Patricia M Monaghan

Cannabis-Business Law - Primary areas of practice are cannabis business law, business organizations, and business transactions/contract law. Her work includes a concentration on representing and advising licensed cannabis producers, manufacturers, and retailers and applicants for these licenses under the Cannabis Regulation Act, formerly under the New Mexico’s Lynn & Erin Compassionate Use Act. 

Patricia Monaghan (Tricia) has successfully represented applicants for integrated, independent, and micro cannabis producer, manufacturer, and retailer business licenses since the first year they were issued for medical cannabis businesses in 2009.  She also assists cannabis producers, manufacturers, and retailers in maintaining compliance in this highly regulated market.  She is consistently working with state and local agencies, monitoring new policies and changes in the law to help clients stay in the forefront as the cannabis industry continues to evolve.  Tricia has presented multiple seminars for continuing education credit for attorneys and accountants annually on New Mexico Cannabis Business Law for National Business Institute since commencement in 2011. Additionally, she has served on the Board of a Medical Cannabis Licensed Nonprofit Corporation since 2009.  Tricia currently is Chair of the Board of a legacy vertically integrated cannabis establishment.     

She is a member of the New Mexico State Bar, Albuquerque Bar Association, and the International Cannabis Bar Association. Ms. Monaghan also is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Cannabis Law Section of the New Mexico State Bar and is a member of the Cannabis Control Division Rulemaking Workgroup (2022) and was a member of the New Mexico State Cannabis Accessibility and Affordability Task force (2018 - 2019).  Tricia is the founder, Chair of the Board of Directors, and President of the Medical Cannabis Compassion Foundation of New Mexico.  She is also an active member of NORML’s National Legal Committee.  Tricia has an MBA, ten years of commercial banking experience, and is a 1996 honor graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Law.