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Banking and Creditor Rights
For over 16 years Heartland has been providing the financial community with high-end due diligence services. Our product line includes a tiered background profile, based on risk and loan or investment value. Banks, venture capitalists, private equity groups, and mezzanine lenders rely on our objective and thorough background profiles. When lending relationships become strained or litigated, these same clients turn to Heartland for aggressive financial and asset investigations. Our staff of Certified Fraud Examiners, Chartered Fraud Investigator, and CPA’s have over 70 years of experience in assisting creditors. Compliance with Gramm Leach Bliley, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the Patriot Act requires strict adherence. Our professional staff advises clients on “Know Your Customer” requirements, consults on loan workouts, and provides guidance on navigating the complex regulations contained in the GLB and FCRA. Learn more > |
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Criminal Defense
Very serious crimes require extraordinarily vigorous defense. As defense attorneys, you know the significance of building a team as tenacious and loyal to the tasks as you are to your client. Heartland’s Criminal Defense Practice Team has decades of experience in defending citizens charged with serious crimes. Led by Ellis Armistead, CLI, we’ve gained a national reputation for thorough and focused criminal defense investigations. Our team has worked on over 15 death penalty cases throughout the country. There’s no substitute for that kind of track record. Learn more > |
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Employment
Employment relationships can go bad, that’s a fact. When they do, business professionals understand the need for skilled defense. The employment and labor investigators at Heartland bring decades of experience in helping attorneys defend their business clients. From pre-employment profiles and employee misconduct investigations to undercover assignments and non-compete surveillance, Heartland assists employers and their counsel throughout the employment relationship. We also advise clients on developing effective pre-employment screening, workplace violence training, and site security programs. Learn more > |
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Environmental
Most civil cases revolve around recent fact patterns with known litigants. Environmental cases are typically just the opposite. Often, investigators are tasked with locating long gone witnesses, defunct company ownership and old insurance policies; they need to define waste streams, responsible parties and intermediaries.
For nearly eight years, Heartland has been the investigator of record for outside counsel assisting the State of Minnesota on the most successful landfill litigation in state history. The Minnesota Landfill Clean Up Act has recovered nearly $300 million by identifying responsible parties, proving nexus and recovering through insurers. Learn more > |
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Franchise
Franchisors have long struggled with how to handle rogue franchisees. Normal reporting can be manipulated, revenue can be diverted, product lines can be polluted and intellectual property can continue to be used after dismissal. Heartland's national network of legal investigators helps franchise groups and their counsel investigate wrongdoing through innovative and aggressive strategies. From site audits and controlled purchases, to post-relationship investigations and surveillance, we have helped dozens of franchisors prove their cases. Avoiding potential problems begins with adequate due diligence on prospective franchisees. Heartland offers a wide range of background profiles to fit the unique needs of franchise groups. Learn more > |
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Intellectual Property
Protecting intellectual property has become increasingly challenging with the globalization of trading markets. These days you must be able to enforce property rights from Chicago to Shanghai. Heartland’s vast network of seasoned investigators has assisted clients throughout the world. From prior art investigations to the coordination of product counterfeiting cases, we understand the complexities of modern intellectual property investigation and offer expert assistance in technology-based fact-finding operations with a global reach, including undercover options. Learn more > |
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Family Law
Family law professionals must gather evidence in the most sensitive yet thorough way possible. You, as a family practice lawyer, demand a team that lives up to your expectations and gets results with complete awareness and sensitivity. Paul Jaeb, Heartland’s CEO, has focused on family law for most of his investigative career, working with some of the region’s most credentialed lawyers. From co-habitation and financial investigations to surveillance and highly volatile protection assignments, Heartland is the most qualified firm to handle the unique needs of family law practitioners. Learn more > |
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Litigation
Nobody likes unresolved issues. But once a dispute moves into litigation, getting the right information is essential to coming out on top. Heartland has a 17 year history of providing lawyers with the critical data they need to more effectively litigate a matter. The basics are the same in most litigated cases. We understand how to get to the point quickly and efficiently: who are we dealing with, do they have the resources to settle, what will witnesses say and what else is out there that might be relevant. With former federal law enforcement personnel, corporate investigators, fraud examiners, paralegals, and forensic specialists, Heartland is uniquely qualified to provide the investigative support needed for successful outcomes. Learn more > |
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Mergers and Acquisitions
Modern corporate mergers and acquisitions demand exceptional due diligence. These days, savvy corporate executives know that no stone can be left unturned when considering the quality of business partners in proposed high-level business relationships. For over 16 years Heartland has been providing the corporate community with high-end due diligence services, using the latest in technology, financial expertise and investigative experience to ensure the most thorough examination of potential partners and allow profitable business decisions. Learn more > |
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Product Liability/Personal Injury
Disasters, catastrophes, unfortunate product liabilities--all require a clear head, immediate response and a relentless pursuit of the facts under any and all conditions. Heartland’s Product Liability and Personal Injury division has built a set of time-tested skills honed under a myriad of difficult circumstances. When misfortune strikes, we have all the resources ready to confront challenging conditions. We’re on it, whenever and whatever happens, so you can be too. Learn more > |
