If I had a dime for every time a client who has come to me after spending thousands of dollars on attorneys with no result, I could retire. Sadly, a lot of the reason for the lack of positive results in the courtroom is due to lack of solid evidence. In the courtroom, you only have one shot. You need to go BIG, or go HOME.
Very rarely do clients reach out to me because their life is going great. Not only have they had the ongoing challenges of their legal battle but typically by the time they call me, they have already exhausted all of their life savings and retirement towards attorney fees with little to no progress made on their case. Evidence and patterns should be obtained and documented months even years before a court case even occurs. In a perfect world, a client would contact a private investigator before even calling an attorney and have all of the necessary evidence all wrapped up in a bow ready to present in court. But that rarely happens. Everyones first instinct is to call an attorney. But what if I told you that I have seen clients gather so much evidence that they don’t even need to hire an attorney saving them thousands of dollars. This happens typically when the other party is made aware of the evidence that has been collected and agrees to settle the case out of court. Overwhelming evidence may also give the client the flexibility of battling his/her case on their own (pro se).
Any attorney who steers you away from hiring a private investigator is only wanting all of the money to themselves. Why would an attorney NOT want their client obtaining evidence to strengthen their case? The only reason would be simply because they don’t care if you win your case or not. They are getting paid either way. If you ever want to find out if an attorney is truly working your case to win, first find out if they are on board with working with a private investigator. Then you will have your answer.
I have several attorneys who pass cases to me who KNOW that presenting evidence in the courtroom is key to winning a case. They do not take their clients money to drain them of their funds. They take their clients money to put it to good use utilizing resources to assist with winning your case. And these have been the most successful attorneys that I have worked with.
So how do you know if a Private Investigator is necessary for your case? To determine that, start by asking yourself these questions:
Is the opposing side making statements against you that are not true?
If so, are you able to provide evidence proving otherwise?
What are some things that you know going into court that the opposing side may lie about?
You want to be completely prepared to negate any of the opposing statements to discredit them.
Are you aware of something that is occurring that you know will strengthen your case but you just can’t obtain the evidence necessary to prove it?
An attorney can subpoena records which may be helpful to your case. But an attorney cannot legally go out in the field and collect hard evidence. It is very difficult to argue against pictures and video proof.
If you are in need of a Private Investigator to help with your case. Call our office at 321-419-3238
