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Whitt Steineker

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Life Sciences
Food, Beverage and Hospitality
Cannabis

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Alabama, U.S.A.

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Whitt Steineker has devoted his legal career to representing companies that provide a wide range of goods and services. He provides clients of all types with litigation counsel, transactional advice, and practical strategies for growth. Whitt advises clients of all sizes—from multinational corporations to local businesses—in transactional and litigation matters in jurisdictions across the country and around the world.

As co-chair of Bradley’s Cannabis Industry team, Whitt represents clients in a wide range of cannabis issues. In addition to providing a full suite of legal services to cannabis companies, Whitt and the Cannabis Industry team advise non-cannabis clients – from banks to commercial real estate companies to insurance companies and high net worth individuals – on best practices for doing business (or, when appropriate, not doing business) with cannabis companies.

Whitt regularly represents clients in the food and beverage industry, from breweries to distributors and wholesalers. As the practice leader of Bradley’s Food, Beverage and Hospitality team, Whitt and his fellow team members counsel clients on a wide range of matters, including corporate formation, growth and expansion strategies, intellectual property issues, real estate matters, and labor and employment issues.

Whitt has devoted a substantial portion of his career to the representation of manufacturers of products ranging from tires to prescription drugs to medical devices.

Prior to joining the firm, Whitt was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York, where he gained experience in general commercial, antitrust, securities, professional liability, and labor and employment matters as a member of the litigation department.

Bar Admissions

Alabama, 2010
New York, 2009

Court Admissions

United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama
United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama
United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
United States District Court, Northern District of New York

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2008, magna cum laude; Order of the Coif
University of Alabama, B.A., 2003, summa cum laude

Areas of Practice

Professional Career

Articles

Alabama on the Brink of Adopting Medical Cannabis
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, January 2021

When Alabama’s Legislature convenes for its annual session on February 2, lawmakers will once again be asked to consider a bill that would provide certain Alabamians with access to medical cannabis...

Cannabis and the Candidates: Joe Biden Cannabis and the Candidates: Joe Biden
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, October 2020

This is the first article in a three-part series focused on the intersection of the 2020 presidential election and cannabis policy in the United States. Each article will focus on the specific presidential candidates of the two major parties and the eventual winner. Check back in two weeks for the next entry in this series. The 2020 U.S. presidential election is underway, with many voters already casting their ballots under unprecedented circumstances...

Up in Smoke: Lawsuits Pose Serious Threat to Vaping and Cannabis Industries
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, November 2019

This fall, an outbreak of lung illnesses allegedly related to vaping ignited public hysteria and legislative reactions in many states. The vaping and cannabis industries are already paying, and will continue to pay, high reputational and policy costs associated with these events, and the industries should also be aware that the widespread nature of reported injuries could lead to a substantial amount of costly mass tort litigation...

Blogs

Declassified
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Declassified blog offers commentary and insights on the latest class action suits, significant class action opinions, relevant changes to laws and rules, and important class action trends. Declassified covers topics ranging from significant Supreme Court and appellate court decisions regarding...

Patent 213
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Patent law, like most things in life, is subject to change. Changes to patent laws not only impact investment in your existing IP, but directly shape strategies to protect your freedom to operate. The Patent 213 blog provides up-to-date, insightful analysis of the evolution in the written...

The Law of Order
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Bradley’s The Law of Order blog serves as a general parliamentary procedure resource, providing information about creation and revision of governing documents (constitutions, bylaws, or rules), application of Robert’s Rules of Order and other procedural authorities in a variety of contexts (such as...