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Philip Becnel in Pursuit Magazine

Partner Philip Becnel published an article with Pursuit Magazine, a trade journal and online community for the private investigations industry. The article, titled “A Private Investigator’s Take on Social Media,” can be found here. The article was later reprinted in the Winter 2011 addition of The Legal Investigator, a magazine ...

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Partner Philip Becnel in The American Private Investigator Podcast

Partner Philip Becnel was interviewed on The American Private Investigator podcast. He talked about cutting his teeth working criminal cases in D.C., and his book, Private Investigator Entry Level (02E). In the interview, Philip discussed how writing the definitive chapter on investigative research would be an impossible task, as a ...

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Philip Becnel Lectures on Private Investigator Entry Level (02E)

Partner Philip Becnel gave a lecture about his book, Private Investigator Entry Level (02E), to a meeting of the Professional Investigators and Security Association (PISA). Philip talked to PISA’s Northern Virginia Chapter about the importance of educational standards for state-mandated private-investigator training in Virginia. ...

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Philip Becnel Publishes Private Investigator Entry Level (02E)

Partner Philip Becnel published a book, Private Investigator Entry Level (02E). The book, which covers a myriad of different investigative topics, from serving process to obtaining sworn declarations from witnesses, is currently the only existing textbook for the entry course required of all private investigators in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ...

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Investigator Scott Krischke was featured on Forensics: You Decide.

Investigator Scott Krischke was featured on Forensics:You Decide. The episode featured the defense investigation that led to the acquittal of Zukael Stephens in the 2006 Baltimore murder of transvestite Marcus Rogers, despite that the prosecutor had what they thought was a surveillance video of Stephens leaving Rogers’ apartment within minutes ...

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Philip Becnel Seminar on Behavioral-Analysis Interviewing

Partner Philip Becnel taught a two-hour seminar on behavioral-analysis interviewing to the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and the Equal Rights Center in Washington, D.C. These two organizations provide very important legal assistance to individuals in various criminal and civil matters in the District and elsewhere. Philip gave the ...

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Partner Philip Becnel Presenter at Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association

Partner Philip Becnel was a presenter at a panel discussion held in D.C. at the annual meeting of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association. Philip’s lecture, titled “Convictions and Lies: Conducting Background Investigations on Your Clients,” discussed how plaintiff employment attorneys could better vet their clients prior to initiating costly ...

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Philip Becnel on Channel 6 News in the Metropolitan D.C.

Partner Philip Becnel was featured on Channel 6 News in the Metropolitan D.C. region regarding speculation about the final episode of The Sopranos to air on HBO that evening. The news crew interviewed Philip at Dinolt Becnel & Wells Investigative Group’s Arlington, Virginia office, and he discussed the general (read, ...

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Partner Philip Becnel in The Washington Post on Credit Bureaus

Partner Philip Becnel was quoted in The Washington Post regarding the way that credit bureaus use information about consumers. In the article, titled “Good Numbers, Bad Names,” Philip explained why credit bureaus, the main source of information from investigative databases, do not cross-reference their data with government agencies. You can ...

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