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Digitizing the Legal Process: The Future of LA Private Investigations

The legal field is undergoing a major transformation, and LA private investigations are at the forefront of this change. From streamlining workflows to improving accuracy, digital tools are reshaping how investigative and support services handle client matters from start to finish. With rising caseloads and...

How Private Investigators Help Law Firms Qualify PI Clients Faster

Law firms often face high client intake demands while needing to quickly determine whether a potential client’s situation merits further investigation. A private investigator (PI) can accelerate this qualification phase, helping legal teams evaluate cases more efficiently and accurately. Investigators bring professional tools and methods...

What Is Document E-Recording, and Why Should Personal Injury Lawyers Use It?

Personal injury law firms handle fast-paced, time-sensitive matters that often require swift filings and official documentation. From liens and judgments to settlements and subrogation claims, accurate and timely recordkeeping is essential. Enter document e-recording - a digital method of submitting legal documents to county recorders...

CEO Harry Kazakian Honored with Lifetime Achievement and Investigator of the Year Awards by IAOTP

USA Express, Inc. proudly announces that CEO Harry Kazakian has been selected to receive the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award and Top Investigator of the Year Award from the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP). These prestigious honors recognize Harry’s decades of outstanding leadership, service, and...

Featured in Forbes Business Council: What Investigating the Unfaithful Teaches Business Leaders

In this thought-provoking piece, Harry Kazakian, President of USA Express, Inc., draws surprising parallels between private investigations and effective business leadership, ranging from trusting but verifying to adapting tools and walking away when it doesn’t fit. Read the full article.

Featured in The Advocate: Navigating the Complex World of Legal Support Services

Discover how USA Express, Inc. is setting the standard for reliability, responsiveness, and results in legal support. In this Advocate feature, Vice President Alex Kazakian shares key insights on the evolving role of legal support professionals and the challenges law firms face in today’s fast-paced...

Legal Service of Process

Let us provide your service of civil process for Los Angeles, throughout the State of California, and the United States of America. Our experienced team of licensed agents, or process servers, are among the most trusted. We have at our reach a network of legal...

EXCLUSIVE: Security expert reveals three ‘unimaginable’ Secret Service failures during Donald Trump shooting

Harry Kazakian, a licensed private investigator and seasoned security professional, followed the media coverage in the aftermath of the Donald Trump assassination attempt on July 13, painfully witnessing how the Secret Service's "unimaginable" mistakes and lapses in judgment led to a botched operation in which the...

Why Personal Injury Attorneys Need a Private Investigator

Gathering Evidence: Private investigators can collect crucial evidence to support a personal injury claim, including photographs, videos, witness statements, and documentation. This evidence can strengthen the attorney's case and improve the chances of a favorable outcome. Locating Witnesses: Private investigators have the skills and resources...

Storefronts And Roll Calls: The Emptiness Left Behind By Covid-19 And What To Do About It

(Original article on Forbes is here) It seems we can’t walk down the street or through a shopping center without seeing boarded windows and help wanted signs in nearly equal measure. The businesses that managed to survive the Covid-19 pandemic are suffering another crisis in...

The Background Check: A Business’ Safeguard Against A Risky Employee

A Bakersfield woman and her two children were on their way to buy back-to-school clothes when a tractor-trailer ran a red light and slammed into their SUV. Mother and son sustained traumatic brain injuries, and they all suffered severe PTSD. The family filed a personal...

Making The Case For Ongoing Background Checks In Your Business

It’s an all-too-common story, and it goes like this: The longtime treasurer of the youth baseball team, or local charity or homeowners association, is suddenly discovered to have embezzled all the organizations’ savings. The causes are familiar, too. Personal bankruptcy. Bail money. A drug habit....

The Added Value of a Private Investigator in a Motor-Vehicle Case

WHAT YOU DON’T LEARN FROM A POLICE REPORT MAY BE JUST WHAT YOU NEED TO PROVE LIABILITY AND IDENTIFY OTHER DEFENDANTS It wasn’t so long ago when private investigators supporting attorneys relied on smarts, shoe leather and people skills to help pull a case together....

How To Get Serious About Employee Background Checks

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:50 — 22.0MB) | Embed Harry Kazakian, president of Securebackgroundcheck.com and USA Express Legal and Investigative Services, which provide background check services and investigations to hundreds of companies across the country joins Enterprise Radio. Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Harry Kazakian discuss the following: I suppose the first...

Is It OK to Hire Someone With a Racist Background?

By HARRY KAZAKIAN and RONALD ZAMBRANO In light of the current social-justice movement, companies large and small are scrupulously examining their policies, positions, and practices for evidence of complicity. Top executives and boards of directors have had to answer to stakeholders to address implicit and explicit biases in...

Tech Tools Can Boost Auto Accident Claim Recovery

Law360 Expert Analysis: Tech Tools Can Boost Auto Accident Claim Recovery July 9, 2020 By Harry Kazakian One of the most disturbing elements of recent protests against police brutality are the stories of vehicles driving into groups of protesters, seemingly with the intent to cause...

Four Tips For Novice Public Speakers

For many people, these are the two most terrifying words in the English language: public speaking. But hold on. Before you recoil in fear, here’s something to consider: In today’s world, everyone is bombarded from all sides, at all hours, with social media, salespeople, pundits...

How To Check Out Your Background-Check Provider

By Glassdoor Team April 3, 2020 Contributed by Harry Kazakian, President of USA Express Legal and Investigative Services and Securebackgroundcheck.com. Kazakian, also a licensed private investigator, has provided investigations and background check services to hundreds of companies, and investigations training to The Automobile Club of Southern California’s employee...

Cuidado: a Medida que Circula el Coronavirus, los Estafadores Estan Cerca

Por Robert Frank Apr 1, 2020 Mientras los temorosos californianos se refugian en casa y se estremecen ante cada noticia apocalíptica sobre el coronavirus, los estafadores ven algo más: signos de dólar. Piénselo: los padres’ que trabajan desde casa mientras manejan niños en edad escolar...

Beware: As coronavirus circulates, scammers follow close behind

As fearful Californians shelter in place and shudder over every apocalyptic news story about the coronavirus, scammers see something else: dollar signs. Think about it — parents working from home while managing school-aged children are distracted. They grow weary and let their guard down, opening...

Forbes: Credit Checks: The Good, The Bad And The Just Don’t Go There

Harry Kazakian How do you know if a potential employee can handle money responsibly? What information can you use to get an indication that they will fulfill their work obligations? Is there any evidentiary way to measure whether a prospective hire is ethical? One way...

Striking The Delicate Balance Between Hospitality And Security

By Harry Kazakian, President/CEO of Los Angeles-based USA Express Legal and Investigative Services First impressions have always meant a lot in the hospitality business. The door staff's brisk attentiveness, the concierge's cheerful professionalism, and the warm attention of check-in staff all contribute to a quality...

Medium.com: The Vaping Crisis: An Investigator Looks At Some Possible Causes

Harry Kazakian The mounting toll of deaths and severe injuries from vaping are certain to be followed by criminal prosecutions and personal injury lawsuits. Prosecutors and plaintiffs will both be intent on identifying the individuals and entities accountable for this currently puzzling public health scourge....

Forbes Councils: Harry Kazakian

Harry Kazakian | President & CEO | USA Express Legal and Investigative Services and Secure Background Check | Woodland Hills | San Francisco & San Diego. Kazakian, a licensed private investigator, founded www.SecureBackgroundCheck.com to offer businesses an alternative to checks that rely merely on search...

Special Events Magazine: The Best Defense to Shooters at Events: Know and Control the Open-Air Environment

In the wake of heartbreaking shootings, this event expert shares tips on making open-air environments safer. Harry Kazakian Event organizers everywhere are now scrutinizing their security plans following last weekend’s tragic Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting, which left three innocent people dead and 12 injured. As...

KERO ABC News Bakersfield: Private investigators denied surveillance footage of Subway officer involved shooting

BAKERSFIELD. Calif. - It's been five days since Jason Alderman was shot and killed by police Saturday night at a Subway restaurant in Oildale. As the investigation continues, the Alderman family is still trying to understand how that fateful night unfolded. Police initially said surveillance...

Sarah Oestreich: #WalkforWalt

Earlier today, Saturday, June 27, I joined about 60 others for #WalkforWalt in honor of Walter DeLeon, the unarmed man shot by the LAPD last Friday. Friends, family and neighbors met at the Mulholland Memorial Fountain at 5pm to talk about Mr. DeLeon, what exactly...

KABC Los Angeles: March Held In Honor Of Unarmed Man Shot By LAPD Officer In Los Feliz

By Darsha Philips Saturday, June 27, 2015 LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Community members marched Saturday in Los Feliz, where an unarmed man was shot by police because they believed he had a gun hidden under a gray cloth. Supporters carrying gray cloths gathered by...

March held in honor of unarmed man shot by LAPD officer in Los Feliz

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Community members marched Saturday in Los Feliz, where an unarmed man was shot by police because they believed he had a gun hidden under a gray cloth. Supporters carrying gray cloths gathered by a fountain at Los Feliz Boulevard and Riverside...

Los Feliz Ledger: Los Feliz Shooting Victim’s Mother & Sister Hire Famed Attorney Mark Geragos

By Allison B. Cohen June 26, 2015 EAST HOLLYWOOD–The mother and sister of Walter De Leon, the 48-year-old man who was critically wounded by Los Angeles Police officers last Friday, have retained attorney Mark Geragos, according to multiple sources. Geragos is best known for representing O.J....

Attorney Mark Geragos hired in Los Feliz Shooting Case

BY ALLISON B. COHEN ON JUNE 26, 2015 EAST HOLLYWOOD–The mother and sister of Walter De Leon, the 48-year-old man who was critically wounded by Los Angeles Police officers last Friday, have retained attorney Mark Geragos, according to multiple sources. Geragos is best known for...

Attorney Mark Geragos hired in Los Feliz Shooting Case

BY ALLISON B. COHEN ON JUNE 26, 2015 EAST HOLLYWOOD–The mother and sister of Walter De Leon, the 48-year-old man who was critically wounded by Los Angeles Police officers last Friday, have retained attorney Mark Geragos, according to multiple sources. Geragos is best known for representing...

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