Dram Shop & Alcohol Services Expert Witnesses

Dram Shop & Alcohol Services, Premises Liability - Dram Shop, Dram Shop Expert, Dram Shop Expert Witness, Liquor Liability, Hospitality Expert, Nightclub Expert, Nightclub Expert Witness, Restaurant Expert, Restaurant Expert Witness, Bar Expert, Bar Expert Witness, Responsible Alcohol Service, Intoxication Expert, Bartender Training, Intoxication, Safe Harbor, Alcohol

Preston Rideout is a nightclub and bar consultant specializing in Dram Shop and Liquor Liability Expert Witness Testimony. He has 25 years of bar operations experience and 127 alcohol safety certifications. Preston is CEO of Rideout Hospitality and Founder of The Dram Shop Experts. Upon graduating from the University of Mississippi, Preston relocated to Las Vegas to work for Pure Management Group. While in Las Vegas, Preston operated Coyote Ugly, Tangerine Nightclub, Pure Nightclub, PCD Lounge, LAX Nightclub, Noir Bar Audigier Nightclub, EVE Nightclub, Venus Pool Club, and Rehab Pool Party inside Treasure Island Casino, New York New York Casino, Caesars Palace, The Luxor, Aria Casino, and The Hard Rock Hotel. After Las Vegas, Preston launched Rideout Hospitality. As CEO of Rideout Hospitality, Preston provides consulting to casinos, hotels, resorts, restaurants, nightclubs, bars, and hospitality management groups across the United States, Mexico, and the Bahamas. Clients retain P...

Platteville , Colorado

Dram Shop & Alcohol Services - Liquor, Alcohol, Liability, Compliance, Dram Shop, Accidents, Injury, Retail, Accident, Investigations

Patrick Maroney is the President of Maroney Consulting Services LLC, which provides expert witness testimony related to dram shop cases. He provides training and consultation for Colorado liquor laws and rules; trade practices laws and rules; retail, wholesale and supplier compliance and licensing in Colorado and is certified as a Colorado Responsible Vendor Trainer. Patrick has trained over 11,000 students in the safe service of alcohol. He has over 33 years of law enforcement experience and was the Chief of Investigations and the Director of the Colorado Liquor Enforcement Division. Mr. Maroney's experience includes working for the Larimer County Sheriff's Office (Fort Collins, Colorado), Arapahoe County (Colorado) Coroner's Office, and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Patrick instructed numerous training classes on Colorado liquor laws and rules and provided official interpretations of Colorado liquor laws and rules to liquor stakeholders, legislators and licensees. ...

Jacksonville, Florida

Dram Shop & Alcohol Services, Hotel & Restaurant - Dram Shop Liability, Alcohol Service Standards, Overservice & Negligence, Alcohol Liability, Age Verification, Bar Operations, Taproom Operations, Staff Training, Intoxication Recognition, Premises Liability, Production Brewing, Beverage Industry Standards, Management Oversight & Compliance, Standard Operating Procedures

Gabe Grass is a business development leader and entrepreneur with direct, hands-on experience founding and operating a regional craft brewery and managing all aspects of bar, taproom and hospitality service. As Founder and President of GrassLands Brewing Company in Tallahassee, Florida, he built and operated a community-focused craft brewery from launch through an established brand, managing production, distribution, front-of-house service and a team of up to 15 across service and production functions. That work required developing and executing standard operating procedures, staff training programs, account management protocols and regulatory compliance across all aspects of beverage production and alcohol service. His commitment to responsible service standards extended beyond his own venue. As brewery owner, he organized and hosted an annual ID analysis training program conducted under the oversight of Florida Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, open to staff from restaurants, bars and...

Peachtree City, Georgia

Toxicology, Dram Shop & Alcohol Services - Drug Impairment, Alcohol Intoxication, Retrograde Extrapolation, Widmark Equation, Alcohol Calculations, Sobriety Testing, DUI Accident, DWI Crash, Drug Recognition Expert, Forensic Toxicology, Marijuana Impairment, Cannabis THC, Drug Facilitated Crime, Server Training, Dram Shop, Serum Alcohol, Hospital BAC, SFST, Human Performance

Matthew Myers, MS, MPA, is a nationally recognized expert witness and consultant in drug- and alcohol-related human performance impairment. With over 20 years of investigative experience and advanced clinical toxicology education, Matt brings a unique interdisciplinary perspective to civil litigation, combining scientific expertise and practical experience. Areas of Expertise Matt’s consulting practice focuses on civil matters, including impaired driving crashes, dram shop liability, alcohol service, workplace impairment, and other related areas. His services include case review, toxicology interpretation, behavioral analysis, alcohol calculations, procedure evaluation, and assessment of evidentiary sufficiency against accepted standards. His background in pharmacology and toxicology, along with practical experience evaluating impaired individuals, allows him to explain both the mechanisms of drug and alcohol effects and describe their real-world impact from personal observations....

arnold, Maryland

Dram Shop & Alcohol Services, Document Examination - ID Scanning, Age Verification, Fake ID Detection, ID Scanning Technology, Point of Sale Age Gating, ID Checking, Underage Sales Prevention, ID verification, POS compliance, Age gating, ID technology, ID fraud, ID system review

Minor Decliner LLC, Maryland, 2016- Present, Founder, CEO and Chief Technologist Minor Decliners’ mission is to provide the most robust, advanced, and easy-to-use age verification systems and technology. Background Minor Decliner was founded in 2016 by Ron Tobb. Ron’s daughter, Danielle was an underage investigator for a local police department. Her job was to attempt to purchase cigarettes or alcohol with her authentic under 18 ID. She was shocked to find that 20-30% of the time people sold to her because they could not do the math and figure out how old she was. After watching this for several months, Ron took action to help solve this problem. Being an engineer, he understood the best way to prevent an error is to stop it at the source. That's why he created Minor Decliner. After doing research, he discovered this is a chronic problem in the industry and became motivated to provide solutions to prevent sales to minors. As the Chief Technologist at Minor Decliner...

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Emergency Medical Toxicology, Toxicology - Kratom, Dram Shop & Alcohol Services, Drug Testing, Alcohol, Intoxication, Vaping, Overdose, Drugs, Methanol, Emergency Medicine, Urine Drug Screen, Fentanyl, Dram Shop, Toxic Tort, Marijuana, Mitragynine, Addiction, Ethanol, Substance Abuse, Addiction Medicine

"Good to hear from you! You were honestly one of my favorite experts to work with - not just on that case, but thus far in my career. " - Partner at National Law Firm Dr. Daniel Overbeek is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine. Dr. Overbeek was trained at the Harvard Medical Toxicology Fellowship after completing the University of Michigan Emergency Medicine residency in Ann Arbor, MI. He is also published on a variety of medical toxicology topics, including drug testing, alcohol and methanol, kratom / mitragynine, cannabis, vaping and electronic cigarettes. At J.S. Held, Dr. Overbeek provides medical toxicology and human health risk consulting services to attorneys, corporations, and public entities. His work includes medical record review, exposure and dose reconstruction, adverse event analysis, regulatory and safety evaluation, expert report preparation, deposition support, and trial testimony in high stakes matters. Dr. Overbeek ...

Greenwood, Mississippi

Dram Shop & Alcohol Services, Premises Liability - Dram Shop, Dram Shop Expert, Dram Shop Expert Witness, Liquor Liability, Hospitality Expert, Nightclub Expert, Nightclub Expert Witness, Restaurant Expert, Restaurant Expert Witness, Bar Expert, Bar Expert Witness, Responsible Alcohol Service, Intoxication Expert, Bartender Training, Intoxication, Safe Harbor, Alcohol

Preston Rideout is a nightclub and bar consultant specializing in Dram Shop and Liquor Liability Expert Witness Testimony. He has 25 years of bar operations experience and 127 alcohol safety certifications. Preston is CEO of Rideout Hospitality and Founder of The Dram Shop Experts. Upon graduating from the University of Mississippi, Preston relocated to Las Vegas to work for Pure Management Group. While in Las Vegas, Preston operated Coyote Ugly, Tangerine Nightclub, Pure Nightclub, PCD Lounge, LAX Nightclub, Noir Bar Audigier Nightclub, EVE Nightclub, Venus Pool Club, and Rehab Pool Party inside Treasure Island Casino, New York New York Casino, Caesars Palace, The Luxor, Aria Casino, and The Hard Rock Hotel. After Las Vegas, Preston launched Rideout Hospitality. As CEO of Rideout Hospitality, Preston provides consulting to casinos, hotels, resorts, restaurants, nightclubs, bars, and hospitality management groups across the United States, Mexico, and the Bahamas. Clients retain P...

Zephyr Cove, Nevada

Gaming & Gambling, Dram Shop & Alcohol Services - Gaming, casinos, surveillance, nightclubs, bars, retail, parking, dram shop, security guard, multi unit housing

Independant Security Consultant specializing primarily in gaming security and surveillance along with security premises liability. Board certified in security and surveillance, instructor in Gaming Management Program at University of Nevada at Reno and at the International Gaming Institute at UNLV. An experienced based expert with over 40 years of practical experience, Certified Protection Professional from ASIS International, Certifed Surveillance Professional with International Association of Certified Surveillance Professionals. International Crime Prevention Specialist.

Texas

Dram Shop & Alcohol Services, Premises Liability - Dram Shop, Dram Shop Expert, Dram Shop Expert Witness, Liquor Liability, Hospitality Expert, Nightclub Expert, Nightclub Expert Witness, Restaurant Expert, Restaurant Expert Witness, Bar Expert, Bar Expert Witness, Responsible Alcohol Service, Intoxication Expert, Bartender Training, Intoxication, Safe Harbor, Alcohol

Preston Rideout is a nightclub and bar consultant specializing in Dram Shop and Liquor Liability Expert Witness Testimony. He has 25 years of bar operations experience and 127 alcohol safety certifications. Preston is CEO of Rideout Hospitality and Founder of The Dram Shop Experts. Upon graduating from the University of Mississippi, Preston relocated to Las Vegas to work for Pure Management Group. While in Las Vegas, Preston operated Coyote Ugly, Tangerine Nightclub, Pure Nightclub, PCD Lounge, LAX Nightclub, Noir Bar Audigier Nightclub, EVE Nightclub, Venus Pool Club, and Rehab Pool Party inside Treasure Island Casino, New York New York Casino, Caesars Palace, The Luxor, Aria Casino, and The Hard Rock Hotel. After Las Vegas, Preston launched Rideout Hospitality. As CEO of Rideout Hospitality, Preston provides consulting to casinos, hotels, resorts, restaurants, nightclubs, bars, and hospitality management groups across the United States, Mexico, and the Bahamas. Clients retain P...

College Station, Texas

Dram Shop & Alcohol Services, Hotel & Restaurant - Liquor Liability, Intoxication, Investigations, liability, Alcohol Seller/Server training, Liquor delivery driver training, Alcohol Regulatory Compliance, Injury, Retail, Nightclub, Bar, Restaurant, Drunk Driving

Chief executive of state agency tasked with regulating alcoholic beverage sales throughout Texas. The TABC has 635 full time employees, distributed across 41 locations and a biennial budget of 96 million dollars. Supervised and directed the nearly 200 auditors and sworn peace officers who helped enforce the laws and regulations dealing with underage serving, serving while intoxicated, over-serving, etc. Responsible for the prosecution, evaluation and settlement of thousands of alleged violations of public safety standards regarding alcohol. Assisted in the development and implementation of the Targeted Responsibility for Alcohol Connected Emergencies (TRACE) procedure. TRACE is used after an alcohol related emergency (such as an impaired person injury someone in a motor vehicle accident) as an investigation technique to track back to a permitted location and determine if the driver was over served or impaired at the time of his last drink purchase.