Harvest Health & Recreation Bolsters Legal Team with Appointment of General Counsel and Assistant General Counsel

Harvest Health & Recreation, Inc. (CSE: HARV, OTCQX: HRVSF) a vertically integrated cannabis company with one of the largest and deepest footprints in the U.S., announced today the appointment of Nicole Stanton as VP and General Counsel and Allyson Wilcox as Assistant General Counsel.

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The two important additions expand Harvest’s world class executive team, bolstering its growing legal division of seven experienced lawyers to oversee and manage regulatory legal growth, compliance and licensing deals as Harvest continues their national expansion. Stanton and Wilcox will develop ethical best practices to position Harvest as the leading vertically integrated cannabis company, navigating state regulations and driving national cannabis legality and policy approaches.

“Our success is driven by our best-in-class team of experts who understand the complexities of how to manage the regulatory uncertainty that exists within the legal cannabis market. We focus on why cannabis is important for each community we enter into and it takes an in-depth understanding of community relations and law to allow us to enter the markets with extreme professionalism,” said Steve White, CEO of Harvest. “As Harvest continues our growth, we need the highest level of expertise in understanding regulatory, compliance, management and corporate ethics. We are thrilled to bring on Nicole and Allyson to guide us in setting the best standard of operations to create safe and transparent experiences nationally.”

Prior to her role at Harvest, Stanton held the position of Managing Partner in the Phoenix office of Quarles & Brady while simultaneously serving as the firm’s Assistant General Counsel. As a veteran legal and ethics expert, Stanton was responsible for overseeing over 100 lawyers and 75 professional legal staff in Phoenix covering 11 different legal practice areas. Her practice has been in commercial litigation and real estate. Her storied success as defense counsel for several local and national law firms, along with representing accounting firms, financial institutions, and insurance brokers, has garnered her an established and credible reputation across business practices. Stanton is also a leading Phoenix figure serving as the First Lady of Phoenix while her husband was Mayor from 2011-2018 and now a member of the United States Congress representing Arizona's Ninth Congressional District. She continues to serve the community dedicated as an activist for children's safety and wellbeing, specifically through her anti-bullying initiative, Stop Bullying AZ/The Dion Initiative.