Hotel & Restaurant Expert Witnesses in Florida

Hotel & Restaurant, Food - Restaurant Operations, Dram Shop and Alcohol Service, Income and Profit Evaluations, Restaurant Training, Slip and Falls, Restaurant Wages and Tips, Food Safety, Customer and Employee Safety, Restaurant Harassment, Restaurant Business Damages, Restaurant Feasibility Studies

Alan has had over 42 years experience in the food industry as an owner, operator, consultant and teacher. For the past 10 years, he has been a full time instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education and an Adjunct Professor of Hospitality Management at the New York Institute of Technology. Alan has had 25 years of extensive management experience in fine dining and fast casual operations. Through his 2 companies, Keystone Hospitality Solutions and Food Startup Help, he has been a consultant to help develop a wide variety of restaurant concepts as well as projects to turn around struggling operations and a consultant to those looking to develop and bring food products to market. He has also been awarded 7 grants from the Federal Government and New York State to work on sustainability issues within the hospitality industry. Alan has organized workshops, conferences and training programs for the New York State Restaurant Association and has been a speaker and author of hospi...

Hotel & Restaurant, Travel & Tourism - Business, Hospitality, Travel, Tourism, Employment, Human Resources, Safety, Security, Resorts, Lodging, Airlines, Cruise Lines, Meetings, Conventions, Conferences

Dr. Gary Deel holds AS Degrees in Hospitality and Culinary Arts from Valencia College, BS and MS Degrees in Hospitality Management from the University of Central Florida (UCF), a JD in Law from Florida A&M University (FAMU), and a PhD in Hotel Administration from the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV). Dr. Deel spent more than 10 years in the hospitality industry. He worked for the Walt Disney World Company in both theme parks and hotels. He worked for Rosen Hotels & Resorts as Guest Relations Manager, Hotel Manager, Investigations Manager, Assistant Security Director, and Sales Manager for the company's hotels. He worked as Operations Manager for Picsolve, Inc., an entertainment company that manages photo operations for more than 350 attractions all around the world. He worked for Merlin Entertainments Group as Head of Operations at the Madame Tussaud’s Interactive Wax Museum. Finally, Dr. Deel also worked as Manager of Security Training and Administration for Wynn Resorts in L...

Food, Hotel & Restaurant - Food Safety, Food Illness, Food Poisoning, Food Serving, Restaurant accidents, Food and beverage Spills, Proper Food Cooking, Food Temperature cooking, Food Holding temperatures, E.Coli prevention and all viruses. During past year have had a number of cases concerning coffee spills at drive thru

Ken has nearly 40 years of hands-on operational experience. In addition, he has extensive teaching experience at the college level, including food safety instruction. QUALIFICATIONS Certified ServSafe Instructor. Trainer: NEHA Food Safety / National Environmental Health Association. Trainer: Currently under a trainer contract with nine restaurants in the Miami, Florida area. As a Servsafe Instructor I have taught over 200 classes to Food Service Managers on Food Safety. Food Safety the entire cycle from before it is purchased, until after it is the customers Physical hands. This includes serving, as well as how the food was handled after the customer leaves the foodservice operation Including spills when the food is served as well as after it leaves the operation. COLLEGE TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lecturer: Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration. Food service, including food safety Adjunct Professor: Florida Atlantic University, School of Business. Food service, including ...

Hotel & Restaurant, Legal - Resort asset management, operations, standard of care, condo hotels, captive insurance, bad faith, business interruption, risk purchasing, discrimination, harassment, ADA, sale of resort, receivership, sports academies, boarding schools, non-profit associations, hotel industry,

Mr. Riehle’s decades of experience in resort and sports academy operations, hospitality law, and insurance, uniquely qualify him as an expert in a variety of hospitality subject matter areas. During his career as a chief executive, general manager, and attorney, he has successfully managed and developed mid-sized companies and organizations. Mr. Riehle’s diverse professional background thus provides him insight into resolving and advising on a wide range of complex disputes. Most recently, Mr. Riehle oversaw all aspects of the sale of a large complex destination resort. Background. For 30 years, Mr. Riehle was a leader of one of the largest family-owned and operated resorts, Saddlebrook Resort, as well as its affiliated sports training, academic programs, and property management company. He served in a variety of capacities, including GM, EVP, and General Counsel. During this time, Mr. Riehle was instrumental in the development of Resort Hotel Association, a $9B collective of 150 in...