Matt DeSales, (DBA) PELICAN RESEARCH, licensed private investigator (PI#28191) assisting Southern California's private and appointed attorneys w/ pre-trial investigation for criminal (State/Federal) and civil litigation matters. Guilt/penalty investigations for indigent death sentenced defendants [PC §987.9(a)]. Including medical malpractice and professional license disciplinary investigations.

Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills using logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems, opportunities, or manage situations by drawing on over 14 years of knowledge and experience. Comprehensive evaluation of complaints and indictments, police reports, medical psychological records, chain of custody reports, BWC, MVAR, CCTV footage, digital forensic, toxicology, and ballistic reports. Field investigations crime scenes and video, photo, laser measurements, CAD drawings. Review discovery and recognize interrelationships of isolated facts to develop leads and chain of evidence. Analyze case objectively and avoid assumptions that hinder ability to derive factual conclusions. Locate interview defendants, respondents, witnesses, other parties. Create defense indexes (discovery, witness, image, video, audio) and draft memos, reports, timelines, storyboards, diagrams, video presentations, declarations w/ exhibits. Draft and serve criminal, civil, admin. SubDTs, summons, restraining orders, eviction notices, and file legal documents w/ courts. Utilize public and private databases to research, locate, surveil respondents, witnesses, other relevant parties. Comprehensive data mining compiling psycho-social history to help mitigate penalty phase. Coordinate w/ physicians, psychologists, and other experts to examine evidence and clients in custody. Review and interpret psych. evaluations by experts and advise attorneys as to evaluations and testimony. Provide effective testimony in criminal, civil, and administrative court proceedings.

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