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Ryan Dahlstrom
Ryan Dahlstrom
Ryan Dahlstrom is a consulting and testifying expert witness with more than thirty five years of hands on experience in the hospitality and entertainment industry. His background includes bars, nightclubs, hotels, and large scale event operations, allowing him to evaluate dram shop liability, negligent security, premises safety, and alcohol related incidents through an operational lens.
Before serving as an expert witness, Ryan held senior leadership roles overseeing beverage programs, alcohol service standards, venue buildouts, security coordination, and staff training across high volume venues nationwide. This experience allows him to assess foreseeability, policy adherence, and risk management decisions based on real world industry practices.
Ryan is retained by plaintiff and defense counsel to conduct site reviews, analyze video evidence, prepare expert reports, and provide deposition and trial testimony professionally nationwide courts.
Specialized Knowledge
Dram Shop Liability
Expert analysis of alcohol service practices and compliance with state dram shop laws in cases involving over-service and intoxicated patrons.
Nightlife Security Analysis
Security staffing planning use of force controls and crowd management reviewed to evaluate foreseeability operational failures and incident responsibility.
Premises Liability Review
Physical conditions lighting layouts maintenance practices and hazard controls examined to assess safety standards causation and reasonable operator conduct.
Video Evidence Analysis
Surveillance footage collected synchronized and evaluated to reconstruct timelines actions visibility limitations and factual consistency within incident events.
Event Safety Operations
Large scale event planning access control staffing flow management and emergency procedures analyzed for compliance risk and incident prevention.
Management Oversight Failures
Ownership policies supervision training enforcement and operational decision making reviewed to determine systemic neglect contributing to injury incidents.
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- 702.696.8745
- United States
- ryan@expertwitness.co
- 662.466.6045
- United States
- prestonrideout@gmail.com
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