Deception, fraud and dishonesty costs American business billions of dollars annually. We can provide you with all of your investigative needs from the basic collection of facts to your high profile cases involving the most complex of challenges.
Our founder and his associates have conducted thousands of sensitive and high level investigations that have produced outstanding results for large corporations, law firms, insurers, small business and individual clients. Our investigative findings and facts are developed with integrity and confidentiality.
The Legal Investigator
Machado & Associates are “Legal investigators”; we are licensed private investigators who specialize in preparing cases for trial attorneys. Our job is to gather information and evidence which advance legal theories to benefit the client’s case.
Our legal investigators are knowledgeable and experienced with statutory and case law, local rules of court, civil procedure, interviewing skills, forensic sciences, and techniques of evidence collection and its preservation and admissibility. We are professional, courteous and respectful of our fellow citizens. We get the job done with honest communications to all those we interact with while maintaining our commitment to our client’s case. Investigative navigation through the “legal landmines” in business is an art. Our founder served over thirty years as the primary investigative resource for a multi-billion dollar organization creating its first “Special Investigations Unit”. (SIU) Our Investigative Services Include:
- Civil
- Criminal
- Fraud\Embezzlement
- Theft
- Breach of Contract\ “Alter Ego”
- Employment; Hostile Workplace, Unfair\Unsafe Work Practices, Sexual
- Harassment, Discrimination, Whistle Blower, and Wrongful Terminations
“Machado has a long history of working with the appropriate law enforcement agencies for those cases with overlapping civil and criminal interests”.
Personal Injury Investigations
Machado has in-depth knowledge derived from decades of experience, primarily on the “legal defense” side. However, we have worked a number of select and challenging plaintiff cases for legal counsel and business clients. Our PI Investigations include:
- Auto Accidents
- Slip & Fall
- Psychiatric
- Food products liability
- Major debilitating injuries
- Soft tissue
- Wrongful death and murder
Our founder was the Director of Liability Claims for a large corporation where he was both a hands on claims examiner as well as a supervisor of over 8,000 liability claims in his career.
Interviews & Analysis
The ability to gain trust and help a witness get comfortable is a vital trait of a successful investigator. Machado has conducted and supervised thousands of productive interviews for both litigation and business decisions. We are highly trained and well-seasoned in the art of detecting and managing truthfulness and deception of witnesses.
Backgrounds & Skip-Tracing
Depending on the client’s objectives, we use a large network of resources to conduct your general to specific background and skip tracing requests. Our resources include a variety of investigative data bases and in the field methods. A background or Skip trace may be employed for many reasons such as; locating persons, process service, employment history, financial status, property ownership, UCC filings, business filings, fictitious business name filings, Board of Equalization filings, driving record search, motor vehicle & watercraft records, Federal Aviation Administration records, civil & criminal records, evictions, judgments, tax liens and bankruptcy filings. We can also investigate and search social media usage of a subject which may be relevant to your case. In this “Information Age”, we do not limit ourselves to any fixed program, system or process. We are constantly on the lookout for opportunities to mine information of value for our clients while maintaining the highest standard of integrity.
Workers Compensation Investigation
AOE\COE
We provide a comprehensive investigation, taking a “root cause and “Why X 5” approach to determine if the reported injury Arose Out of Employment & was in the Course Of Employment.
Surveillance
We have investigated thousands of workers compensation claims and our founder has personally logged over 10,000 hours of surveillance. Through hands on investigation and case supervision we have reduced the cost of workers compensation by at least 40 million dollars for the business community. We will provide you with a honest\legal and skillful investigation utilizing state of the art technology. Our associated field investigators are seasoned professionals having passed the rigid scrutiny of Machado Risk Solutions. At Machado Risk Solutions we are skilled well beyond the workers compensation investigation. Our founder was the director in charge of the Workers Compensation Claims division for a large California self-administered and self-insured company for several years. We believe in and perform the investigative component because it is an important part of ensuring your workers compensation program meets its primary objective: “The best of care for the legitimately injured employee”.
Undercover Investigations
Machado has managed numerous internal\external undercover investigations that resulted in the elimination of destructive and costly security breaches, drug activity, theft, insurance fraud, corruption and mismanagement. This investigative option is considered a last resort for many business and legal decision makers. However, in some cases, an undercover probe may be your best solution to get to the bottom of your most concerning challenges. Machado will provide you with a complete service package in this most sensitive endeavor while earning your trust and assurance that you are in the most competent of hands.
Conflict Resolution
There are a variety of situations where some investigative actions are needed such as locating or “skip tracing” a party in the conflict. After we locate the party, we act as the informal mediator to help you resolve the conflict. These can be relatively simple concepts and situations to resolve, however, when there is a history of discontent between the two parties, the communications hurdle is unlikely to resolve itself. Let us evaluate your conflict. If it requires legal counsel, we will recommend a qualified attorney if you don’t already have one. Let Machado provide your conflict solutions by identifying the opportunities and then facilitating a win-win resolution for both sides.
Reports
Our reports are the “work product” in the most comprehensive definition of the term. We customize the report to your specifications and ensure that it represents a precise account of your investigative needs and strategic objectives. As a seasoned end user and manager of the investigative work product, Machado understands the importance and value of a quality report delivered to you.