*DISCLAIMER* Due to technical difficulties portions of the audio for this episode are not of the standard and quality for which Conversate with Akeem D. Earle usually provides. However, this conversation was far too beneficial to not provide to the audience. It is the hope of the Conversate with Akeem D. Earle podcast team that you will still enjoy this episode as the clarity of the content is pure and timely. 

Jerome Crawford, a Detroit native, is the Chief Legal Officer for Pleasantrees, Michigan’s premier cultivator and seller of high-quality Midwest cannabis. This position made him the first Black in-house counsel of a major cannabis manufacturer in the state of Michigan. As a native Detroiter and “Super Spartan,” Crawford graduated Magna Cum Laude as a pre-law student at Michigan State University before earning his Juris Doctor at the MSU College of Law. On a national level, he most recently served as Co-Chair of the “Men of Color Project,” an initiative of the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division that aims to address the lack of diversity and advancement of men of color in the legal profession. In this episode we discuss the nuances of lawyering in the cannabis industry, having locs in the legal field, legal hot takes and more! Let's Conversate!