Two Heber Springs dispensary owners pleaded guilty this week Alex Grey a Nate Steel on charges of fraud and illegal activity.
Marshall Wright, who worked in the county with Steel, is a plaintiff in the suit and Josh Landers of Pentan. The two are the owners of Enlightened Cannabis for People of Heber Springs and Regina Thurman a Sandra Garciaaccording to records from the state Medical Marijuana Commission.
Wright is listed as a partner in the defendants’ law firm of Steel, Wright, Gray PLLC, according to the firm’s website. Wright’s pages on LinkedIn and Ballotpedia list him as a partner of Sharpe, Beavers Cline and Wright of Forrest City.
The defendants are Steel, Wright, Gray PLLC; Capitol Law Group LLC; The quality; and Gray, who is the chief strategic officer of Good Day Farm Arkansas.
Here is a link to the lawsuit
The attorney for Wright and Landers, Scott PoynterAn email seeking comment was not returned.
Gray released a statement via text.
“We deny wrongdoing, and it’s not clear what they say they did wrong or what harm they caused,” Gray said in a statement.
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs allege that Gray and Steel recruited themselves as owners and members of several business entities in order to apply for licenses for prescription drug dispensaries. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiffs agreed to allow the defendants to represent them but Gray and Steel “failed to meet the professional standards and responsibility of each person’s honesty. [sic] to the petitioners.”
The lawsuit alleges that the defendants prepared the medical license applications but did not “properly advise the plaintiffs of the content of the applications.” According to the lawsuit, after receiving the license, the defendants did not properly advise the plaintiffs of their dispensary, operating permit, or operating permit.
The lawsuit also alleges that the defendants made false and misleading statements.
The plaintiffs filed suit in St. Louis. Francis County and requested a jury trial.
