If You Are Seeking an Expert Witness for Your Dram Shop Case, Look No Further than the Dram Shop Experts
Our Clients
Our clients include over 100 Dram Shop, Liquor Liability, Alcohol-Related Personal Injury, Catastrophic Injury, Premise Liability, Wrongful Death, Security Use of Force, Safe Harbor, and Habitual Drunkard attorneys. As restaurant, nightclub, and bar operators, our hospitality client list exceeds over 250 hotels, casinos, resorts, restaurants, nightclubs, bars, country clubs, and hospitality management companies across the United States, Mexico, and the Bahamas
Preston Rideout is a bar operations expert with 25 years of experience and 75 alcohol safety certifications. He is the CEO of Rideout Hospitality and Founder of The Dram Shop Experts. He provides Dram Shop Expert Witness Testimony related to alcohol service, policy, procedure, bartender training, operations, and management oversight.
Silver Gordon is a U.S. Army Veteran with 30 years of nightclub and bar experience. While in the military, Mr. Godon served in the Army Intelligence Corp before transitioning to 11th Groups U.S. ARMY Special Forces. After military service, Mr. Gordon worked as a private contractor, specializing in logistics and high-value target security. Once focused on the nightclub and bar industry, Mr. Gordon opened over 100 liquor-licensed establishments for various clients in the United States and around the world. He provides Dram Shop Testimony related to security policy, procedures, training, and use of force, as well as testimony related to responsible alcohol service and licensed establishment operations.
Kim Schioldan is a Casino Nightclub Security Expert and Former Executive Security Director for Hakkasan in Las Vegas. He has 30 years of high-volume nightclub experience and large-scale music festival security experience. He provides Dram Shop Testimony related to casino security, nightclub security, festival security, high-risk event management, and large-scale altercations.
