Palm Springs Alcoholic Beverage Control License Attorney
Palm Springs Alcoholic Beverage Control License Attorney Sebastian Gibson
Palm Springs Business Attorney Sebastian Gibson, The Right Choice in Business
When you’ve poured your blood, sweat and tears, and years of your life into building up your business, finding the right Palm Springs alcoholic beverage control license lawyer to protect it is the best way to ensure all your efforts are not in vain.
Whether you need contracts drafted, copyright or trademark protection, representation in litigation, corporate formation, restructuring or dissolution, or simply down to earth business advice, you deserve the finest in legal service.
Palm Springs Alcoholic Beverage Control License Attorney Sebastian Gibson offers business owners in the Palm Springs area with more than 40 years of representing business and corporate clients and is ready today to assist you today in your endeavors to grow and prosper without legal worries.
When you work with Palm Springs Alcoholic Beverage Control License Attorney Sebastian Gibson, you’re working with an attorney who is named a Top Lawyer in the prestigious Palm Springs Life Magazine year after year, and who’s been named a “Superb” Lawyer, their highest rating, by Avvo, which rates attorneys all across the U.S.
In Palm Springs Alcoholic Beverage Control License Attorney Sebastian Gibson you have one of those rare attorneys with experience not only representing small and medium sized businesses in California, but a lawyer who has also represented multi-national corporations internationally as well while working in London.
The Right Attorney to Call For An ABC Problem involving Alcoholic Beverage Control Licenses and Violations, Palm Springs Alcoholic Beverage Control License Attorney Sebastian Gibson
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) enforces the state’s liquor laws, contained in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. Any establishment in California involved with alcohol must have a license or permit from the ABC. This includes manufacturing, distribution, wholesale and retail sales, brewing beer at home or even offering alcohol in an art gallery.
The ABC has the exclusive power to license, regulate and control the manufacture, importation and sale of all alcoholic beverages throughout California. It also has the power to deny, suspend or revoke any specific alcoholic beverage license, for good cause, after a public hearing.
Palm Springs Alcoholic Beverage Control License Attorney Sebastian Gibson, The Clear Choice
Palm Springs Alcoholic Beverage Control License Attorney Sebastian Gibson has been recognized by Palm Springs Life Magazine as One of the Top Lawyers of 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011. When you need a lawyer for an ABC license or to resolve a violation in Palm Springs, Palm Desert or anywhere in the Coachella Valley, call Palm Springs alcoholic beverage control license attorney Sebastian Gibson.
Applicants for a state license to sell alcohol have their “moral character and fitness” scrutinized by ABC field inspectors prior to issuance of a license. The department’s investigators are sworn California peace officers and may make arrests and carry firearms.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act lists few qualifications for holders of a license. An applicant must only show that a new liquor license will “serve public convenience or necessity.” The department conducts background checks of all applicants and may decline to issue a permit if an applicant has a criminal background.
The ABC also imposes strict limitations on the number of liquor licenses permitted in locales throughout the state based on population: one license for every 2,500 people. Since the ABC will not issue new liquor licenses in many places, the ABC also oversees and in some cases restricts the sale and transfer of existing liquor licenses.
Currently, the ABC issues over 70 different types of licenses, but there are many aspects of the law which most members of the public have little or no knowledge.
At the Law Firm of Palm Springs Alcoholic Beverage Control License Attorney Sebastian Gibson, with offices in Palm Desert and Newport Beach, we can assist you with your ABC application and other liquor license issues or problems you may have.
When Is An Alcoholic Beverage License Required?
If alcohol is sold or served at an event where a member of the general public can attend, a license is required under the law. Even if it is a private party and it is being given without charge to the party guests, if it occurs at a retail business, the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control can treat it as a violation.
Art Galleries are a prime example. While it is common for art galleries to serve champagne at receptions or openings of new exhibits by their artists, they are technically in violation of California law because members of the public can enter the gallery and be served alcohol.
The fact that alcohol is served in the course of promoting an art gallery’s business and the artist’s works leaves an art gallery subject to being cited or arrested for a criminal misdemeanor. Advertising the availability of alcohol, even on social media sites such as Facebook can increase the likelihood of a citation or arrest. In such circumstances, an art gallery should use a caterer who has their own ABC license or obtain a special event permit from the ABC.
Recognized As One of the Best
For over 40 years, Palm Springs Alcoholic Beverage Control License Attorney Sebastian Gibson has been one of the most recognizable faces of Palm Springs, Palm Desert and a fixture in Newport Beach. He’s been called “Brilliant” for his wit and humor, but it’s his compassion and perseverance that keeps clients coming back year after year.
Today, after being recognized as an innovative legal mind and gifted writer, Palm Springs Alcoholic Beverage Control License Attorney Sebastian Gibson continues to bring affordable legal services to those who need help most as he has for the past three decades. Individuals and businesses, and persons from all walks of life and companies from industries around the world look to the Law Offices of Sebastian Gibson for cost-effective solutions to their legal needs.
The time to act is now. Call us at (760) 776-1810 for a free consultation or to make an immediate appointment for your Alcoholic Beverage Control issue, business or entertainment matter or to discuss any type of contract or civil litigation.
Palm Springs Alcoholic Beverage Control License Attorney Sebastian Gibson has been named a 2022 Top Lawyer for the 12th year in a row by Palm Springs Life Magazine.
