MARYLAND • CANNABIS• HEMP • MARIJUANA EXPERT WITNESS

Ted Menadier provides expert witness services in Maryland cannabis, marijuana, and hemp matters involving cultivation practices, crop valuation, market pricing analysis, business interruption, and industry standards. Maryland voters approved adult-use cannabis through Question 4 in 2022, transitioning from a medical marijuana program to a combined medical and adult-use market overseen by the Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA). Maryland's cannabis market benefits from its proximity to the Washington DC metropolitan area, one of the most densely populated and high-income consumer markets on the East Coast.

Maryland's transition from a limited medical license structure to an expanded adult-use market has created significant market value disputes, license conversion issues, and partnership conflicts as existing medical operators converted their licenses and new entrants competed for adult-use licenses. Matters in Maryland commonly involve crop loss and valuation, cultivation standard of care, business interruption losses, economic damages, operational failures, and the financial analysis of both medical and adult-use cannabis operations. Maryland's agricultural regions also support hemp cultivation, generating crop loss and compliance disputes.

Areas of Expertise

• Crop and yield loss valuation for cultivation operations

• Business interruption and economic loss calculations

• Cannabis and marijuana cultivation standard of care

• Certificate of Analysis (COA) and potency testing review

• Hemp compliance and cannabinoid threshold determinations

• Hemp-to-marijuana classification disputes

• Cannabis genetics, breeding, and propagation review

• Nursery operations and facility assessment

• Seed-to-sale and track-and-trace records review

• Accepted cannabis industry standards and practices

Services Provided

• Case evaluation and litigation consulting

• Written expert reports

• Deposition testimony

• Trial testimony

• Economic damages and loss calculations

• Industry standards and compliance-context review

• Cultivation and production practices assessment

Cannabis Expert Analysis and Testimony for Criminal Matters

Despite Maryland's adult-use cannabis market, criminal cases involving unlicensed cultivation, distribution, and possession with intent continue to arise. Maryland's position along the I-95 corridor and its proximity to Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Delaware — states with varying cannabis laws — means hemp vs. marijuana classification and interstate transportation matters are common in both state and federal courts. I provide expert analysis and testimony regarding cultivation practices, plant counts, yield estimates, production capacity, and hemp vs. marijuana classification to help attorneys, judges, and juries understand the technical realities of cannabis production.