PATRICIA M. MONAGHAN, Esq. practices in the areas of business organizations and contract law. Her work includes a concentration on representing and advising licensed cannabis producers and manufacturers and producer and manufacturer applicants under Cannabis Regulation Act. She has successfully represented applicants for cannabis producer licenses since the first year they were issued in 2009, as well as applicants for manufacturer licenses, and has successfully petitioned for the recognition of additional qualifying conditions before the New Mexico Medical Advisory Board. Ms. Monaghan has co-taught New Mexico Cannabis Business Law seminars for National Business Institute since 2011.  She is a member of the New Mexico State Bar, the American Bar Association, and the International Cannabis Bar Association.  She also is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Cannabis Law Section of the New Mexico State Bar and Founder, Chair, and President of the Medical Cannabis Compassion Fund of NM.  Ms. Monaghan is an active member of NORML’s National Legal Committee, International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines, the Drug Policy Alliance, and the New Mexico Cannabis Chamber of Commerce.  She has an MBA, ten years of experience in commercial banking, and is a 1996 graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Law.