Working as a 1099 Private Investigator
If you’re exploring this field, you’ve probably seen the term: a 1099 ...
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Overview
You need facts, not theories. In our experience supporting attorneys nationwide since 2009, the cases that turn are the ones where somebody went and looked — served the witness everyone said couldn’t be found, pulled the video before the business overwrote it, put eyes on the claimant who swears he can’t lift his arm. We work the file, document what we find in a form that survives cross-examination, and give you a report you can hand to opposing counsel without wincing. If the evidence doesn’t help you, we tell you that too, early, while you can still adjust.
Experience
Supporting attorneys and law firms since 2009
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How We Help
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Resources
Career Paths in Private Investigations
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What Makes a Great Private Investigator?
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Private Investigator Training :Why Ongoing Training Makes Better Private Investigators
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Meet Our Investigators
The investigator assigned to your case has been deposed, has had a report picked apart by opposing counsel, and has sat in a hallway for six hours waiting for a subject who never came out. That’s the job. It means they know which leads are worth billing hours against and which ones are a dead end you’ll be embarrassed to have paid for. It means the chain of custody is clean the first time, because they’ve watched what happens when it isn’t. After 17+ years of working alongside attorneys nationwide, we know the difference between evidence that’s interesting and evidence that’s admissible — and we only bring you the second kind.
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Why choose us
Court-Ready by Default
Timestamped, documented, clean chain of custody. Every file is built as though it’s going to be challenged, because eventually one of them is.
Our Investigators Testify
We don’t hand you a report and disappear. If the case needs the investigator on the stand, the investigator takes the stand.
We Answer the Phone
Real updates from a real person. In our experience, silence is what attorneys resent most about their last investigator.
Investigators Where Your Case Is
Offices in Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Miami, and Atlanta, with a licensed contractor network nationwide. No two-day travel line on your invoice to reach a suburb.
Straight Answers
Sometimes the surveillance shows your client doing exactly what they’re accused of. After 17+ years, we’ve learned you’d rather hear that from us in week one than from opposing counsel at trial.
Clear Pricing
ou’ll know the retainer, the hourly rate, and what happens if the case expands — before you sign anything. Invoices your client can read without calling you about them.
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Next steps
Tell us what the case needs and we’ll tell you honestly whether an investigation moves it. Sometimes it doesn’t, and the retainer is better spent elsewhere. If that’s the answer, you’ll hear it on the first call, before you’ve spent a dollar.
Case studies
Houston Private Investigator Rescues Missing Teen from Trafficking Ring
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Person Location Services: Missing Parent Located for Child Custody Case in 48 Hours
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