David Feldman concentrates his law practice on corporate and securities law and mergers and acquisitions, as well as general representation of public and private companies, entrepreneurs, investors, and private equity and venture capital firms. David has represented a wide range of clients in the legal cannabis and psychedelics industries since 2013. He provides guidance on private placements, public offerings, loan structuring and fund formation for cannabis companies, as well as corporate structuring advice and applications for grow, processing and dispensary licenses. He also advises on risk assessment issues for large, multinational businesses seeking to enter the cannabis industry. The global guide Chambers & Partners ranked Mr. Feldman as a leading US attorney in cannabis law every year since 2019 for corporate and transactional work in the industry. In addition, the National Law Journal named him a “Cannabis Law Trailblazer” and Business Insider named him as a top lawyer in the cannabis industry. He has also been listed several times in the Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers published by Cannabis Law Digest. David is the former team lead of an AmLaw 100 firm’s 60-attorney Cannabis Industry Group. He frequently speaks at industry conferences and is quoted by numerous publications about legal developments and business news in this rapidly expanding market.

David also advises emerging growth companies in a range of industries with regard to alternatives to traditional financing through initial public offerings, and is considered an authority on public offerings through SEC Regulation A+. He published a book on that subject, called Regulation A+ and Other Alternatives to a Traditional IPO (John Wiley & Sons), in 2018. David has also published The Entrepreneur’s Growth Startup Handbook: 7 Secrets to Venture Funding and Growth Success (2013) and the award-winning Reverse Mergers and Other Alternatives to a Traditional IPO (First Edition 2006, Second Edition 2009). A Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania Law School graduate and former Chair of Wharton’s worldwide alumni, David is not just a lawyer – he’s a community builder. He’s run, built, bought, invested in, and sold businesses. He feels his clients’ pain but provides the objective outsider’s point of view that founders need.

Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law | University of Pennsylvania – Carey Law School

B.S., Economics | The Wharton School

We are delighted to share that David Feldman is slated to speak at Science in the City, hosted by the Medical Resource Association, Inc. in Bordeaux, France on October 26, 2024!

Courtney Barnes and David Feldman attended Cannabis Europa June 25-26 at the Barbican Centre in London.

Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyer 2024–2025

Global Top 200 Psychedelics Lawyer 2024–2025

Chambers Top Ranked USA 2024

Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyer 2023–2024

Global Top 200 Psychedelics Lawyer 2023–2024

Chambers Top Ranked USA 2023

Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyer 2022–2023

Chambers Top Ranked USA 2022

Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyer 2021–2022

Chambers Top Ranked USA 2021

Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyer 2020–2021

Chambers Top Ranked USA 2020

Global Top 200 Cannabis Lawyer 2019–2020

Chambers Top Ranked USA 2019