MICHIGAN • CANNABIS • HEMP • MARIJUANA EXPERT WITNESS

Ted Menadier provides expert witness services in Michigan cannabis, marijuana, and hemp matters involving cultivation practices, crop valuation, market pricing analysis, business interruption, and industry standards. Michigan operates one of the largest regulated marijuana markets in the United States, overseen by the Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA), with a substantial cultivation sector, extensive indoor production facilities, licensed processors, testing laboratories, and retailers.

Michigan's cannabis market is distinctive because of its transition from one of the nation's largest caregiver systems to a fully regulated commercial market — a shift that created a complex overlap between legacy caregiver operations and licensed commercial businesses. This transition has generated disputes involving crop valuation, business interruption, cultivation standard of care, economic damages, and the valuation of crops and production output from both licensed and legacy caregiver operations. Michigan's large indoor cultivation sector also means facility-related disputes, equipment failures, and crop loss matters are common.

Areas of Expertise

• Crop and yield loss valuation

• Business interruption and economic loss analysis

• Cannabis and marijuana cultivation standard of care

• THC potency testing and Certificate of Analysis review

• Hemp-derived cannabinoid compliance and THC thresholds

• Marijuana versus hemp classification disputes

• Cannabis genetics and propagation review

• Nursery operations and facility assessment

• Track-and-trace and METRC records review

• Accepted industry standards and practices

Services Provided

• Case evaluation and litigation support

• Written expert witness reports

• Deposition testimony

• Trial testimony and courtroom presentation

• Economic damages and business interruption analysis

• Industry standards and compliance-context evaluation

• Cultivation and production practices review

Cannabis Expert Analysis and Testimony for Criminal Matters

Michigan's large cannabis market and history of caregiver cultivation mean criminal cases involving unlicensed cultivation, distribution, and diversion continue to arise alongside its regulated commercial sector. Matters involving plant counts, yield estimates, caregiver grow operations, and the distinction between licensed and unlicensed production are particularly common in Michigan. I provide expert analysis and testimony to help attorneys, judges, and juries understand the technical realities of cannabis cultivation and production in Michigan's unique regulatory environment.