Courtney Barnes

Practice Areas

Courtney Barnes specializes in advising clients on regulatory compliance, risk management, contract creation, nonprofit formation, and strategic operational matters relating to provision of services and the production and distribution of stringently regulated compounds in emerging industries. Her legal expertise includes providing bespoke DEA, FDA, and state regulatory compliance guidance, including licensing, distribution, and advertising strategy to consumer-packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers, retailers, and ancillary service providers. Ms. Barnes was a lead drafter of Denver’s Psilocybin Decriminalization Initiative (the nation’s first successful voter-initiated psychedelic policy reform ordinance) and has extensive experience drafting state and local policy relating to the regulation of cannabis and psychedelics. Licensed to practice law in California, Colorado, and Texas, she is a sought-after public speaker, spiritual seeker, and trailblazer in drug policy reform.

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University of Denver Sturm College of Law, J.D. (2017).

University of South Florida, B.A., summa cum laude (2010).