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420LawOffice  Civil Rights litigation  

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Stewart Richlin

“Solving problems, managing opportunities.”

5870 Melrose Ave 3-909

Los Angeles, CA 90038

310-699-9392

RichlinLaw@gmail.com

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OMG SOCKS

Dec 2023-Feb 2026   Retail; Gifts, Hemp, Fashion

Pride and Joy Project

Dec 2022   Le Comedie

Yogivore.com

Dec 2022   Synthesizing yoga movement and carnivory.

Law Office of Stewart Richlin, Los Angeles / Humboldt County - Attorney

Jan 2006 - present

Boutique law firm handling corporate, transactional and litigation matters. "Solving problems, Managing opportunities."™ Family law hearings, law and motion.

Vital Toys, LLC - Los Angeles - Legal, Management, Sales

Jan 2002-Jan 2006

Legal, sales and management of toy company, working with licensors such as Snoop Dogg, MGM, 20th Century Fox, coordinating legal requirements for licenses, manufacture, sales, web presence and shopping cart. Sales.  Made collectibles using licensed cult classics.

Yoga on Melrose, West Hollywood — Entrepreneur, Instructor

Jan 1995 - Jan 2002

Created and ran fitness business, taught about 10,000 classes, public and private instruction.  Participated in the early yoga boom, fine tuned exercise and meditation practices for Western students. Web promotion, sales.

Here is what an AI, that prefers to remain nameless, said about Stewart Richlin as it retreived some of the LA Times coverage of the "cannabis battles." It said I am a high-profile Los Angeles-based attorney who became a prominent fixture in the Los Angeles Times for his aggressive legal representation of medical cannabis dispensaries. Operating the 420 Law Office, Richlin defended cannabis collectives during the chaotic era of local moratoriums, city ordinance enforcement, and shifting regulations.

His notable coverage in the Los Angeles Times spans several major milestones in L.A.'s medical marijuana legal battles:

• The "Happy Days" Injunction (December 2010): Richlin famously declared, “We're singing 'Happy Days Are Here Again,'” after a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge issued an injunction against major portions of L.A.'s restrictive medical marijuana law. The ruling temporarily protected his clients and blocked the city from using aggressive enforcement tactics.

• The Hardship Exemption Boom (2009): When the city enacted a moratorium on new dispensaries, Richlin devised legal strategies and hardship exemption applications for over 100 cannabis collectives, inadvertently contributing to a massive boom of storefronts across the city.

• Fights Against "Kangaroo Courts" (2009): During public hearings where city officials restricted dispensary owners to just one minute of testimony, Richlin aggressively challenged city officials, publicly calling the fast-tracked enforcement hearings a "kangaroo court".

• Decentralized Post-Prop 64 Warnings (2016): Following the legalization of recreational cannabis in California via Prop 64, Richlin warned via LAist that giving independent licensing authority to all 88 cities across Los Angeles County would create an "insane" and unmanageable checkerboard of laws.

EDUCATION

Southwestern School of Law, Los Angeles — Juris Doctor

Sept 1981 - June 1985

Study of the law, clerkship for Schulman & Davidoff, under former Federal Prosecuter and Chair, litigation section county bar.  Graduated with distinction in the area of Real Estate Sales Transactions. 

Univ. of California, Los Angeles — History Major

Sept 1978 - June 1981

Undergraduate education. Small furniture business, “Smart Furniture”; Larry “Bud” Melman fan club; guitar player in local band.

SKILLS

• Identify and capitalize on trends and movements. Working with people in a positive, respectful manner.

DISTINCTIONS

Real Estate - #1 student in law school in senior Real Estate class, award at graduation.

Suit to reform Cannabis Law:  obtained partial preliminary injunction vs City of Los Angeles in highly contentious complex litigation.

Yoga in Mass Media:  de-mystified yoga by interviews and TV appearances on Blind Date, MTV’s Jackass, bringing comedy and lightness to the topic.

Played Guitar at the Whiskey: in a band that had a single released on vinyl in 2021, record company having “rediscovered” our demo tape.

SUPER POWER

Humor and compassion, delivered with detail-orientation and passion.

Get in touch at 310-699-9392 or richlinlaw@gmail.com

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