Jonathan Robbins starts his day early. By 6 a.m., he’s on his home computer scanning email, and then he hits the hot sheets — dozens of newsletters from attorneys, advocacy groups, legislators and associations focused on cannabis. And there is a lot to read.

Robbins, who chairs the cannabis practice at Akerman in Fort Lauderdale, believes that when he began collecting clients in the industry back in 2013, he was one of the first Big Law attorneys to practice cannabis law in the United States. The firm ranks 94th on the Am Law 100 list.