Attorney Valerio Romano helps businesses and individuals seeking to cultivate, process or dispense medical and adult-use marijuana get to market quickly, compliantly, and efficiently. Currently representing numerous licensees and hopeful licensees in Massachusetts and beyond, Valerio is a partner with Vicente Sederberg LLC, the foremost law firm creating cannabis policy and siting cannabis businesses across the United States.

Cannabis business license holders and license seekers turn to Valerio for assistance with land-use, municipal law, application drafting, regulatory compliance, and obtaining funding. He works with clients through the application and licensing process, to site and secure real estate, and to engage with local governmental entities and host communities to obtain support for his clients’ cannabis businesses.

A staunch advocate for his clients and the cannabis industry, Valerio is a co-drafter of the Question 4 ballot initiative in 2016, ending prohibition and opening the doors for the new legal cannabis industry in the Commonwealth. Admitted to practice law in Massachusetts, California, and various Federal Courts, Valerio began his legal career in 2006 working with the thoughtful defenders of human rights at Pier 5 Law Offices in San Francisco.