Statement of Qualifications

Qualifications

Everything a firm, carrier, or agency usually asks for before retaining an investigator: who we are, how we're licensed, who does the work, and what we've done.

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Firm profile

Firm	Northwest Investigative Services
License	Washington private investigative agency, license 22031080 (Chapter 18.165 RCW)
Established	1980, in continuous practice since
Assignments	More than 38,000 completed
Office	707 S Grady Way, Suite 600, Renton, WA 98057
Coverage	County-level depth across Washington; records work in all 50 states; licensed local associates for field work outside Washington
Clients	Litigation counsel, insurance carriers and adjusters, attorneys in criminal matters, corporate counsel, creditors, and fiduciaries
Contact	staff@nwisi.com · (253) 455-8629

Personnel

Every file has one named investigator accountable for it. Full profiles are on the About page.

Name	Credentials	Leads
Michael R. BriggsFounder Emeritus	Retired Trooper, Washington State Patrol Charter holder, Washington private investigator license Member, National Association of Investigative and Security Specialists Investigating since 1974	Accident & incident investigation since 1974
Joshua BullockPrivate Intelligence & Investigative Technology	Washington private investigator, license 22031080 Intelligence professional background Software developer Asset investigation, judgment enforcement, OSINT	Private intelligence, asset investigation & software development
R. Shane Harrington, PhD, MBAForensic Interviewing & Mitigation	PhD with honors, Health Psychology & Investigative Research, Walden University MBA, Project Management & Strategic Planning, City University of Seattle BA, Criminal Justice & Management, Washington State University Washington private investigator, license 3828 Former licensed EMT and BLS instructor Member: American Psychology-Law Society, WALI, OALI, NDIA, WDA, WACDL, NAPD	Forensic and witness interviewing, mitigation & criminal matters
Kyeson Utley, OSCP, CEHDevice Forensics & Cyber Intelligence	Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Former CEO, The Aracari Project (international private intelligence) Former Director of Cyber Operations, GreenVets Former CIO, SymmetriQ Keynote speaker to the legal investigation community	Device forensics, cryptocurrency tracing & cyber investigations
Surveillance & Process Service TeamField Operations	Licensed investigators Surveillance and activity checks Service of process, including bulk and hard-to-serve Diligence affidavits and declarations of service	Surveillance, service of process & field documentation

Supported by research analysts, licensed field investigators, and licensed associates outside Washington, disclosed to the client in writing.

Capabilities

Asset & financial

Locates & field

Digital & diligence

Technology

Lodestone, our investigative search platform: three-bureau credit header, alternative credit, 960 million phone records, live county assessor data, and digital footprint
Bloodhound, our self-hosted forensics platform, with a cryptographically chained chain-of-custody ledger and signed tool validation
An in-house reporting system that checks every report against our evidentiary standards
Proprietary Northwest records indexed since 1980

Technology

Standards

Documented permissible purpose on every search, under GLBA and DPPA
No pretexting of financial institutions
Reports are investigative work product, not consumer reports under the FCRA
Matter files destroyed 30 days after delivery; retention available when testimony is expected
Declarations of the investigator available when a filing requires one

Compliance

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