Contra Costa private investigator Mike Spencer of Spencer Legal Investigations offers tips for serving hiding subjects. The private eye urges clients to prepare and commit to each difficult process case. Consult a professional private investigator for difficult process service. Legal private investigator Mike Spencer knows how to get the job done on a budget. Law […]
Mike Spencer wrote the only short, nonfiction book about the job of a modern private investigator. 99: The Press published the fun 99-page book. Spencer wrote his new nonfiction private eye book as a response to media stereotypes about private detectives. Spencer wrote about his career change from journalism to private investigator. The book tells […]
Private Investigator Mike Spencer is a leading legal investigator in the San Francisco Bay Area. He helps lawyers and legal staffs on many cases. He earned his private investigator license more than two decades ago. Readers of The Recorder legal newspaper voted Spencer best private investigator several years in a row. Furthermore, top attorneys in […]
We are the top investigator in the East Bay. Clients review us in two places on Yelp: Spencer Investigations of Oakland and Spencer Elrod Services in Walnut Creek. The reason for this is Spencer Investigations was the original business name and listing, founded in 1997. Out of a total of 26 reviews, 23 reviews are […]
We have served the East Bay for more than 20 years and now serve Silicon Valley, San Jose, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Mountain View and more. We have a billing point in Fremont. We provide: surveillance, court research, witness interviews, finding missing persons, difficult service of process and many other services for attorneys, business and […]
We constantly think about our work and how to help our clients. It does us no good to take a case and not get results. The client isn’t happy and neither are we. We try to be as transparent as possible from the first contact to the last. We are writing this entry about surveillance […]
We are flooded with ads for fast and convenient products. Problem is: fast and convenient rarely add up to “quality.” The fast and convenient option is a horrible way to try to do background checks. Don’t spend your money on cheap backgrounds checks. Instead, use a quality, experienced local private investigators who knows how records […]
Performing background checks in Alameda County just became slightly easier the past year with both criminal and civil searches being made available online. Of course though, for a true professional background check a private investigator should visit courthouses in person to search for records. The system links branch courts from Berkeley-Oakland down through Hayward to […]
The traditional talk for private investigator/potential surveillance client goes like this: Client wants the job done as cheaply as possible and private eye quotes a price to try to land the client. The negotiation seems to be more about price than about achieving results. The first-time client has maybe called around to a few other […]
I write to inform the public about the work I do as a licensed private investigator. My subject this time: How to pick a private eye.
I have always said that our business is like a construction general contractor or other specialized service provider. You don’t want to pick a lawyer, CPA, dentist, eye doctor, college, auto mechanic or even a beer because he/she/it is the cheapest. You want to select based on quality and the likelihood that the professional will cure or solve your problem or get you answers.
