Laventhol & Horwath
Directed hotel and food-and-beverage consulting assignments involving market analysis, feasibility, financial projections, operations, development, and litigation support.
Professional qualifications
Ronald N. Gorodesky
Hospitality litigation consultant and expert witness with more than four decades of ownership, development, operations, and advisory experience.
40+Years in hospitality
30+Years in litigation support
150+Matters retained
$40M+Aggregate P&L responsibility
Professional summary
Advice and opinions shaped by direct accountability.
Mr. Gorodesky’s analytical foundation was established at Laventhol & Horwath, where he directed hospitality consulting assignments involving market analysis, feasibility, financial projections, operations, development, and litigation support. He founded Restaurant Advisory Services, Inc. in 1990 and has since been retained in more than 150 hospitality-related matters.
His advisory and expert-witness work is matched by current responsibility as an owner, developer, and operator. Through Refined Hospitality, he has led businesses employing more than 800 people across hotels, restaurants, private clubs, event facilities, bars, and spas, with aggregate profit-and-loss responsibility exceeding $40 million.
This combination allows him to evaluate financial claims against the realities of demand, capacity, labor, cost structure, capital, management, risk, and owner returns.
Selected professional record
Restaurant Advisory Services, Inc.
Founder and president. Retained in more than 150 hospitality matters involving economic damages, lost profits, valuation, operations, development, and complex commercial disputes.
Refined Hospitality
Founder and chief executive officer with direct ownership, development, and operating responsibility across hotels, restaurants, private clubs, event facilities, bars, and spas.
Bachelor of Science
Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management, The Pennsylvania State University
Real estate broker
Licensed in Pennsylvania and Florida
Alumni of the Year
Penn State Hotel & Restaurant Society, 2022; featured on the October 2020 cover of Lodging magazine
Owner, developer & operator
Hotels, restaurants, private clubs, event facilities, bars, and spas
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