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Each month we author a topical article in the areas of Expert Medicolegal
Consultations & Legal Investigations of Personal Injury, Negligence & Death for
litigation.

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Independence Day – Happy 248 Birthday America!

International Professional Investigators Day – July 24 !
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Since 2014 July 24 has been recognized as Professional Investigators Day in honor of the birthday of Eugene Francois
Vidocq, the very first Private Investigator who founded the first known detective agency in 1833 – and our profession is
a 24/7 adventure.

The first Private Investigators Day was recognized in October 1996 by Bob
Mackowiak - then publisher and editor of PI Magazine; the day faded after 2002.
Beginning in 2014, in order to make the public more aware of the important roles
that Private Investigators play in society, Arthur Athas - owner/director of
'Private Investigators Now' (Melbourne, Australia) approached our agency to
help reinvigorate this effort to recognize professional Private Investigators
worldwide every year. Since that time, and each year, this day has become more
recognized. Thank you Bob Mackowiak for starting this day, Arthur Ashe for
making it international, and all our friends, colleagues, and clients for growing it every year!

On a side note, PI Magazine (www.PIMagazine.com) has grown to its third owners – Jim Nanos and Nicole Cusanelli, who
took over from Jimmie and Rosemarie Mesis after Bob’s start up. Dean was one of the first subscribers when founded,
and Bob also gave Dean – and many of our friends – their first opportunities to be contributing writers – and all remain
friends to this day! Did you know Bob was not a “PI”? His profession was in public relations for a medical facility, and
seeing there was no publication for PIs, took it upon himself (and his family) to start the publication which has been a
positive influence for over 30 years!

Learn more about the history at www.DeathCaseReview.com/afi-llc-blog/archives/07-2021 and the first PI Day
celebrated by Dean in October 1996!

Featured Commentary (July): Facts and Forensics
In our world of evidence, the foundation Forensics. From digital to anatomical, crime scene to
interview – Forensics plays a role, often multiple, in each of your cases.

What is Forensics? It is finding the evidence, analyzing the evidence and reporting the
evidence – evidentiary fact finding. For us, it is Facts Or Reasonable Evidence Necessitating
Systematic Investigative & Critical Solutions. Your investigative education, training,
background and experience are vital to our clients and the strategy of their legal solutions on behalf of their clients. We
are all familiar with Forensics – and with the reality, not fiction. -- continued below

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