Liquor Expert Witnesses

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. 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. He testified before the Colorado Legislature on numerous occasions as an e...

Personal Property Appraiser - Wine, Spirits, Alcohol, Liquor, wine cellar, wine collection, counterfeit wine, counterfeit spirits

With over 50 years of combined experience, the father-daughter team of William and Annie Edgerton are internationally-recognized wine and spirit appraisers and authenticators. William has been certified as an Accredited Senior Wine Appraiser by the American Society of Appraisers. Annie is an Accredited Member of the Appraisers Association of America, she holds the Level 4 Diploma in Wines and Spirits (Wine and Spirit Education Trust,) is a Certified Sommelier (Court of Master Sommeliers,) and is a Certified Specialist of Wine and Certified Specialist of Spirits (Society of Wine Educators.) Both Edgertons work extensively with private clients on insurance claims, estate matters, divorce, and both have been heavily involved in the identification of counterfeit wines. They have worked with 19 major insurance companies and over 20 law firms and governmental agencies. Both Edgertons have attended and presented many wine seminars for the public and trade, and have authored articles or b...