Molly Dobbins
Molly Dobbins — Head of Practice Operations | Law Firm Operations, Finance & Marketing Professional
As Head of Practice Operations at Rudick Law Group, she brings that same instinct to a firm operating at the frontier of cannabis, psychedelic medicine, cybersecurity, and international business law.
Molly Dobbins is Head of Practice Operations at Rudick Law Group, PLLC, where she oversees the internal systems, workflows, and business infrastructure that power the firm's work across cannabis law, intellectual property, psychedelic medicine, and emerging industries. With expertise spanning legal operations, financial oversight, trust accounting, client management systems, and multi-state coordination, Molly serves as the operational foundation of a firm advising industry-defining clients across multiple states and countries. Her work ensures RLG's attorneys can move with focus, precision, and speed, and that every client engagement is backed by a firm running at its best.
Molly's path into legal operations was anything but conventional, which is exactly what makes her effective. After years in events, marketing, and client services, she moved into large-scale project administration in the construction industry, managing the administrative operations behind landmark infrastructure projects across San Diego, CA. That experience taught her that the quality of behind-the-scenes systems is what determines whether ambitious organizations succeed or stall. She then transitioned into the legal sector as a startup firm administrator and self-taught IP paralegal, building the operational and administrative systems for an emerging intellectual property practice from scratch. Simultaneously, she took on operations and marketing for a cannabis company dedicated to connecting independent breeders to world markets— designing organizational structure, implementing standard operating procedures, building the company's website, and leading marketing. It was at that intersection of legal operations and the cannabis industry where her path to RLG began to take shape.
Molly's years building infrastructure for cannabis businesses and emerging law firms gave her firsthand understanding of why operational excellence isn't optional in these industries— it's a legal and regulatory necessity. Cannabis, psychedelic medicine, and cybersecurity law operate in environments where the rules are still being written, enforcement is unpredictable, and clients depend on their counsel to move with precision. Having worked inside these industries, built systems for their operators, and navigated their complexity before joining RLG, Molly brings more than organizational expertise to her role– she brings context. That experience informs every process she designs, every system she implements, and every decision she makes as the firm grows.
Molly joined RLG in 2023 as one of the firm's earliest operational hires, helping to build the infrastructure, systems, and processes that transformed RLG from a growing practice into a fully operational firm. She believes the firms that will define the next decade of regulated industries are the ones investing in their operations now, and she is committed to ensuring RLG is one of them.
Legal Operations Strategy & Management
Financial Oversight & Reporting
Trust Accounting Management
CMS Implementation
Business Workflow Development
Multi-State Project Coordination
Process Improvement & Automation
SOP Design & Implementation
Social Media & Content Strategy
Cannabis Industry Events & Conferences
SEO & Digital Marketing
Palomar College, Business Administration; Marketing
Entity Formation Practice Development: Identified a gap in the firm's service infrastructure and built RLG's entity formation practice from the ground up, creating the workflows, documentation, and processes that allow the firm to efficiently guide clients through business formation across multiple states and emerging industries. This practice area now operates as a core entry point for new clients across RLG's full range of specialties.
Financial Operations & Reporting Infrastructure: Developed a comprehensive suite of financial tracking systems and workbooks covering every dimension of firm finances, from trust accounting to revenue reporting to operational expenses. This infrastructure gives RLG the financial clarity and oversight that complex, multi-matter legal practices require to operate with confidence and accountability.
Firm-Wide Document Management & Systems Architecture: Designed and continues to develop RLG's complete document management infrastructure, including a master organizational framework that ensures attorneys can access, track, and manage client files with consistency and precision across a multi-practice, multi-state firm. The system scales with the firm's growth and serves as the backbone of day-to-day legal operations.
Client Intelligence & Portfolio Visibility: Built and maintains a firm-wide operational dashboard providing real-time visibility into the full client portfolio, tracking client types, practice areas, and geographic distribution across every active matter. This infrastructure gives firm leadership the data needed to make informed, strategic decisions about growth, capacity, and resource allocation.
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