Finding attorneys with an appetite for risk has become one of the leading challenges for recruiting in-house attorneys to the cannabis industry, according to two in-house counsel recruiters at Major, Lindsey & Africa.

Gigi Birchfield, managing partner in the in-house group in the Los Angeles office, said because many lawyers are risk-averse, it can be difficult pulling them away from high-paying jobs in settled industries.

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