Specialties

Setec Investigations is one of the nation’s most experienced providers of forensic and investigative services. We work with companies and attorneys to investigate malfeasance, collect electronic evidence in support of misconduct, and certify forensically the nature of, and those responsible for, the abuse. We forensically collect electronic information residing on computer systems, servers, cell phones, and media devices of all types, as well as cloud-based repositories.

Degrees/Licenses

Our team members possess a wealth of education backgrounds, as well as industry specific certifications, including. These include CBE, CCE, CCLO, CCPA, CISSP, CFCE, EnCE, GCIH, GCFE, GPEN, among others.

Formal Education

Setec Investigations' cross-disciplinary team is comprised of computer forensic investigators, attorneys, law enforcement specialists, and seasoned business professionals who possess a wealth of educational backgrounds, including Masters degrees.

Registration and Licenses

EnCase Forensic, EnCase Enterprise, FTK, X-Ways, F-Response, BlackLight, Digital Collector, MacQuisition, Sumuri Recon, Raptor, Nuix, Harvester, Cellebrite UFED, XRY, Oxygen, Paraben, SecureView, Talon, Solo 4, Solo 5, Tableau TD3

Specialties

Compliance of organizational policies, procedures, and practices with standards of human resources management; preventing and investigating complaints concerning sexual harassment and other forms of discrimination and harassment; ADA, interactive process, reasonable accommodation; CFRA, FMLA, workers’ compensation; retaliation, discipline, wrongful termination; negligent hiring/retention/supervision; independent contractor vs. employee classification; compensation, wage & hours, benefits/pensions; performance evalution, promotion selections, workforce- reductions; workplace violence, safety, OSHA.

Degrees/Licenses

PhD, MBA, BS

Formal Education

PhD Management, University of CA, Los Angeles: 1977; MBA, Management, University of CA, Los Angeles; BS, Business Administration, Drexel.

Registration and Licenses

Lifetime California Community College Instructor Credential in both Business Management and Psychology.

Previous/Current Position

Human resources manager for Ford Motor Company; consultant to over 100 organizations concerning how to improve human resource management policies and practices.

Honors/Awards

2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 & 2011, Received university research award for quality of articles published in the most recent five years. 2008, Favorably featured in Employment Law Verdict Reports. 2007, Profiled in Bender's California Labor & Employment Bulletin. 2001, Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Activity Award. 2000, Faculty Merit Award. 1998, Creative and Scholarly Activity Award. 1997 and 1996 Performance Award. 1996, "Teacher Scholar" Award. 1995-96, Taught first graduate Managing Human Resources and Human Behavior in Organizations courses ever to be publicly televised. 1993. Nominee for Bradford Outstanding Educator in United States Award. 1992, Finalist for Outstanding Faculty Award, SBAE. 1986-90, Meritorious Performance Award. Selected for Marquis' Who's Who in Business Higher Education, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who in California, and Who's Who in the World.

Prof. Affiliations

Society For Human Resource Management; Society for Nonprofits.

Publications

Over 500 in high quality professional and peer-reviewed academic journals. These Include “When it's time to say good-by: how to discharge workers without legal hassles," and "Workplace reduction guidelines," which was reproduced in a college textbook titled "Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Management,” published by McGraw-Hill. Also, "Designing Effective Performance Appraisal Systems," one of the most downloaded articles of all time, with over 12,500 downloads.

Prior Expert

Have been retained in over 1,000 cases and have given trial/arbitration testimony over 80 times for plaintiffs and defense in over 15 California federal and state courts.

Specialties

We provide the legal industry with a diverse and broad scope of legal support services. Our goal is to ensure that our legal clients have access to the best-in-class private investigator and investigative services that include; financial investigations, equitable remedies for judgment enforcement, pre-litigation and nationwide asset searches by an expert, background checks, recorded statements, probate and estate discovery for the decedent's assets, SIU and insurance related investigations.

Degrees/Licenses

University of Bristol Legal Studies
Crime & Intelligence Analysis Cal State Fullerton

Registration and Licenses

CA BSIS Licensed Private Investigator # 22176

Previous/Current Position

During my career as a private investigator, I have provided witness testimony in 100 + workers' compensation administrative hearings. In 1999, my Investigation video was featured on Channel 5 News, depicting the claimant's material misrepresentation of facts, reflecting the egregious abuse of the workers' compensation benefits program by uninjured claimants. The featured claimant was convicted of three counts of insurance fraud and sentenced to three years probation, including restitution. To date, my investigative video, research, and witness testimony have been critical in convicting 3 individuals of insurance fraud. In 2010 as a whistleblower, I provided pro bono investigative research to Orange County District Attorney's (OCDA) office that identified a former Santa Ana Police Officer illegally operating private investigation services without a license and defrauding clients. He was convicted of 20 counts of grand theft by false pretense, two counts of second-degree commercial burglary, with sentencing enhancements for aggravated white-collar crimes over $100,000, and five counts of possession of a firearm by a felon stemming from a 1998 conviction of stalking. The investigation and its sordid details made national news; he was sentenced to four years in state prison and $187,000 in restitution.

Prof. Affiliations

California Association of Licensed Investigators (CALI), Professional Investigators of California (PICA), and International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU).

Prior Expert

Investigation consulting has been a significant part of Stryker’s focus. In 2009 our founder Lori Johnson was retained for expert witness testimony in the Superior Court of Orange County, California, in Comerica Bank, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Floyd Reid, a multi-million-dollar judgment, with regard to permissible purpose authorizations under the law and obtaining non-public information from bank and brokerage accounts during an asset investigation.