Age Verification Expert Witnesses

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...

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...