Financial ignorance in marriage costs everything in divorce
Financial ignorance is when a partner knows nothing about the financial affairs of their own home. During a divorce, it can cost women everything.
LG&E v. The Sierra Club: Hidden surveillance
The Louisville Gas & Electric Company (LG&E) could be in hot water. Environmental activists associated with the Sierra Club have brought charges against LG&E for allegedly dumping excessive amounts of toxic coal-ash into the Ohio River. Members of the Sierra Club performed hidden surveillance of the activities by mounting a time-lapse camera to a tree…
Interrogation, Questioning, Interpellation, & Interviewing
This post discusses details about the most useful tool in any skilled private investigator’s arsenal: The art of interview and interrogation. This seems to be a topic of great interest to people, mostly because of the portrayal of interrogation on television, from the multiple incarnations of Law & Order to Jack Bauer threatening to shove…
What NOT to do when getting a divorce
Facing a divorce could be as simple as signing a few papers and paying for an uncontested divorce to dissolve your marriage. This would be a short term marriage with no children. In our world, this is called a “pots and pans” divorce. You get the pots and your mate gets the pans. Then again, it…
The Case of the Hollywood Celebrity Divorce Bugs
In the case of a celebrity divorce, when two famous and powerful people in Hollywood go to war in court, each side has the money to hire multiple attorneys, private investigators, forensic accountants, and other experts. A few years ago, Martin Investigative Services was retained by a celebrity in this situation. When our client disregarded…
The Case of the Million Dollar Flying Pig: Asset Search
An asset search often means the difference between getting awarded and getting nothing. When a 1 million dollar judgement was awarded to our client in court, the defendant turned to the other side and said “pigs will fly before you actually collect any money from me”. Our private investigators performed an asset search and discovered…
The Case of the Criminal with Nothing to Lose: Expert Witness PI
In a trial, an expert witness with a career’s worth of experience testifying before a jury can not only make your case – it can crush the other side. It also helps when the witness is a seasoned private investigator and former supervisory Federal agent. In this video, Thomas G. Martin discusses a case from…
George Zimmerman trial opening: Halls of justice or comedy hour?
The opening statements in George Zimmerman’s murder trial began with a stunning decision by defense attorney Don West to inject an attempt at humor. In addition to stammering, verbal meandering and seeming unclear about his own words for the majority of the statement, he offered a knock-knock joke that fell flat, sealing the lackluster performance…