https://aaronhall.com/business-attorneys-ask-minnesota-supreme-court-to-change-ethics-rule-that-prohibits-representing-marijuana-businesses/ Recent content in Business Attorneys Ask Minnesota Supreme Court to Change Ethics Rule that Prohibits Representing Marijuana Businesses on Aaron Hall, Attorney Hugo en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:23:10 -0500 https://aaronhall.com/business-attorneys-ask-minnesota-supreme-court-to-change-ethics-rule-that-prohibits-representing-marijuana-businesses/advisory-opinion-request-may-15-2014/ Tue, 29 Jul 2014 22:13:11 +0000 https://aaronhall.com/business-attorneys-ask-minnesota-supreme-court-to-change-ethics-rule-that-prohibits-representing-marijuana-businesses/advisory-opinion-request-may-15-2014/ <h2 id="advisory-opinion-request">Advisory Opinion Request</h2> <p>Submitted to Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board by Aaron Hall on May 15, 2014.</p> <h2 id="question">Question:</h2> <p>May our law firm’s business attorneys represent business owners and their companies opening medical marijuana businesses in compliance with state law despite these operations being in violation of federal law?</p> <h2 id="facts">Facts:</h2> <p>Rule 1.2(d) states “A lawyer shall not counsel a client to engage, or assist a client, in conduct that the lawyer knows is criminal . . . .”</p>