Our investigators are highly credentialed professionals with unique experience and expertise from vast backgrounds such as law enforcement, Fortune 100 companies, retail loss prevention specialists, and computer forensics professionals.  Based on the experience of Pinnacle’s investigators, we are able to get to the matter of the issue quickly and provide the solutions swiftly with innovative approaches to problem solving using cutting-edge methods to assist companies, individuals or organizations, both large and small.       

Keeping your goals as the top priority, we will work closely with your legal/general counsel or outside counsel, senior executives, oversight committees or human resources department at each stage of the investigation to assure the investigative objectives are met. The findings of our investigations are carefully documented to enable our clients to transfer information to regulators or law enforcement officials as needed. Our attention to detail helps companies leverage their position in identifying violations and taking corrective measures.

 

The scope of our investigation services are:

• Investigations
  • Corporate Investigation
  • Litigation Support
  • Background Investigation
  • Due Diligence Investigation
  • Computer Forensics
  • Workers' Compensation

Corporate Investigations:

Protection of your assets from theft, damage, or malicious actions is the heart of Pinnacle’s Corporate Investigation Division.  We assist corporations, individuals, non-profit organizations and law firms in identifying, responding, and mitigating risk through a comprehensive and integrated suite of professional investigation services.

At Pinnacle, we are known for solving complex business problems, reducing risk and improving employee morale for clients. Our Corporate Investigation Division is uniquely positioned and experienced to handle both internal and external threats to your assets and profitability.  Although fraud and theft is an increasing threat perpetrated by sources outside the company, one of the largest potential for losses may come from inside the company. In fact, internal theft is one of the biggest threats to business today.  Our investigators are poised and have extensive experience from both law enforcement as well as corporations to handle cases regardless if they are internal or external threats.

Pinnacle’s investigators are from such vast and diverse backgrounds as Fortune 100 companies, national retail operating companies, federal, state and local law enforcement as well as other government agencies.  Some of our investigators have over 20 years investigation experience, are considered experts in their respective fields and have been certified as subject matter experts in both federal and state courts in their respective specialties.

It is this diversity, experience and professionalism that uniquely positions Pinnacle to provide the specialized personnel for your unique industry or situation. 

Pinnacle’s Corporate Investigation Division professionals are ready to assist you in the following areas:

Litigation Support

Pinnacle’s Corporate Investigators, together with counsel, uncover facts that make the difference in winning and losing critical motions, arbitration hearings, and trials. We provide critical litigation support to lawyers, corporations, and other public and private institutions. We can evaluate the motives, histories, goals, and resources of litigants. We find facts to impeach witnesses and interview important witnesses for your cases.

Background Investigation

Pinnacle’s Background Investigation Division provides investigative and litigation support to businesses, in-house counsel and law firms by performing comprehensive non-employment background investigations and research of individuals, assets, locations, utilities and more.

Our services include developing evidence to support a claim or a defense, and identifying or locating witnesses. Our extensive range of domestic and international searches/information will help you in deciding whether to seek legal action, employ alternative dispute resolutions, negotiate a settlement, seek a restraining order or verify potential risks and threats.

These searches are performed by trained and experienced Information Research Investigators. Our fee structures are both flat and hourly depending on the research performed.  The available list of United States research is:

Please contact our office for your special needs. Our work conforms to all federal, state, and international laws, regulations and requirements.

Employee Vetting

Pinnacle’s Background Investigation Division can help your organization in the hiring process by conducting a wide range of thorough background investigations. Hiring new employees has become more complex and risky due to laws that now state that companies must provide protection to current employees by avoiding bad hires. While any effective security program will be multifaceted, one important aspect of a complete program is to conduct regular pre-employment screening. A complete pre-employment screening will assure your company has satisfied its due diligence.

From routine to highly detailed investigations, Pinnacle Background Investigators will help uncover any discrepancies in the applicant’s past and can create a program of specialized checks whenever needed. Our employee vetting usually includes investigating: job history, educational background, credit history, criminal background checks, obtaining detailed, verified references, conducting media searches, and validating professional and personal titles and credentials.

Due Diligence Investigation

Pinnacle’s Background Investigation Division provides services that can help reduce your exposure or loss due to a potentialy ill fated business agreeement or litigation consideration.  Entering a business relationship or considering litigation often requires a due diligence investigation. You need to ensure that the prospective partner or plaintiff has the capabilities, requisite stability, and solvency necessary to support a contract or judgment enforcement. Pinnacle’s Background professionals are able to effectively conduct investigations and research to aid in a wide array of business related transactions and other issues.

Some of the situations that merit a Due Diligence Investigation include:

After the due diligence investigation findings are presented, you’ll be able to assess the character and integrity of the key company executives and the organization itself. As your needs vary from mergers to acquisitions to capitalization, as well as other specific circumstances, Pinnacle offers you a range of customized services that will meet your specific business investigation needs.

Computer Forensics

Pinnacle’s Computer Forensic Division offers a unique combination of expertise and experience, enabling us to assist you in securing and protecting your valuable intellectual property assets from loss, theft, or misappropriation. Our forensic team members qualify as experts in computer forensics in both state and federal courts.  Pinnacle’s Forensic Computer Division includes professional investigators with experience from federal and state law enforcement departments as well as Fortune 100 companies. 

Pinnacle’s computer forensics team can acquire, store, analyze, and report digital information in a manner acceptable in civil and criminal court. We can locate deleted files, examine Internet histories, index and examine email archives, and offer any other computer related data acquisition services.  Pinnacle’s Computer Forensics team can accomplish these tasks on site at your facility with our proprietary “Mobile Clean Room” should the need arise, or secure the asset for search from your facility and return it to our office for analysis.  More often than not, these searches can be done without the computer user’s knowledge should you wish the analysis be discrete. 

Workers’ Compensation

Pinnacle’s Workers' Compensation Services Division provides all of the services you need to assess complicated claims.  Pinnacle helps employers, insurance companies and third-party administrators by obtaining positive identification of claimant, investigating eligibility and restrictions adherence, conducting activity checks and doing surveillance to determine post-accident activities. Pinnacle’s Workers’ Compensation Services Division also provides medical record research, financial and operating history to round out our investigation services.

 

Our Workers’ Compensation investigators are seasoned professionals and are considered experts in their fields with some possessing over 30 years of experience.  Rest assured that your case will be handled by these professionals with care and results will be reliable and timely. 

Pinnacle’s Workers’ Compensation Services Division offers the following services in an effort to help reduce your loss by insurance or policy violations:

• Full AOE/COE Investigations
• Employer-Level Investigation
• Subrogation Investigations
• Activities Checks
• Surveillance Backgrounds
• Clinic Audits
• Complimentary Educational Seminars
• Fraud

To speak with our staff or for more information about our services, please call: (877) 807-4777 or email us at info@thepinnacle.org.