FINDING YOUR CLIENT’S CLIENT Believe it or not, a common request from law firms is to help the firm find their lost client. There are many reasons why a law firm loses contact with their client. I find that most often the firm’s client simply moved or had a change in phone number and forgot […]
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ASSET INVESTIGATIONS – PREVIOUSLY OWNED PROPERTIES
ASSET INVESTIGATIONS – PREVIOUSLY OWNED PROPERTIES Most private investigators who work on asset investigations would agree that these investigations can be both challenging and extremely interesting. In addition, they are extremely valuable for your attorney clients when making legal decisions. That said, attorneys need to understand the total “asset picture.” One area often overlooked is […]
COMMERCIAL V. NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSE (ARIZONA RECORDS)
COMMERCIAL V. NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSE (ARIZONA RECORDS) (Disclaimer: The author is not an attorney, and this article should not be taken as legal advice.) Every so often I get a call from an investigator or an attorney needing to request records and am asked if they should check the commercial or non-commercial purpose box on the […]
Mesa Best of 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BusinessRate has awarded Mason Investigative Solutions with the Mesa Best of 2025 Award! We sincerely thank all of our clients and business partners for all of their support!
IDENTIFYING WHO OWNS A FRANCHISE LOCATION – WORKFLOW IDEA
I had the recent challenge of assisting an attorney with identifying the owner of a franchise at a specific location after their legal team was not able to do so. Although the attorney had researched the Corporation Commission and Secretary of State records, he was left with more questions than answers because of the numerous […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mason Investigative Solutions has made the Three Best Rated Best Business of 2025 list for the category of private investigation. We have made the Three Best Rated list every year since 2018! Thank you to all of our clients, mentors, and investigative partners for making this possible.
PERSON LOCATES AND RENTAL PROPERTIES
If you have worked on person locate investigations and use proprietary data aggregators, you no doubt have come across address history information with overlapping dates. As investigators, it’s important for us to analyze and investigate the addresses listed in a comp report in order to determine what may be a good investigative lead for locating […]
TRUCK DRIVER VIOLATION HISTORY RESEARCH – QUICK RESEARCH TIP
Private investigators are often hired by law firms to research the background of a truck driver following a serious trucking accident. This may seem like a straightforward task, but the research is anything but straightforward and more specialized than one might think. Here is a tip to further your research. One of the challenges in […]
CHARGES DISMISSED – GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE BACKGROUNDS
A few months ago, I learned that a criminal defense case that I had been working on for a lengthy period of time resulted in all felony charges being dismissed against the defendant. So, what moved the needle? The gut instinct of an experienced criminal defense attorney, a thorough background investigation into the investigating officer, […]