Referral Directory
For Plaintiff Counsel.
Independent investigation and expert services available to California plaintiff-side civil rights counsel. The office's posture is methodology-first and neutral: the same protocol is applied regardless of the party retaining the investigator.
Scope of services.
- Field investigation under the published eight-phase protocol described at The Anatomy of an Investigation.
- FRCP 26(a)(2)(C) disclosure drafting where counsel retains the investigator as a non-reporting expert; full Rule 26(a)(2)(B) reports available where required.
- Site-inspection reports coordinated with a California-licensed CASp inspector retained by counsel or by the office on counsel's instruction.
- Measurement attestations suitable as exhibits to declarations and motions for summary judgment.
- Deposition support: production of the underlying Field Log, Measurement Table, Evidence Log, and Regulatory Citation Table in deposition-ready form.
- Trial testimony on the methodology, the chain of custody, and the measurements; the office does not opine on ultimate legal questions.
Engagement model.
The office is retained as an independent expert under a written engagement letter executed by counsel of record. Compensation is on a flat-fee or hourly basis, never contingent on outcome and never a percentage of recovery.
The engagement letter recites the methodology, the limits of the office's role, the absence of any attorney-client relationship, and the office's right to decline to render an opinion the underlying record does not support.
Conflict screening.
Every engagement inquiry is screened, before any substantive discussion, against:
- the office's published investigation archive;
- the office's active ongoing docket;
- declined-matter log entries from prior conflict screens;
- any existing referral relationship with retained counsel on either side.
A matter that cannot clear conflict screening is declined in writing. The inquiry is preserved in the declined-matter log and is not shared with any other party.
What this office will not do for plaintiff counsel.
- Solicit, recruit, or supply claimants. This office does not act as a "runner or capper" within the meaning of Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6152.
- Accept or pay a referral fee, finder's fee, or any form of fee-split with counsel.
- Participate in any program that files matters in bulk against unrelated defendants without individualized investigation.
- Render an opinion the underlying Measurement Table, Evidence Log, or Regulatory Citation Table does not support.
- Adjust methodology to favor a retaining party. The published protocol governs every matter regardless of who retains.
The full list of structural limits is published at What We Do Not Do.
How to engage.
- Submit an inquiry through the intake form below. Include matter caption, opposing party, all known conflict parties, jurisdiction, and a brief scope description. Do not include client confidences.
- Conflict screening is performed within five business days. A written disposition is returned to the submitting address.
- On clearance, the office returns a draft engagement letter and a flat-fee or hourly estimate. Work begins after counsel countersigns.
- On completion, the office produces the full investigation file (Field Log, Measurement Table, Evidence Log, Regulatory Citation Table, Peer Review Memo) in a format suitable for use as deposition or summary-judgment exhibits.
Counsel Inquiry
Investigation-support intake.
For counsel seeking investigation, site inspection, or expert-witness services. Conflict screening is performed before any substantive discussion. Do not include client confidences.
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