at Hinman & Carmichael LLP and an associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She holds a BA and JD, both from Northwestern University.