Is your Savannah business pouring drinks legally?
July 30, 2026
By: Josh Yellin, as published by Savannah Morning News & Savannah CEO Walk into a retail shop on Broughton Street these days and someone might offer you a beer while…
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Josh Yellin is a partner in the Firm’s real estate department, practicing primarily in commercial real estate, zoning/land use, and commercial leasing.
Josh actively advises and assists clients with all facets of commercial real estate transactions, including negotiating and drafting contracts, obtaining zoning and entitlements for developments, and negotiating leases. He routinely represents developers and other clients in various zoning and land use matters before local governmental bodies in the metropolitan Savannah area. Additionally, Josh assists clients with local licensing issues, including alcohol licensing.
Josh graduated from Tufts University, cum laude, in 2008 with a B.A. in History and Environmental Studies. He went on to earn his J.D. at the University of California Hastings College of Law, where he concentrated in government law and served as the managing and executive editor of the West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law & Policy.
Before joining HunterMaclean, Josh worked at the California Public Utilities Commission in its Administrative Law Judge Division.
Josh lives in Savannah with his wife and two children.
University of California Hastings College of Law: J.D., 2013
Tufts University: B.A., History and Environmental Studies, cum laude, 2008
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July 30, 2026
By: Josh Yellin, as published by Savannah Morning News & Savannah CEO Walk into a retail shop on Broughton Street these days and someone might offer you a beer while…
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By Joshua S. Yellin, as published in the Spring 2019 issue of Beacon magazine The Savannah-Chatham County Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) began the process of creating a new zoning ordinance…
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By Joshua S. Yellin, published in the West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 19, no. 1 (Winter 2013).
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As published by Savannah CEO HunterMaclean, a leading business law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, is honored to announce that twelve attorneys were recently recognized as…
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SAVANNAH, Ga. – HunterMaclean, a leading law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, is pleased to announce that 31 attorneys from the firm were recently selected for…
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Published by Savannah CEO HunterMaclean, a leading law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, is pleased to announce that 27 attorneys from the firm were recently selected…
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