Why you need private help from us (in addition to, or instead of, standard law enforcement):
1: To assist and expand the law enforcement effort.
In our unsolved homicide investigations, for example, we bring expanded resources to bear to assist law enforcement.
Our team of top homicide investigators, and the top experts anywhere in the world, work alongside or separately from law enforcement.
We can investigate, solve, and prosecute your case, to bring the perpetrator to justice and bring closure to the victim’s family..
Our Case Examples:
We have worked and solved a number of homicide cases, which means a death caused by another person. Homicides are a general category, that include Murder, Mnslaughter, Vehicular Manslaughter, and DUI-related murders.
Missing Person / Murder
In one case, we have been worked a homicide case where the victim went missing, and believed to be the victim of murder. We set up a tip line and web site, on which our team followed up on the leads. We were also involved in the search for the victim’s body, including the use of ground-penetrating radar and human remains detection dogs.
Cause of Death Investigation – Murder or Suicide?
In a second case, we solved a homicide where the victim’s wife came to us for answers that were left after the law enforcement investigation had been closed. The victim died in a remote area, of a gunshot wound. The victim’s wife came to us for answers and resolution, that law enforcement had not provided. Our team of investigators, homicide detectives, and experts did a thorough investigation. We determined that the cause of death was suicide, which gave the widow closure.
Car Crash Investigation – Accidental or Intentional?
In a third case, we investigated a DUI-related murder, called Watson Murder in California. Our team went back and pieced together all of the evidence, including the witness accounts and physical evidence. This included evidence from the defendant’s vehicle and black box, which was analyzed by experts. The evidence proved that the defendant held the accelerator to the floor as she drove into the intersection, indicating that the crash was intentional.
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2. You do not want to go to law enforcement for some reason.
Extortion is an attempt to force someone to do something, typically to pay money, by the use of force or fear, such as a threat to the safety of the victim and/or the victim’s family. Blackmail is the attempt to force someone to do something, also typically to pay money, and typically by the threat to release embarrassing or sensitive information.
In most extortion and blackmail cases, and some stalking and threats cases, you may not want to go to law enforcement. You fear that they will not provide sufficient protection for you. You may not want the reason that you are being blackmailed to be exposed, which may be embarrassing and cause problems for you.
You may have committed crimes or misdeeds to comply with the perpetrator’s demands, such as making illegal payments, that could cause you problems with law enforcement or your employment.
You need us to protect and extricate you from the perpetrators, while protecting you and your loved ones, without your secret being exposed and causing you problems. We have successfully extracted a number of clients from these schemes. In each case, our team secured the client and his family’s physical safety, their internet information, and successfully extracted our client from the perpetrators.
Our Case Examples:
Threat to Financial Executive
Our client was a high-ranking executive of a major financial institution. He was being extorted and blackmailed by a foreign criminal organization that claimed to be part of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel, and was definitely a part of a large, organized foreign crime organization.
The extortionists used the client’s telephone number to learn the client’s identity, and then mined the internet to learn the client’s personal information – name, job, wife’s name, home address, children’s names, family members’ names, etc.
The perpetrators threatened to reveal the source of the embarrassing blackmail, and after the client made payments through illegal means, threatened to reveal the payments to the client’s employer and federal authorities. The perpetrators also threatened the physical safety of the client and his family members.
Our team secured the safety of the client and his family, and extricated the victim from the blackmail and extortion scheme. We also successfully navigated the issues with federal law enforcement, using our contacts both inside federal law enforcement and retired contacts on the outside.
Blackmail of Former Lover
Our client was married, and had been lured into an extramarital sexual relationship by one of his clients, who started blackmailing the client for financial payments.
Our team put together a case, and were prepared to seek criminal prosecution of the perpetrator. We had an intervention with the perpetrator, however, who immediately ceased the blackmail.
We have had a number of similar cases, and in each have successfully extricated our client from the blackmail scheme, without the subject of the blackmail being revealed.
3. Law enforcement has not, cannot, or will not solve the problem.
In our stalking and threats cases, for example, the victims have suffered for many weeks, months, years, or even decades.
The perpetrator’s actions may have taken place in multiple law enforcement jurisdictions, none of which want to take the lead, and none of which are solving the problem.
In our fraud or embezzlement cases, for example, law enforcement is overwhelmed, does not want to expend their limited resources, and has told you that it is “a civil matter”.
You need us to conduct the investigation, get the case filed and prosecuted, and follow the case through the court system to obtain a conviction and restitution for your loss.
Our Case Examples:
Stalking and Threats
Our team investigated and documented a case in which a mentally unstable and violent drug addict had been stalking and threatening two former girlfriends, in multiple locations, for twenty years.
We investigated and prepared the case, got a law enforcement agency detective to take and submit the case for filing, and two different prosecutor’s offices to pursue charges. Mike Brewer personally followed the case through both court systems as the victims’ Marsy’s Law attorney, forced the defendant into mental health treatment, obtained protective orders for both victims, and ended the stalking and threats. Both victims were finally able to get on with their lives, in peace, no longer in fear.
Threats by Former Boyfriend
Our client was a prominent business executive, whose safety was being threatened by the mentally-unstable former boyfriend of a female friend. The perpetrator wrongly believed that our client and his ex-girlfriend were romantically involved. The perpetrator was making threats from another state, from an unknown location, and was difficult to locate, but our client lived in fear of the perpetrator showing up at any time.
Our team located the perpetrator, enlisted the assistance of local authorities there, and neutralized the threat. The perpetrator was forced into mental health treatment, and the threat was ended.
Threat by Former Girlfriend
Our client was a prominent female attorney, whose brother’s ex-girlfriend was threatening, in addition to the brother. The perpetrator had surveilled our client, and sent messages to let the client know that the perpetrator knew where the client lived and walked her dog. Law enforcement refused to act, because the threats were subtle. Law enforcement was afraid that they could not get a conviction. The threats were, however, very real to our client.
We put the case together, were ready to prosecute and file for a restraining order. We contacted the perpetrator, however, and she ceased the threats and all contact with the victims at once.
4. Law enforcement has acted, but you want a voice in the process, and someone to advise you and look after your interests.
Law enforcement and prosecutors are generally good and hard-working people. You the victim are, however, not their client. You are simply a witness in their case, and are often treated as such, as an afterthought, and only when you are needed.
The government’s victim advocates mean well, but they are not attorneys, and often do not understand what is taking place in court. You can get lost in the process and be left in the dark, with a great deal of anxiety.
Marsy’s Law gives you, the victim, the right to have your own attorney in court at the table.
We can keep you informed and make your voice heard, to ensure that you receive justice.
Our Case Examples:
Attempted Murder and Robbery
Our client was the victim in the national news due to the infamous South Coast Plaza shooting in 2024. After our client left a restaurant and got into his Lamborghini, a gunman demanded our client’s car and Rolex watch. The gunman told our client that he was already a dead man and started shooting, striking our client in the wrist and thigh. Our client, a military veteran, fought off the gunman and narrowly managed to survive.
Law enforcement, including the ATF, did a good job on this case. They located and brought the gunman to justice. As typically happens, however, our client was fearful and lost in the criminal justice system. Mike Brewer became the victim’s legal advocate, communicating and coordinating with the prosecutor’s office. This kept the victim informed throughout the process, providing the victim with peace of mind and a sense of security.
Vehicular Manslaughter
The perpetrator ran a red light, plowing into our client and her husband on their bicycle, killing the husband. The perpetrator claimed that it was not her fault, but was convicted by the jury at trial. The perpetrator shirked compliance with the terms of her sentence, including the financial restitution payments. The client hired us to be her and her husband’s voice in court, to force the perpetrator to comply with the sentence, and obtain the financial restitution that had been ordered by the Court.
5. Law enforcement will not expend the resources to investigate and prosecute, to obtain justice for you.
This applies to most of our fraud, embezzlement, and other theft cases. Law enforcement is understaffed and overwhelmed today. Fraud is at an all-time high, due to the internet and other factors. Law enforcement has unlimited resources, but is unwilling to expend those resources on “small cases”, those with loses under a million dollars. Law enforcement simply does not have the resources to do the job, and rejects cases as being “civil matters”. Without a firm like us, your case will go unprotected and you will not obtain justice.
Our Case Examples:
Pregnancy Fraud
Our client was targeted by a woman on the internet, with whom the client had a brief sexual relationship. The woman falsely claimed that she was pregnant with twins, and that our client was the father.
The woman used an elaborate scheme for the fake pregnancy, including fake sonograms and baby clothing, to get the victim to pay tens of thousands of dollars to support the children that he was expecting. Our client was defrauded out of over $150k.
Our team did a thorough investigation, uncovered, and documented the fraud. When we presented the case to the law enforcement agency, two different detectives tried to deflect it, claiming that it was “a civil matter” and could be prosecuted in another jurisdiction. We went over their heads to the prosecutor’s office and their supervisor. Felony criminal charges were filed and the perpetrator prosecuted.
Trade Secret Theft
We are currently investigating the theft of the trade secrets of a biomedical company. A high-ranking employee and researcher left the company for a higher position at a start-up competitor. The employee downloaded thousands of pages of documents relating to the trade secrets of a revolutionary new product, and the private business plans for the products, and took other employees with him. We are investigating and preparing the case for prosecution by law enforcement with our resources, and working with the client’s civil legal team in the process.
Fraud and Embezzlement
We have handled, and continue to handle, a number of fraud and embezzlement cases. In one, a corporation hired us to investigate and document embezzlement by an employee, for presentation to, and prosecution by, law enforcement. We investigated the case with our top-notch financial crimes investigator, and presented the case to the law enforcement agency for prosecution, “wrapped up in a bow”. This saved the law enforcement agency a lot of time that they did not have, and made the prosecution possible.
In another case, our client was the victim of the embezzlement of her husband’s estate by someone at the law firm that had been hired to represent the client in the probate. When the client went to law enforcement, the client was rejected, wrongly told that the statute of limitations had run and that the case should have been prosecuted in another jurisdiction. Our team investigated, and used our contacts to learn that the perpetrator was already being investigated on a similar matter by another law enforcement agency, who agreed to work with us.
