Elissa Yavne Killian

Elissa Yavne Killian practices cannabis and marijuana law from Liberty, New York. Killian has been licensed for 37 years and holds a law degree from Albany Law School and State University of New York - College at New Paltz. Killian additionally takes on traffic and vehicle offenses that often accompany a roadside cannabis stop, cannabis charges that remain prosecutable even in a legal state, such as sales without a license and cultivation over the plant limit and DUI matters turning on drug-recognition evidence and the limits of THC testing.

New York regulates both adult-use and medical cannabis, so legal work in the state runs from licensing and local approvals through packaging, advertising and seed-to-sale tracking rules, alongside the criminal matters that still arise around unlicensed activity and possession above the legal limit. The Office of Cannabis Management administers the state program. New York stands out as a market still working through its licensing rollout, with significant activity around application disputes and unlicensed storefront enforcement.