The transition from a firm to in-house role can be a challenging one, but that’s not all attorney Elyse Kaplan was facing six months ago when she started at her first-ever legal department job.  

When Kaplan joined cannabis company Vertical as corporate counsel, she was also entering an industry she’d never worked in before, a space with ever-evolving regulations. Kaplan came to the California-based cannabis industry company from immigration law firm Hadley Bajramovic.