Marc Wasserman, a renaissance man, has had a diverse array of experiences that have shaped his style. He attended Whitney High School, one of the top-ranking high schools in the country, and was the first president of the school's Drama Club.
Throughout his high school years, Marc focused on the arts, thriving in his acting workshops and performing in summer stock musicals and plays. This experience prepared him for his college career as a Theater Arts major at the University of California Irvine.
However, Marc's college career was disrupted when he was diagnosed with Meningitis and was bedridden for five months. After recovering, he decided to take a break and withdrew from college, leaving in good standing.
Marc then moved to Hollywood to pursue his dreams, landing roles in plays, films, television, musicals, and PSAs. He also added writing to his resume, and his first screenplay was titled Terminal, based on his near-death experience with Meningitis.
Marc then tried his hand at filmmaking, writing a script that he ultimately decided to produce himself. Although the project was halted due to financial issues, he returned to college in 1992.
Instead of returning to UC Irvine, Marc attended four different community colleges, cramming three years of schooling into just one and a half years. He then shifted his focus from the arts to law, enrolling at Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, CA.
Marc's commitment to succeed in law school pushed him to excel, and he became an honor student, won an American Jurisprudence Award for legal writing, and completed law school in just two and a half years.
After passing the California State Bar exam on his third attempt, Marc was sworn in as an attorney in June 1996. He then opened his own law office and began practicing criminal defense, focusing on cases related to marijuana crimes under Prop 215.
Over the next 20 years, Marc divided his time between his law practice, making movies, and starting a family. In 1996, he and his best friend David Cohen established Res Ipsa Production and produced his play 'Terminal', which ran at the McCadden Theater in Hollywood for a month before premiering at the Bare Bones International Film Festival.
Marc continued producing, writing, and acting for several projects, and today he is one half of the business Pot Brothers at Law, co-founded with his brother Craig. They have amassed over one million followers across social media and educate and entertain with their daily Shut the F*#% Up Videos and Seminars.
Marc is married and has three children. His background in the arts combined with his legal expertise has contributed to the successful development of various platforms utilized for advocacy and education regarding the laws surrounding cannabis. Through these platforms, Marc continues to help spread awareness while showing the public that you can be a professional and work in the cannabis industry.
Marc recently joined SAG (2022) and has taken up acting again after a seven-year hiatus.
