Victoria Cvitanovic

Victoria J. Cvitanovic, Esq. — Psychedelic Medicine & Cannabis Attorney | Data Privacy Officer & AI Governance Counsel | Louisiana & New Mexico Business Law

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Victoria is a former prosecutor and litigator on behalf of healthcare providers, insurance companies, and large corporate clients in the technology industry. Now, Victoria serves as Of Counsel and Data Privacy Officer for her firm, and acts as fractional Data Privacy Officer for several clients. Drawing on her extensive litigation background and compliance expertise, she helps psychedelic medicine, cannabis, and healthcare/wellness businesses, along with AI and technology developers, avoid common pitfalls, obtain data handling certifications, and grow strategically in a complex regulatory environment. Likewise, Victoria's experience as a negotiator, litigation portfolio manager, and contract builder ensures that her clients maintain an upward trajectory in these growth-edge industries.

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Victoria first witnessed the need for sophisticated representation in the cannabis and psychedelic medicine spaces as a prosecutor for the State of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans. There, she handled a substantial felony docket, made charging decisions in violent criminal cases, managed and obtained indictments before grand juries, tried numerous cases to verdict, and rose to become the Chief of the Juvenile Division, making her the youngest person to obtain a "Chief" rank in that office at that time. As a prosecutor, Victoria advocated for diversion, addiction treatment options, and hybrid sentencing options. After transitioning out of prosecution, Victoria defended doctors and hospital networks on behalf of both the state of Louisiana and private insurance companies, securing verdicts on behalf of healthcare providers at both the pre-panel and post-panel levels and before various professional regulatory bodies. These successes led Victoria to become a contract drafter, a regulatory advisor, a tactical ally in structuring, securing, and enforcing complex settlement agreements, and a strategic partner to her healthcare clients. During this time, Victoria's lifelong interest in technology, data privacy, and cybersecurity led her to litigate on behalf of several large corporate technology companies. Once again, Victoria's courtroom success led clients to seek out her strategic advice, leading her to perform litigation portfolio management, contract development, and technological/trade secret discovery management to ensure consistent success across business lines and jurisdictions.

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Victoria's personal experiences drive strategic growth for her clients. After a life-altering injury, Victoria experienced the transformative power of psychedelic medicine and cannabis therapy as a patient. Chronic pain drove her to set a goal of bringing together her litigation, healthcare, and strategic business experience to ensure patients and others in need have access to these modalities. Now, Victoria provides high quality legal services to a variety of psychedelic medicine and cannabis businesses, healthcare providers, technology companies, wellness innovators, and AI developers, with an emphasis on psychedelic medical system integration, Ketamine-Assisted Therapy (KAT/KAP) providers, cannabis medical markets, cannabis recreational markets, emerging psilocybin medical and therapeutic programs, cannabis and psychedelic supply chain logistics, and ethical AI-driven tool and platform creation. She is quietly proud — if a little embarrassed — by her client-given honorific as "the first psychedelic AI attorney."

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Victoria is a frequent speaker and guest on psychedelics podcasts. She is a prolific psychedelic policy commentator on LinkedIn, where she provides updates on breaking news, litigation, and legislation affecting the Louisiana and New Mexico markets. She is also a dedicated Zen Buddhist and meditation and yoga instructor, focusing on making these practices accessible to other chronic pain patients.