Northwest Investigative Services Washington Roots · Est. 1980
Solutions

Start with the question. We'll assemble the search.

Clients rarely need "a skip trace" or "an asset search" for its own sake. They need to know whether to file, how to collect, where the money went, or what really happened. Each solution below starts from that question, combines the services that answer it, and names the expert who leads it.

01 · Pre-suit collectibility

Is this case worth filing?

Winning a judgment against a defendant with nothing reachable costs your client twice. Find out before the retainer is spent.

  • Locate the defendant and confirm identity against same-name subjects
  • Real property, vehicles, business interests, liens, judgments, and bankruptcy history
  • Bank and brokerage relationships, with a documented permissible purpose
  • A plain collectibility verdict: likely, partially, unlikely, or not enough information
02 · Judgment enforcement

Collecting on a judgment

A judgment is paper until you know where to point a writ. We find the accounts, the employer, and the property, and we tell you which ones are actually reachable.

  • Bank and brokerage identification to target garnishments and levies
  • Current employment for wage garnishment
  • Equity posture on real property: gross value, encumbrances, and exemptions shown separately
  • Honest negative reporting, so you stop spending on files that won't pay
03 · Fraudulent transfer

Hidden assets and transfers

The house was deeded to a brother-in-law the week after the complaint was served. We document the chain so counsel can make the argument.

  • Conveyances to relatives, trusts, and newly formed entities, with the instruments and dates
  • Entity mapping: officers, members, registered agents, and related parties
  • Historical property and address data from our own records, back before digitization
  • Digital asset holdings and exchange accounts where the matter warrants it
04 · Digital assets

Cryptocurrency tracing

Crypto is not invisible. Every transaction is on a public ledger, and most funds eventually touch an exchange that can be subpoenaed.

  • Wallet attribution and transaction-flow analysis
  • Identification of the exchanges and custodians where funds landed
  • Trace reports written for litigation and for law enforcement referral
  • Due diligence on crypto ventures and their principals
05 · Locates

Finding a party or witness

The database pull came back empty, or with five people of the same name. That is where our work starts.

  • Three data layers: licensed databases, our own Northwest records, and private OSINT
  • Confidence-rated leads, with the source behind each one
  • Service of process backed by our own skip tracing, with diligence affidavits when service fails
  • Heir and beneficiary location for probate
06 · Digital evidence

Device forensics

The evidence is on a phone, a laptop, or an account. You need to know what's there, what isn't, and whether the other side's reading of it holds up. That applies in civil and criminal matters alike.

  • Examination of phones, computers, and accounts across multiple devices
  • Reports that separate what the data shows from what it doesn't
  • Documentation of how every item was obtained and handled
  • Review of the opposing party's digital evidence and conclusions
07 · Interviews

Witness interviews and mitigation

A witness account is only as good as the interview that produced it. Ours are run by an investigator with a doctorate in psychology.

  • In-person witness interviews and recorded statements
  • Forensic interviewing methods that produce reliable, defensible accounts
  • Mitigation research for attorneys in criminal matters
  • Interviews involving trauma or mental health, handled with care and documented properly
08 · Insurance & liability

Accident and incident investigation

This is the work the firm was founded on. Get to the scene and the people while the facts are still fresh, and document what can be proven.

  • Scene documentation and photographs
  • Statements from parties and witnesses
  • Policy existence and limits searches, with no fee if we can't find the limits
  • Claimant locates and asset checks for subrogation decisions
  • Surveillance and activity checks, documented with time-stamped video, photographs, and logs
09 · Due diligence

Counterparty diligence

Before you sign, lend, or extend terms, find out who is really on the other side and what follows them.

  • Beneficial ownership and related-party mapping
  • Litigation, lien, judgment, and regulatory history on entities and principals
  • Crypto venture diligence, including federal civil litigation and SEC enforcement research
  • Adverse media and sanctions screening
10 · Cybersecurity

Security and exposure assessment

The same skills that find a debtor can find your executives, your systems, and your weak points. We would rather find them before someone else does.

  • Authorized penetration testing and vulnerability assessments
  • External attack surface, cloud, and web application reviews
  • OSINT exposure assessments and footprint reduction for principals
  • Device hardening and secure communications setup

Not sure which one fits?

Describe the matter. We'll tell you what to run, who runs it, and what it costs before anything starts.

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