Full litigation support for attorneys handling civil, family, criminal, and commercial matters. Witness location, recorded statements, background investigation, asset discovery, digital forensics, and trial preparation — performed by court-tested investigators under attorney engagement.
Attorneys in active litigation need investigators who understand how trial works. Witnesses must be located and interviewed in ways that produce admissible statements. Backgrounds must be developed with documentation. Surveillance must be performed to evidentiary standards. Digital evidence must be acquired under chain of custody. Reports must be defensible under cross-examination.
Valdes Investigation Group has supported Florida attorneys for over 45 years. Our litigation practice works directly with counsel in civil litigation, family law, criminal defense, commercial disputes, insurance defense, employment law, and probate. Every engagement runs through the attorney — work product is privileged, communications are protected, and our investigators understand the strategic role they play in case preparation.
We deploy field investigators, surveillance specialists, certified forensic examiners, and asset investigators as the case requires. Reports are written for legal audiences and structured to support depositions, summary judgment motions, trial exhibits, and post-judgment enforcement. Investigators are available to testify and have done so across state and federal courts in Florida and other jurisdictions.
Our litigation engagements draw from any combination of the following capabilities, scoped to the case stage and the discovery or evidentiary objective.
Locating fact witnesses, conducting recorded interviews, producing affidavit-ready statements, and re-interviewing reluctant witnesses where required. Witnesses are located nationwide.
Comprehensive background reports on parties, witnesses, opposing counsel's experts, and individuals subject to subpoena. Criminal history, civil litigation, employment, address history, and reputation.
Covert surveillance for fraud claims, insurance defense, custody matters, and credibility investigation. Multi-investigator teams with timestamped video evidence built to evidentiary standards.
Pre-litigation collectability analysis, post-judgment asset discovery, divorce equitable distribution asset tracing, and fraud recovery investigation.
In-house Cellebrite and Magnet AXIOM certified examination of phones, computers, and cloud accounts. Chain of custody from intake, examiner testimony when required.
Service of process — including difficult-to-serve defendants who are actively avoiding service. National coverage through our investigator network and affiliated process servers.
A clear four-stage process from intake through final report. Updates throughout — no black-box investigations.
Engagement is opened under your firm's name with a written engagement letter. Work product is performed under attorney direction and protected by privilege. Communications are managed through counsel.
We meet with counsel to understand the case theory, evidentiary objectives, and decision points. Investigators are assigned by specialty — surveillance investigators for surveillance, forensic examiners for digital work, asset investigators for financial matters.
Investigation is conducted under regular communication with counsel. Updates are provided on schedule. Evidentiary standards are maintained throughout — chain of custody for digital evidence, timestamped video and notes for surveillance, source documentation for records work.
Final report is delivered in formats appropriate for the case — declarations for summary judgment, exhibits for trial, deposition-ready summaries for witness preparation. Investigators are available for deposition and trial.
The difference between a good investigator and a good litigation investigator is whether they understand the legal context of what they're producing. Ours do.
Surveillance for parental fitness or cohabitation, asset investigation for equitable distribution, digital forensics for communication evidence, witness location for collateral testimony.
Witness location and interviews, alibi verification, digital forensics on defense-controlled devices, background investigation of prosecution witnesses, and mitigation investigation.
Pre-suit asset and collectability investigation, fact development, witness work, forensic accounting support, and trial preparation.
Activity surveillance on suspicious workers' comp, liability, and disability claims. Background investigation on claimants. Forensic medical record analysis support.
Asset investigation, business affiliation mapping, witness work, digital forensics on business systems (under appropriate authority), and expert witness vetting.
Pre-litigation investigation in harassment, discrimination, theft, and policy violation cases. Witness interviews and digital forensics on company-owned devices.
Confidential intake by phone or video. Pricing and engagement terms quoted within 24 hours of an initial call.
