For North Carolina legal teams
Investigation support for attorneys
Find relevant facts, preserve public online material and organize the record around counsel’s question.
Assignments
Research, observation and preservation
- Public posts, webpages, images and video with source context
- Witness, party, address and contact research
- Business, asset, property and relationship research
- Lawful surveillance and activity documentation
- Fraud, scam, impersonation and online-identity research
- Attorney-directed benefits or disability fact research within licensed scope
Deliverables
A usable record
- Source log and preservation notes
- Chronology or relationship map
- Surveillance report and media, where applicable
- Concise investigative memorandum
- Conflicting information, limits and unanswered questions
Preview the format
See a chronology and source index.
This two-page example uses invented events, dates and sources. It demonstrates format only; no investigation or collection occurred.
View the fictional report PDF
Counsel defines the assignment.
Agree on the question, jurisdiction, authorization, deadline, methods and recipients in writing. Reporting separates observations, source statements and analysis. Chain-of-custody procedures are used when required.
Credentials and relevant experience
Verify NC PI License No. 769469. Relevant professional experience includes digital forensics, technical e-discovery, evidence preservation and cybersecurity since 2013, with principal-level threat hunting since 2017.
Legal and benefits boundaries
DarkWater is not a law firm and provides no legal advice or VA-accredited claims representation. Counsel and the court determine evidentiary use; admissibility is not guaranteed. DarkWater makes no medical, disability, benefits-eligibility, coverage or legal determinations.
Share the objective, venue and deadline.
Fit, conflicts, jurisdiction and capacity are reviewed first. Keep privileged material, medical records, SSNs and confidential evidence out of public forms and initial emails.