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McGlinchey Attorneys Named Super Lawyers 2024 Washington Rising Stars
Read Time: 2 minsMcGlinchey Stafford is pleased to announce that Heidi Urness and Daniel Shortt, attorneys in the firm’s Seattle office, have been named to the Super Lawyers 2024 Washington Rising Stars List.
Heidi Urness is the co-chair of McGlinchey’s Cannabis industry group and has a national reputation in the cannabis industry. She counsels existing and future licensees, as well as cannabis-ancillary businesses, on a wide range of topics, including business organization and financing, licensing and regulatory issues, transactions and contracts, transportation, real property, employment, taxation, and more. Heidi served on Law360’s Cannabis Editorial Advisory Board, is a leading author on CBD, hemp, and marijuana law, and is a regular contributor to many of the nation’s premier cannabis publications. She recently received the Green Market Report Women in Cannabis Award for Legal as well as the Law360 Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing and has been named a Top 200 Global Cannabis Attorney. This marks Heidi’s second consecutive year being recognized as a Washington Rising Star by Super Lawyers.
Daniel Shortt is a corporate and regulatory attorney who works extensively with entrepreneurs in the cannabis industry. He advises clients on matters related to both hemp and marijuana and frequently speaks on legal issues relating to cannabis across the country and abroad. Daniel has taught as an Affiliate Instructor of Law at the University of Washington School. Daniel is quoted as an authority on cannabis law in dozens of publications, including Marijuana Moment, Hemp Industry Daily, the Washington Post, and Bloomberg, to name a few. This marks Daniel’s third consecutive year being recognized as a Washington Rising Star by Super Lawyers.
The 2024 Washington Rising Stars list recognizes the top 2.5% of lawyers in the state who are 40 years old or younger or have been in practice 10 years or fewer. Since its founding in 1991, Super Lawyers has named outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. To be included in a state publication, lawyers are subject to nomination, a peer-review survey by practice area, and independent research on candidates. No more than the top 5% of attorneys in each state, as nominated by their peers, are then reviewed by an independent research team that focuses on professional accomplishments, peer recognition, and community involvement.
For more information about Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters service, and its selection process, please visit the Super Lawyers website.