Expert Witness Services

Restaurant Expert Witness, Author and Speaker

Steve Zimmerman is a highly sought after Restaurant Expert Witness and consultant for Restaurants, Bars, Nightclubs and the Hospitality Industry.

With over 40 years experience, our core Restaurant Expert Witness services include

Restaurant industry Expert Witness Reports & Opinions
Deposition & Trial Testimony
Expert Analyses & Consulting
Business transactions and disputes
Partnership disputes

Steve has extensive experience as an expert witness and works regularly with many attorneys and the courts regarding valuations, leases and acquisition and disposition matters.

Background & Expertise

With over 20 years experience as President and Chief Executive officer of Zim’s Restaurants, one of the largest privately owned restaurant chains in the San Francisco Bay Area, Steve has ground level experience in restaurant operations. Since 1996, Steve has been operating Restaurant Realty Company with agents and brokers throughout California. He has personally sold/leased over 1000 restaurant, bar or club businesses, sold many related commercial buildings and completed over 3,000 restaurant valuations since 1996.

Restaurant Dealmaker: An Insider’s Trade Secrets For Buying a Restaurant, Bar or Club

by Steve D. Zimmerman, president/owner of Restaurant Realty

His real estate experience also includes sales, acquisitions, management and ownership of numerous properties throughout California including restaurants, hotels, apartment buildings, single family homes, an office building and a multi-use retail building. Steve is also the author of Restaurant Dealmaker – An Insider’s Trade Secrets for Buying a Restaurant, Bar or Club available on Amazon.