Dram Shop & Alcohol Services Expert Witnesses in Maryland

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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...

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...