Partner Philip Becnel published his second book, Principles of Investigative Documentation. In the book, Philip details how to document an investigation from start to finish using what he calls the Five Principles of Investigative Documentation. The book’s coauthor, Scott Krischke, is a former private investigator with Dinolt Becnel & Wells ...

Partner Philip Becnel was elected president of the Private Investigators Association of Virginia, a venerable association created in 1982 to promote ethical standards for private investigators and increase consumer awareness of the profession. ...

Partner Philip Becnel gave a lecture about social media investigations at the Maryland State Bar Association’s 2011 Employment Law Institute . ...

Partner Philip Becnel published an article, called “Chasing Ghosts,” with Pursuit Magazine, a trade journal and online community for the private investigations industry. The article is about locating the the toughest-to-find people on the planet, either for service of process or to interview them. ...

Partner Philip Becnel lectured at George Mason University (GMU) in a presentation sponsored by the American Criminal Justice Association and National Criminal Justice Honor Society. Philip introduced some of GMU’s Criminology, Law and Society majors to the field of private investigation. ...

Partner Philip Becnel was a panelist at a discussion on social media investigations at a conference of the Maryland Employment Lawyers Association. ...

Partner Philip Becnel taught a class, titled “Private Investigations and Public Privacy,” at the University of Maryland’s College Park campus. Philip talked to students of the Honors College about some of the legal and moral pitfalls inherent in an industry that conducts investigations for a myriad of private interests and ...

Partner Philip Becnel gave a talk to an in-service class of certified Criminal Justice Act (CJA) investigators at the D.C. Public Defender Service. CJA investigators perform criminal defense investigations on behalf of indigent criminal defendants and are paid through the court system. ...

Partner Philip Becnel gave a lecture on behavioral-analysis interviewing at the Maryland Investigators and Security Association in Annapolis, Maryland. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Partner Philip Becnel gave a talk about his book, Private Investigator Entry Level (02E), to a meeting of the Professional Investigators and Security Association in Virginia Beach. ...

Partner Philip Becnel gave a lecture about how cognitive dissonance affects investigative interviews at the Private Investigators Association of Virginia in Fairfax, Virginia. ...

Partner Philip Becnel taught a seminar on behavioral-analysis interviewing at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington, D.C. Philip taught the museum’s guests (as well as some of Dinolt Becnel & Wells Investigative Group’s clients and colleagues) about recognizing behavioral symptoms of deception during investigative interviews. ...

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. ...