Attorneys
Leonard “Lenny” Sharon
Member of Governor’s Advisory Board on Marijuana
Born and raised in Pittsburgh Pa. Went to grade school, high school, undergrad (Pitt 67 BS) and law (Pitt Law 70) Law school for me was during the Viet Nam War. A group of students were opposed to the war and began working with the antiwar movement. We joined a student group of the National Lawyers Guild which is bar association formed when the mainline bar associations would not admit people of color. The lawyers in the Guild were active in the voter rights cases in the South, in representing victims of red baiting during McCarthyism which included representing progressive unions which also subject to red baiting.
During law school several of the student Guild members and several progressive attorneys decided to form a law collective. There were law collectives all over the country including New Jersey, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and other areas as well. The law collectives were run under socialistic principles that is each according to need and equal distribution of work. We had lawyers, paralegals, law students and a former prisoner who became steeped in the law as members of the collective….
Hillary Lister
As an advocate for small businesses, patient safety, and sustainable agriculture, Hillary Lister has played a key role in the development of local and state laws and department rules impacting cannabis businesses in Maine.
Hillary became a family member caregiver in 2004, providing medical cannabis topical salve and tincture to a family member with cancer, and from that point on became actively involved in advocating for good laws to protect patients and ensure access to safe medicine…
Leonard “Lenny” Sharon
Born and raised in Pittsburgh Pa. Went to grade school, high school, undergrad (Pitt 67 BS) and law (Pitt Law 70) Law school for me was during the Viet Nam War. A group of students were opposed to the war and began working with the antiwar movement. We joined a student group of the National Lawyers Guild which is bar association formed when the mainline bar associations would not admit people of color. The lawyers in the Guild were active in the voter rights cases in the South, in representing victims of red baiting during McCarthyism which included representing progressive unions which also subject to red baiting.
During law school several of the student Guild members and several progressive attorneys decided to form a law collective. There were law collectives all over the country including New Jersey, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and other areas as well. The law collectives were run under socialistic principles that is each according to need and equal distribution of work. We had lawyers, paralegals, law students and a former prisoner who became steeped in the law as members of the collective….
Hillary Lister
As an advocate for small businesses, patient safety, and sustainable agriculture, Hillary Lister has played a key role in the development of local and state laws and department rules impacting cannabis businesses in Maine.
Hillary became a family member caregiver in 2004, providing medical cannabis topical salve and tincture to a family member with cancer, and from that point on became actively involved in advocating for good laws to protect patients and ensure access to safe medicine…
Over 50 Years of Experience
The Law Office of Lenny Sharon is a Maine firm with extensive subject matter expertise in the laws and regulations impacting medical cannabis, adult use cannabis, and hemp businesses.