Surna Names Acclaimed Colorado Cannabis Attorney Tae Darnell VP & General Counsel
April 03 2014 - 8:00AM
Marketwired
Surna Names Acclaimed Colorado Cannabis Attorney Tae Darnell VP
& General Counsel
BOULDER, CO--(Marketwired - Apr 3, 2014) - Surna Inc. (OTCQB:
SRNA), a company focused on the acquisition of cannabis industry
related intellectual property, disruptive technologies, assets and
scalable operating companies, today announced it has named Tae
Darnell Vice President & General Counsel.
Mr. Darnell, who currently serves as a member of the Surna Board
of Directors, is co-founder of the Cannabis Law Center and was one
of Colorado's first full time Cannabis lawyers. His firm has
represented over 500 dispensaries, cultivation premises and infused
product manufacturing companies.
Surna Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of
Directors, Tom Bollich, said, "As a cannabis law expert, Tae ranks
at the top of the industry. Having been instrumental in Colorado's
pioneering path to legalization, and with extensive representation
of cannabis businesses, his knowledge, expertise and marketplace
insight is without peer. Further, his connections with Surna's many
potential acquisition or JV partners, customers, distributors and
the media is invaluable. I am delighted to welcome Tae as Surna's
newest officer."
Commenting on his appointment to Surna vice president and
general counsel, Tae Darnell said, "This is an exciting time to be
in the Cannabis industry and, while the industry is experiencing
strong growth, I believe we are still in the incipient stages of an
industry with a long way to run nationally and globally over the
next ten to twelve years.
"With Tom's leadership, a strong management team and growing
portfolio of IP and operating companies, I am quite confident Surna
is well positioned for success."
Tae Darnell Bio As co-founder of the Cannabis Law Center, Tae
Darnell was one of Colorado's first full time Cannabis lawyers. His
firm has represented over 500 dispensaries, cultivation premises
and infused product manufacturing companies in addition to playing
a pivotal role in Colorado's rise from operating under a
Constitutional Amendment to outright regulated legalization. Tae's
clients represent the definitive leaders in the Cannabis industry
and include companies and individuals considered to be the future
of the industry.
In addition to his experience as a Cannabis attorney, Tae has
significant executive-level experience and comprehensive expertise
in the sports and entertainment industry. Tae has worked or
partnered in business with Grammy winners, Emmy winners, Indie
winners, NFL and NBA athletes. He is a licensed NFL Agent with
active clients in the NFL and also once headed one of the largest
independent record labels in the country, releasing over 65
recording projects in a 6 year period, winning 14 Album of the Year
awards and securing nomination for over 40. He has facilitated
licensing for film and television to companies including: ABC, CBS,
PBS, TNT, Time/Life, Hallmark Entertainment, and MTV, and created
successful relationships for retailers such as Barnes & Noble,
Borders, Tower Records, Virgin Megastores, Wal Mart, Whole Foods,
Discovery Channel Stores and many more.
About Surna Inc. Led by Tom Bollich, the visionary technologist
who co-founded famed gaming company Zynga which ultimately rose to
a $10 billion market valuation, Surna's mission is to acquire
intellectual property and scalable operating companies in the
nascent, legal marijuana industry with a focus on disruptive
technology, equipment and related support services.
The Company represents a pure play on explosive growth in the
cannabis industry, while being agnostic as to the escalating
proliferation of regulated, commodity cannabis growers &
sellers, winners or losers; its business model excludes the
production or sale of marijuana. ArcView industry research projects
the highly fragmented $2.3 billion US cannabis industry will
increase over four-fold to $10.2 billion by 2018.
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