HOOTS LAW PRACTICE PLLC

HOOTS LAW PRACTICE PLLC

About Hoots Law Practice PLLC

Hoots Law Practice PLLC established in 2019 to meet the needs that are unmet by most larger firms. Using her unique background of experience in contracts, employment, corporate/business formation, healthcare, constitutional rights, and intellectual property law, as well as advising complex endeavors in the psychedelics space, Allison Hoots, Esq. is devoted to providing keen personal attention, reliable structure and procedures, creative solutions, and strategic legal protection for her clients.

Allison Hoots, Esq. is the founder and principal attorney of Hoots Law Practice PLLC and has been an attorney since 2011. She is licensed to practice law in: New York, District of Columbia, and Pennsylvania.

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Allison’s qualifications are broad and diverse, but she has synthesized these different experiences into a strong foundation of knowledge.

Allison provides legal advice in the areas of employment, corporate and business formation, contractual, transactional, healthcare, constitutional, and intellectual property legal matters.

She is skilled at providing comprehensive and nuanced legal counsel in employment matters, including employment and independent contractor contracts and analysis, compliance with Federal and State laws, policies and procedures, employment disputes, and negotiations and settlement agreements.

Allison is considered one of the leading psychedelic attorneys in the US. She has unique experience advising in all areas of the psychedelics space, including practitioners as psychedelic assisted therapy providers, risk reduction support service providers, ketamine practitioners, and therapists, as well as other harm reduction and psychedelic endeavors. She advises churches on liability issues and defensibility of the ceremonial use of psychedelic sacraments, pursuant to the right to religious exercise and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

She is a founding member of the Psychedelic Bar Association. She is also Head Policy Counsel for New Yorkers for Mental Health Alternatives to develop policy creating legal access to psilocybin.

Allison is President & Board Member of Sacred Plant Alliance, a self-regulating organization of religious practitioners dedicated to the legal, safe, ethical, and sincere ceremonial use of psychedelic sacraments: https://www.sacredplantalliance.org/

Allison is on Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines' Council for the Protection of Sacred Plants. Allison is the lead author of Chacruna’s Guide to RFRA & Best Practices for Psychedelic Plant Medicine Churches: https://chacruna.net/chacruna_guide_rfra_best_practices_psychedelic_churches/

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

Allison has practiced law with small law firms and an Am 100 law firm. She also has government experience at both the state and federal levels, giving her valuable insights into the practices and priorities of agency investigations; she spent two years as an Investigator for the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration, investigating alleged violations of ERISA and ACA, and several years interning at both the New York State Division of Human Rights and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, investigating alleged violations of state and federal non-discrimination laws.

Allison also worked with several entertainment law firms and a non-profit music organization to help advise clients on copyright and trademark issues, working on a variety of licensing and other types of agreements.

Allison was the Co-Chair of the Defined Benefit Plan Subcommittee for the ABA Tax Section Employee Benefits Committee from October 2019 to June 2021. She was the Co-Vice Chair of this Subcommittee from 2016-2019. In May 2013, she was a speaker for the “Tax Bridge to Practice – Introduction to Employee Benefits” panel, ABA Tax Section Meeting.

Through her experience and in developing her strategies, Allison Hoots, Esq. effectively provides her legal services and attentive support by teleworking, but she travels to provide any services needed, such as one-on-one negotiations or training seminars. Hoots Law Practice PLLC is located in the Hudson Valley of New York, which is a beautiful and easy day-trip to New York City.

Education

TEMPLE LAW SCHOOL - BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW
Juris Doctorate, 2011; Certificate in Employee Benefits, 2013

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
B.A. in English Literature (Honors Program), Minors in Legal Studies and Philosophy, 2007

Bar Admissions

  • New York

  • D.C.

  • Pennsylvania 

Allison also currently co-counsels with brilliant attorneys who provide state-specific legal advice in:

  • California

  • Oregon

  • Colorado

  • Massachusetts

  • Washington State

 


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Hoots Law Practice PLLC is a law firm that uses both its knowledge and its compassionate understanding of interpersonal relationships to advise and support its clients. This firm believes that taking the time to understands its clients dreams and resources improves the ability to protect their legally protected rights and best interests.

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