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Keven Danow is an attorney and founding member of The Danow Group and its predecessor Danow, McMullan and Panoff, P.C.   For more than 45 years, Mr. Danow has been guiding Industry Members through the regulatory complexities involved in the manufacture, importation, distribution, and sale of beverage alcohol.  He was also a certified public accountant and, before becoming an attorney, worked for four years as an agent of the Internal Revenue Service in its Large Case Group, where he handled complex cases and tax audits of companies with substantial assets.

Mr. Danow has long dedicated himself to the development of alcoholic-beverage policy in New York. In 2016, Mr. Danow was appointed to the New York State Liquor Authority’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Law Working Group, where he assisted in drafting the report on the proposed reorganization, revisions, and modernization of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. In 2009, Mr. Danow provided guidance and unique insights to the New York State Law Revision Commission as it worked to address a number of perceived deficiencies in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. The New York State Bar Association’s Government, Law and Policy Journal invited Mr. Danow to serve as a guest editor.  Mr. Danow was appointed by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo as a member of the Beer, Wine, Spirits and Cider Summit and by Governor Kathy Hochul as a member of the Commission to Study Reform of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law (2022-2023).  Mr. Danow is a contributing editor of BeverageMedia and frequently speaks to regional and national audiences about legal issues facing the alcoholic-beverage industry.