Serving Law Firms Nationwide

Background Checks & Skip Tracing
for Law Firms

Virginia DCJS-licensed investigator. Locate witnesses and defendants, run litigation background checks, and build comprehensive subject profiles — with documentation ready for court.

DCJS Licensed Virginia PI #11-30207
All 50 States Database coverage
2–5 Days Standard turnaround
Woman-Owned Supplier diversity eligible
DCJS Licensed PI
Court-Ready Documentation
Fast Turnaround
Confidential Handling
Nationwide Coverage

Every practice area has an information problem.

01

Witnesses who've moved

The address you have is six months old. Depositions are scheduled. You need a current location, not another bounce from a stale database subscription.

02

Defendants you can't serve

Process service fails when addresses are wrong. Motions for alternative service require documented locate efforts — something a Google search can't provide.

03

Judgment debtors who've gone quiet

A winning judgment means nothing if the debtor's disappeared. Current employment, new addresses, and property transfers don't surface without investigative research.

04

Due diligence that needs depth

Your client needs a background profile on a counterparty before signing. Consumer-grade checks miss what matters — professional history, litigation patterns, identity confirmation.

05

Beneficiaries who can't be found

Probate and estate work frequently involves locating missing heirs and beneficiaries. Comprehensive database research gets there faster than courthouse records alone.

06

Identity mismatches before filing

Filing against the wrong person — same name, different subject — is a costly mistake. Pre-litigation identity verification catches this before the complaint is drafted.

What we do for law firm clients.

Skip Tracing

Locate Hard-to-Find Individuals

Starting at $125

Database-driven locate work using proprietary data sources unavailable to consumer services. Current residential address, employment confirmation, and supporting documentation — formatted for legal use.

  • Witness location before deposition deadlines
  • Defendant location for process service attempts
  • Missing heir and beneficiary locates
  • Judgment debtor current address research
  • Documents the locate effort for alternative service motions
Background Checks

Litigation Background Research

Starting at $150

Records-based identity and history profiles for pre-litigation due diligence, opposing party research, and employment verification. Database-driven, nationwide, delivered as a structured report.

  • Pre-litigation identity verification
  • Opposing party due diligence
  • Employment history confirmation
  • Litigation history and judgment search
  • Business partner and vendor screening
Comprehensive Profile

Retrieve All — Full Subject Profile

Starting at $350

The most complete information package we offer. Combines skip tracing, background research, asset identification, and supporting records into a single comprehensive subject profile.

  • Current address + employment + contact data
  • Criminal and civil litigation history
  • Property holdings and registered assets
  • Business affiliations and professional licenses
  • Ideal for complex litigation and collection cases
Consulting Session

Scope a Case Before You Commit

$75 (30 min) · $135 (60 min)

Not sure which service fits your case? Book a consulting session to walk through the facts, understand what's findable, and get a realistic picture before you engage. Session fee credited toward any investigation we take on.

  • Case scoping before engagement
  • Understand data availability for your jurisdiction
  • Discuss compliance and documentation requirements
  • Session fee credited toward investigation work

Built for the professional-client relationship.

Law firms have specific requirements that consumer PI services and self-service databases don't meet: licensed work product, documented methodology, confidentiality handling, and turnaround that fits litigation timelines. That's what we're built for.

We're not a volume skip-trace shop that returns database printouts. Every assignment is researched, verified against multiple sources, and delivered in a format that holds up. If a locate fails, we document the effort — so you have a record for alternative service motions, not just a dead end.

We also understand diversity spend. As a 100% woman-owned business, 3SA LLC is eligible to count toward supplier diversity commitments at firms that track it.

VA DCJS Licensed PI
Nationwide
Woman-Owned
Confidential

Licensed Work Product

Virginia DCJS license #11-30207. In Virginia, investigative work must be performed by a licensed PI. Unlicensed skip trace services create evidentiary and liability exposure.

Documentation for Court

Reports include methodology, sources consulted, and a confidence assessment. Formatted for supporting affidavits, motions for alternative service, or other court filings.

Fits Litigation Timelines

Standard turnaround 2–5 business days. Rush assignments (24–48 hours) available for service deadlines. Honest estimates at scoping — not optimistic ones.

Database-Driven, Not Surveillance

All services are information-based research — records, databases, public sources. No physical surveillance. Nationwide data coverage without geographic restriction.

Three steps from intake to report.

01

Submit an Intake Form

Describe the subject and the legal context: full name, last known address, date of birth if available, and what you need (witness locate, debtor trace, background check, etc.). You don't need complete information — we work from whatever the file has. Submit at verifiedby3sa.com/intake.

02

Scope Confirmation

We respond within one business day to confirm scope and realistic turnaround. For standard locates, no lengthy engagement letter is required — a simple email confirmation is sufficient. Rush assignments accepted for time-sensitive service deadlines.

03

Investigation & Written Report

We conduct the research and deliver a written report with findings, data sources consulted, and a confidence assessment. If a locate is unsuccessful, we document the effort so you have a record for alternative service motions — not just a dead end.