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Municipal Lawyers

Dec. 8, 2011

A. Patrick Munoz


Munoz has spent the past two years on the front lines in the city of Dana Point's battle against medical marijuana dispensaries. And through an innovative legal strategy, he managed to rid the city of the stores.


When dispensaries began popping up in the city in 2009, Dana Point and other municipalities tried to crack down on them by adopting zoning regulations that effectively banned the shops. But the dispensaries pushed back, arguing the state's medica...

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