We believe that personal attention and frequent communication with our clients are the keystones to furthering our client’s objectives. Most firms assign only one attorney to work on your case, but at Scott F. Roberts Law, PLC, we believe in a team approach, where each client has access to all of the attorneys’ respective experience, knowledge, and skill sets. With our entire firm working as your personal support network, there will always be someone available to assist you.
Mr. Roberts is the founder and managing member of Scott F. Roberts Law, PLC, a Detroit-based business law firm. Mr. Roberts has spent his entire career representing businesses and helping them comply with municipal, local and state regulations.
Upon being admitted to the Michigan Bar in 2010, Mr. Roberts went to work as a corporate and healthcare attorney for the Detroit-based law firm of Dickinson Wright. In 2014, he left the firm to start his own business practice, Scott F. Roberts Law, PLC. After passage of the Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act, or MMFLA, Mr. Roberts expanded his practice area to include Marijuana Business Law. Mr. Roberts is a member of the Business Law and Marijuana Law sections of the State Bar. Prior to being admitted to the Michigan Bar, Mr. Roberts attended the University of Miami School of Law, graduating in 2010 with high honors.
Mohamed Ghaith was born and raised in Dearborn, MI. Mohamed graduated from Wayne State University – Law School in May of 2018. While in Law School, Mohamed achieved academic excellence, being awarded the Bronze Key Award two years in row.
His legal education includes internships with the Maurice and Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice and the Arab Civil Rights League. Mohamed gained a deep respect for the law through these internships and they helped him see how the law can be used to protect and empower all people. His work focuses primarily on labor, employment and civil rights.
David Rozanski, Senior Associate Attorney with Scott Roberts Law, PLC, has more than 13 years of experience between business consulting and law. David is a proud Michigan native who obtained his Juris Doctorate and Master of Business Administration from Michigan State University after graduating from the University of Michigan – Flint Campus with a dual major in economics and political science. Since the State of Michigan first released applications for medical cannabis facilities, David has leveraged his unique skillset to help many cannabis businesses become market leaders while remaining fully compliant with all applicable laws and regulations.
Prior to joining Scott Roberts Law, David was in-house counsel for Wild Bill’s Tobacco, which is a national leader in tobacco retail and has a rapidly growing portfolio of vertically-integrated cannabis facilities. David also ran his own professional services firm focused on helping legal cannabis businesses navigate difficult regulatory and licensing requirements, in addition to offering various legal and business solutions. Before joining the cannabis industry, David consulted for such companies as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Quicken Loans.
In 6 years, Christine has garnered a reputation as an aggressive and zealous litigator. Her tenacity has managed to achieve tremendous results for her clients. To highlight a few of her accomplishments, Christine obtained a temporary restraining order against the city of Detroit enjoining the City from commencing Phase 1 of the application window for adult-use marijuana licensing (JARs v City of Detroit), obtained a $6.142m consent judgment via a Motion for Summary Disposition (Value Investors v Cannabis Property Brokers), chaired a trial team that obtained a $13.1m consent judgment, obtained a default judgment against a Minnesota record label on behalf of a recording artist (Johnson v Minnesota Records), and achieved a settlement in a products liability case against Procter & Gamble (Swartz v Procter & Gamble).
Christine became a lawyer to fight injustice and to give a voice to those without one. As her accomplishments illustrate, she will work hard for yours to be heard.
Since leaving Harvard Law School, powerhouse attorney Don Petersen has been practicing law for 32 years. Represented clients nationwide in complex-commercial transactions, including Fortune 500 companies, high-profile executives, and professional athletes. Don taught economics at Harvard and was a tenured law professor – he can analyze your issues in a way that maximizes your return.
Don approaches each transaction with a sense of urgency — he does not rest until the deal has closed. He is an expert in a wide range of transactions, sophisticated and simplistic, involving creating, operating, and selling a business.
He is admitted to practice law in Michigan, Texas, and Illinois.
Elijah Simkins was born and raised in Dearborn Michigan. Elijah received his bachelor’s degree in 2016 from Eastern Michigan University where he was a D1 track and field athlete and graduated Cum Laude. He then went on to Wayne State University Law School where he received his Juris Doctor in 2019.
He spent his legal education focusing on corporate, mergers and acquisitions, business planning and real estate law. While in law school, Elijah served as the president of Wayne State’s Sports and Entertainment Law Society for two years. Shortly after graduating law school, he designed and built his own cannabis business website outlining the paths to starting a business entity in Michigan as well as walking through the Michigan marijuana licensing process.
Nickolas G. Calkins is a warrior for his clients. Nick serves as head of the litigation arm at Scott Roberts Law and has already cemented his position as a tenacious cannabis litigator with recent victories in the Michigan Court of Appeals. Prior to joining Scott Roberts Law, Nick served as in-house counsel for a cannabis based real estate development firm, and previously acted as managing partner at Covert Law Firm in Lansing, Michigan, where his practice focused exclusively on regulatory issues involving cannabis.
When Nick isn’t fighting for his clients, he serves on the Board of Directors for a non-profit CBD company devoted to assisting military veterans. He is also an avid mountain biker and paddle boarder.
Robert G. Hunsicker is our Chief Operating Officer here at Scott Robert’s Law. He has a Bachelor’s in Operations management from Oakland University with a minor in marketing and has an impressive ten + years of experience of hospitality and administration management, which he emulates here in our office, keeping things running smoothly and our clients happy. He knows every aspect of our business and our clients and when we say we have a client-centric office, he is the epitome of just that. Robert takes the time to know each and every client to help us give the best service possible.
Emily received her Bachelor of Arts degrees from Michigan State University where she studied journalism and psychology while minoring in Spanish and law, justice, and public policy. She eventually went on to attend George Washington University where she received a graduate certificate in paralegal studies and American University where she pursued a master’s degree in International Relations with a focus in Conflict Analysis and Negotiation. She is an active member of a women’s group focused on conflict analysis and gender studies and she volunteers her time to various projects for active-duty military members and their families.
Luna is the Chief Morale Officer (“CMO”) of Scott F. Roberts Law. She has held this integral position since puppyhood. As the firm’s CMO, Luna’s steadfast mission is to help every client feel welcome and at ease when they visit the offices of Scott F. Roberts Law. While our client’s cases are always evolving, it’s…
We are a full-service Marijuana Business Law Firm with dedication to helping both start-ups and established businesses make their mark on the Michigan Marijuana Industry. Our attorneys are deeply familiar with the laws and marketplace surrounding medical and recreational marijuana as well as Hemp and CBD. As cannabis attorneys we provide invaluable legal and business advice to help you start your grow facility, provisioning center, processing lab, safety testing facility, secure transportation company, or cannabis microbusiness.
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