Parrent Smith Investigations & Research

About Parrent Smith Investigations

Parrent Smith Investigations & Research is a full service private investigation firm providing results oriented investigative services to the legal and business communities.

We bring 75 years of collective experience to our clients' cases and provide individual consultation and supervision by either Nic Smith or Joanne Parrent on all cases.

We strive to solve our clients' problems without excessive fees. We provide proposals and cost estimates on all cases.

Our legal clients include some of the largest firms in California. In addition to the legal community, we have provided investigative services to corporations, financial institutions, insurance companies and consumers worldwide.

We u se the latest database and information systems to enhance the investigative process. Please allow us the opportunity to discuss your specific needs with you. For a free consultation, please call or email us at either our Southern or Northern California office.

Free Advice about Private Investigations

Do you have a question for a private investigator? Are you curious about what we can do? About the law regarding a particular investigative issue? About how to separate the professionals from the hacks? We are happy to answer your questions and will post the answers for others, if the questions aren't private. There is no question that isn't worth answering, so please don't hesitate to send us an email..

To ask Nic Smith or Joanne Parrent a question about Private Investigations, click on the name below:

Nic Smith

Joanne Parrent

Please indicate if your question is private. Otherwise we will post it and our answer on the Q & A page on this site.

We look forward to helping you understand what private investigators can and cannot do and how we may help you solve problems.

Law Firm and Group Presentations by Parrent Smith investigations

Nic Smith and Joanne Parrent are experienced speakers who have presented many informative programs to law firms and associations. Three of their popular presentations include:

How to Legally and Effectively Use Private Investigators - In the wake of the HP and Pellicano scandals, how to determine if an investigator is using legal and ethical means to handle your case.
Creative Uses of Investigators in Litigation - An interactive seminar on how private investigator's think and approach cases
Show Me the Money - The tricks of the trade in asset investigations

For more information on these and other presentations, please email or call either our Southern or Northern California office.

Investigative Notes:

The Art of Asset Searches

The art of locating assets is something that we at Parrent Smith Investigations have spent a professional lifetime cultivating and perfecting.

Asset searching often starts with certain searches on databases, but for the really in-depth work, there is no database. There are networks of national and worldwide “sources” that we have developed that include connections with professional investigators with whom we have worked for years. If you are using investigators who are relying solely on databases, you may be missing out on finding what you need to satisfy your or your client’s judgments.

It was our worldwide connections that aided our recovery of over $4 million US for our client in 2006. It was a very taxing case that stretched our investigative skills to the max. But in the end, our client was “reunited” with their money, which had been stolen by some unscrupulous textile merchants in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The next time you need to know “where’s the money”, please give us a call. There is no obligation ever and we are confident you will be thoroughly satisfied with the results of our professional and comprehensive services.