Jason Tarasek is a partner at Vicente LLP and manages the firm's Minnesota office. He assists clients throughout the Upper Midwest. With more than 20 years of legal experience as a transactional attorney and litigator, he has handled hundreds of civil litigation matters and first-chaired several trials in state and federal courts. Recently, Jason recovered nearly $2 million for cannabis entrepreneurs who had been defrauded by potential investors.

As a cannabis policy advocate, Jason has spent many hours at the Minnesota State Capitol. In 2022, Jason successfully lobbied in favor of Minnesota’s “edible cannabinoid product” law, which sparked an explosion in the popularity of hemp-derived THC beverages throughout Minnesota and the United States. In 2023, he advocated for Minnesota’s passage of an adult-use cannabis bill. Today, Jason continues to strive for sensible policy as Minnesota implements its adult-use cannabis program while expanding its trailblazing hemp-derived THC beverage industry.

Previously, Jason served as Minnesota Political Director for the Marijuana Policy Project, where he helped orchestrate the state’s first-ever legislative hearing on a cannabis legalization bill in 2019. Jason is a founding member, board member, and director of government affairs for Sota Cann, which is Minnesota’s leading trade organization for cannabis businesses. He is also a former board member of the Cannabis Industry Association of South Dakota.