October 1, 2026
TAMPA, Fla. – GrayRobinson is pleased to share Regulated Products Deputy Section Chair Grace Yang has been elected to serve as secretary of the Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys (AHIA) for a one-year term.
AHIA is a professional organization dedicated to advancing the practice of hospitality law, providing its members with resources, networking opportunities, and educational programs. Its membership consists of attorneys who have demonstrated experience, competence, and recognition in handling legal matters for clients in the hospitality industry or serving as in-house counsel to companies within the hospitality industry. In her role as secretary, Yang will continue to further AHIA’s mission to promote professionalism and education among a network of experienced attorneys providing legal services to clients in the hospitality industry.
Based in the firm’s Tampa office, Yang concentrates her practice in alcohol beverage and food licensing, land use, and multistate regulatory compliance. With decades of experience advising hotels, restaurants, resorts, breweries, wineries, distilleries, theme parks, grocery stores, and other hospitality and retail businesses, she has handled the purchase, sale, and licensure of thousands of businesses throughout the United States. She is a past president of both the Hillsborough County Bar Association and the Hillsborough County Bar Foundation. Yang received the Hillsborough County Bar Association’s Outstanding Lawyer Award in 2023 and has been recognized by Chambers USA nationwide in Food and Beverages: Alcohol every year since 2012.
Read – GrayRobinson Regulated Products Deputy Section Chair Grace Yang Elected Secretary of AHIA.
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