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It’s Monday morning, a legal secretary or assistant is at her desk working for several attorneys who are scurrying about demanding help with deadlines to prepare court filings, send out urgent correspondence and handle various other paperwork projects that seem to be wildly Read More

Change – what is it and what does it mean? If you Google “change” you will find dozens of definitions… for the purposes of this discussion, the change I am referring to could also be referred to as “shift” or “shift happens” or maybe even more accurately “shift is happening all Read More

For most private investigators, sub-contracting assignments is like stepping off into the proverbial black hole. Many have had bad experiences, while some have never sub-contracted to other PI’s and instead simply turn away the client. There are several points-of-view that frame Read More

Uncovering crime was the America dream for Jeffrey-Peter Hauck until the economy turned bad. The former paratrooper and 15-year police veteran even worked his way through college and law school before starting his own investigative business. “It was a job where I could blend my Read More

It can happen at the worst time. You’ll be knee-deep in a day with contacts, cases and paperwork. Then a sick feeling surfaces from within. “What did I forget?” you ask yourself. “What am I missing?” Your eyes look up at the clock and then down at the papers in front of you. The Read More

When you conjure up the image of a bodyguard, do you see the typical dark suited, sunglass wearing athlete with the curly wire sticking out of his ear? Or perhaps you envision the rough looking former spec ops guy wearing BDU’s and the fashionable tan equipment vest over his Read More

While in the field there is nothing more important to the veracity and foundation of your investigation than to take extremely detailed and copious notes. Whether it be in writing on a legal pad or a little memo pad or dictated into a voice recorder, no detail is too small to not Read More

“THE BIG FOUR” and WHY THEY ARE IMPORTANT Most Process Service Agencies are familiar with the term Errors and Omissions Insurance, but E & O is only one piece of the insurance puzzle. The following will provide you with some information on what I like to call “The Big Four” Read More