Who we work for
Our clients fall into five groups. A finding might end up in a motion, a claim file, a credit committee memo, or a garnishment, and wherever it goes it needs a source and has to survive a challenge. Each kind of work is led by the person on our staff best qualified for it. Looking for your sector instead? See Industries.
Litigation attorneys and law firms
You need to know whether a case is worth filing, where to serve a defendant who doesn't want to be found, and what a judgment can actually reach. Our findings are sourced and dated so they can be attached to a filing and defended if someone questions them.
- Pre-suit collectibility analysis before your client funds the case
- Locating evasive defendants and building a diligence record for alternative service
- Post-judgment asset and account identification for writs and levies
- Fraudulent transfer tracing with the recording chain documented, including crypto assets
- Witness location, interviews, and recorded statements
- Device and account forensics when the evidence is on a phone or computer
- Declarations of the investigator where the filing requires one
Insurance carriers, adjusters, and coverage counsel
Accident and incident investigation is where this firm started. Our founder has been doing it for attorneys and adjusters across the country since 1974, and the method hasn't changed much. We get to the scene and the people quickly and document what can be proven. The report says it plainly.
- Accident and incident investigation, with scene documentation and photographs
- Recorded statements from claimants, insureds, and witnesses
- Locating claimants and witnesses who have moved
- Searches for policy existence and limits, including umbrella coverage
- Asset checks to inform subrogation and recovery decisions
- Background and litigation history on parties to a claim
- Surveillance and activity checks on claimed limitations
In-house counsel and risk teams
In most deals the bigger risk is the counterparty itself. We find out who is behind an entity and what history follows its principals, and whether the other side of a transaction is able to perform. We can also test how exposed your own organization is.
- Counterparty and vendor due diligence before execution
- Beneficial ownership and related-party mapping
- Litigation, lien, and regulatory history on entities and principals
- Due diligence on crypto ventures and their principals, including SEC enforcement history
- Support for internal investigations and conflict-of-interest reviews
- Penetration testing and OSINT exposure assessments for executives and the organization
Creditors, collection firms, and judgment buyers
Recovery work is a cost question: what the search costs against the odds of collecting. We try to keep that clear. Locates come back fast, negative results are reported honestly, and our asset findings should tell you whether to pursue a file or write it off.
- High-volume skip tracing with consistent turnaround and format
- Employment identification for wage garnishment
- Bank and brokerage relationship identification for writs
- Asset verification and equity posture before enforcement spend
- Tracing concealed cryptocurrency to exchanges that can be subpoenaed
- Clear negative reports, so uncollectible files can be closed early
Receivers, trustees, personal representatives, and family law counsel
When you are responsible for an estate or a receivership, or a marital community in a divorce, you need a complete inventory and you need to know what was moved before you arrived. Holdings tend to be spread across entities and counties, and more often now across crypto wallets.
- Asset inventories across entities and jurisdictions
- Transfers to relatives, trusts, and shell entities, with the instruments documented
- Identification of digital asset holdings and exchange accounts
- Heir and beneficiary location in probate matters
- Business interest and real property mapping for valuation
Tell us which side of the matter you're on.
We'll suggest the search that fits your question and quote it before we start.