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ABOUT

Lawrence J. Hamilton - Investigator

CA P.I. License # 16367

CA RPS # 1710
Owner / Qualified Manager

Mr. Hamilton has been licensed to conduct investigations in the State of California since 1993.

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Background:

  • FBI (surveillance & undercover operations)

  • San Diego City Attorney’s Office (fraud and civil pre-trial investigations – both defense and plaintiff

  • San Diego Law Enforcement Training Instructor

  • Special Investigations Unit Manager

  • Workers’ Compensation Investigations Instructor

  • General Investigations Training Instructor for Private Investigators, Law Firms, and Insurance Carriers

 

Professional Experience:
Mr. Hamilton is a Certified Trainer in Workers’ Compensation Investigations, Accident Investigations, and Evidence Photography. Mr. Hamilton is a court-qualified expert in the areas of Photography, Missing Persons, and Accident Reconstruction, and is a Registered Process Server – San Diego County RPS #1790.


The Special Investigations Unit has over 25 years of experience and is a PREFERRED VENDOR with top workers’ compensation insurance carriers and law firms for pre-trial case investigations. We offer skip tracing, AOE/COE, Sub-rosa & Subrogation, Family Law Case Investigations, Personal Injury Investigations, Civil and Pre-trial Investigations, and much more. We are fully insured with Liability Insurance and E & O Insurance. We are a member of the BBB as an Accredited Business with an A+ Rating.

Team

Dedication. Expertise. Passion.

The Special Investigations Unit specializes in Fraud Investigations, AOE/COE, Subrogation, Civil Pre-trial, Asset Searches, Backgrounds, Family Law Cases and Catastrophic Claims.

The Special Investigations Unit consults with Special Investigations Unit Management and Defense Attorneys with turn-key completion for fraud packages (FD-1) accepted by the San Diego D.A. with a great success of convictions.

The Special Investigations Unit guarantees 100% confidentiality and will work with you on a Plan of Action (POA) for the results that you can expect with no hidden fees.

The Special Investigations Unit is a full service private investigative agency with unique sources available throughout the world, providing locates and interviewing of witnesses, presenting expert testimony, preparing thorough and accurate reports, and handling investigations with the utmost professionalism.

Robert Kennemur

LPI - SURVEILLANCE INVESTIGATOR

Mr. Kennemur graduated from CSU Long Beach with a bachelor’s degree with honors and has been working as a surveillance operative since January 1988. With over 30 years of experience, he brings with him a vast experience in liability, workers’ compensation, domestic cases, family law, and service of process. He has worked for many law firms, insurance carriers, and former FBI agents/retired law enforcement officers who have used Mr. Kennemur for their casework.

Corey Pagano

P.I., RPS & SURVEILLANCE INVESTIGATOR

Mr. Pagano has over four (4) years of experience as an investigator-in-training, specializing in “hard-to-serve” stakeouts of individuals for TROs, Summons & Complaints, Deposition Subpoenas, Locates, Background Verification, and obtaining information on those individuals who do not want to be found.  Handling high-profile cases for surveillance of court enforcement, child custody enforcement, Workers’ Compensation, and domestic violence case surveillance.

Lisa Longway

INVESTIGATIVE SPECIALIST

Mrs. Longway graduated with a BA (Summa cum laude, cum laude) and MBA (Valedictorian). She is extremely technologically savvy and has over 20 years of technical and business writing experience. She excels in covert online and telephonic research. Her business specialties include human resources and labor law. Mrs. Longway has years of litigation and deposition experience. Furthermore, Mrs. Longway holds multiple patents and has a general familiarity with patent law. Her tools include Facebook graph search, Facebook Forensics, EnCase Forensic Imager; SnagIt, Trello, Skipease; Spokeo; TinEye; Knowem; WhatismyIP; X1 Social Discovery; whoami.com; Instagram (Chrome Extension); Twitter; Google+; Linkedin; Pinterest; and deep web searches.

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