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CONFERENCE Join him for his PI Income Accelerator Presentation where attendees will learn the spe-

SCHEDULE cific steps required to significantly increase PI agency income and clientele. This 45 min-
ute fast-paced presentation will be loaded with insider secrets and tips you don’t want
your competition to know!

• 3:15PM – 3:30PM Break

3:30PM – 4:30PM Seminar Track A, Grand Ballroom - Sara Merchant -
The 100 th Seeking Justice For My Mother; A Journey of Betrayal and Danger
Sara Merchant is a London-based solicitor and has been practising as
Centennial a civil litigator for over 25 years. Her speciality is catastrophic injuries.
Conference Alongside her day job, she also writes as the Secret Solicitor.

Following the suspicious death of her mother in 2014, she began her own
THE DRAKE HOTEL, CHICAGO
SEPTEMBER 2 – 7, 2025 inquiry after being shunned by the UK police. She hired private investigators to assist
her. This took Sara on a ten-year journey through betrayal and danger to uncover the
truth. During the investigation, Sara journaled her experience, which led to her writing
a book on the difficulties encountered by the family and the extraordinary challenges
they faced.

Sara also provides support and guidance to victims of crime who face jurisdictional
issues. Sara continues writing on issues that intertwine her work as a solicitor and other
life challenges, alongside the suspicious deaths of other Britons in Pakistan. Born in Lon-
don and of Pakistani heritage, she lives with her husband, their two children, and a cat.

• 3:30PM – 4:30PM Seminar Track B, Club International
• 6:00PM – 7:00PM Cocktail Reception, Gold Coast Ballroom
• 7:00PM – 11:00PM Centennial Gala Celebration, Gold Coast Ballroom -
Registration Required

SATURDAY, SEPT 6

• 9:00AM – 12:00PM Exhibit Hall Open, Coffee Service, Walton Room

10:00AM – 11:15AM Seminar, Grand Ballroom - Misty Gillis and
Jay Rosenweig - Investigating DNA
This presentation will focus on combining traditional investigative meth-
ods with DNA. We’ll explore how direct-to-consumer DNA testing can not
only solve family mysteries, but criminal ones too. We’ll discuss key in-
vestigative techniques and how to combine them with the power of DNA
testing.

Jay Rosenzweig has been a licensed private investigator in California since 1988.
He specializes in locating individuals, specifically birth relatives, connecting thousands
with their birth families. Jay is the founder and CEO of BirthParentFinder.com. He is a
past president of CALI and currently their Chairman of the Board. Jay was honored with
the Distinguished Achievement Award from CALI in June of 2021.

Misty Gillis is a nationally recognized genetic genealogist specializing in
adoptee, NPE and law enforcement cold cases. With 15+ years of ge-
nealogy experience, she has helped hundreds reconnect with biological
relatives and assisted 20+ agencies in solving cases. Misty works at Birth-
ParentFinder.com and Parabon NanoLabs and is a member of the
Vidocq Society.
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