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Former State Bar Investigator — Litigation Support for Law Firms and Attorneys in the San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco-PI provides confidential investigative and litigation support services for law firms and attorneys throughout San Francisco, the Bay Area, and nationwide. Our lead San Francisco private investigator is a former State Bar of California Investigator, licensed since 2000, a Certified Criminal Analyst, and a designated expert witness in asset search investigation — listed in the Bar Association of San Francisco Directory of Experts.

For 25 years, we have empowered attorneys with credible, admissible information. Every engagement is conducted under strict compliance with privacy law, permissible-purpose standards, and the Rules of Professional Conduct, so the evidence we deliver holds up when it matters.

Investigative Services for Law Firms and Attorneys

• Asset search investigations — nationwide and statewide bank, brokerage, stock, and offshore account searches for judgment enforcement
• Pre-litigation support — fact-finding and critical analysis to shape your strategic legal battle plan before you file
• Skip trace and confirmed locate — identity verification, current-location skiptrace, and witness location canvass
• Probate and estate discovery — missing or unknown bank accounts, life insurance policies, annuities, trusts, and real property for administrators and executors
• Business and creditworthiness vetting — business credit reports and business asset searches for new-client due diligence
• General investigations — background and criminal records, recorded interviews, witness statements, and accident scene inspections

Attorneys and Law Firms We Serve

As a San Francisco private investigator, our work is retained almost exclusively by licensed attorneys and their firms. We are engaged most often by litigators preparing to file, by counsel enforcing a judgment that has gone unpaid, and by probate and estate practitioners who need to establish what a decedent actually owned. Because we work inside the constraints attorneys work under, we understand that an investigative result is only valuable if it can survive a motion.

• Civil litigation and trial counsel preparing pre-filing asset analysis and witness development
• Judgment enforcement and creditors’ rights firms seeking collectible assets before spending on levy or examination
• Probate, trust, and estate attorneys identifying accounts, policies, annuities, and real property for administrators and executors
• Family law practitioners addressing undisclosed income, hidden accounts, and transferred property
• Insurance defense and subrogation counsel requiring claims investigation and recorded statements
• Corporate and transactional counsel vetting counterparties for creditworthiness before an engagement

Why Bay Area Attorneys Retain a Former State Bar Investigator

An asset search is only as useful as its admissibility. Investigations conducted without a permissible purpose, or built on data obtained outside the bounds of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and California privacy law, create exposure for the retaining firm rather than leverage against the opposing party. Having served as an investigator for the State Bar of California, our lead investigator approaches every file with the standard of proof and the ethical constraints a disciplinary proceeding demands.

That background shapes how a San Francisco private investigator should report. You receive documented findings with the basis for each conclusion identified, so you can evaluate what is established, what is inferred, and what still requires discovery. Where an asset cannot be confirmed, we say so plainly rather than padding a report with speculation.

What Happens After You Contact Us

1. Initial consultation. Tell us the posture of the matter, the party at issue, and what you need to establish. We will tell you candidly whether it can be found.
2. Defined scope and quote. You receive the search parameters and a flat quote in writing before any work begins, so there is no open-ended billing to explain to your client.
3. Documented report. Findings are delivered in a format built for attorney use, suitable for attaching to a motion, guiding a judgment debtor examination, or shaping settlement posture.

Service Area

Our San Francisco private investigator meets clients by appointment at our office on Market Street and serve firms throughout San Francisco, Alameda, San Mateo, Marin, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara counties. Asset search, skip trace, and probate discovery services are conducted nationwide on behalf of California counsel.