Lawrence Ryan Investigations, Inc.

We perform a variety of services for institutions such as law firms, banks, and insurance companies. These services include process of service, special evasion cases, personal injury cases, employee theft, background checks, computer forensics, and asset discovery. We also have a large number of individual clients who hire us to do missing persons’ cases, infidelity, safety checks, process of service, background checks, private security, and a number of other services. Due to our broad client base, you are unlikely to find a service that we don’t perform well. Please see a more complete list of the services we offer here.

LRI goes to great lengths to protect your privacy and ensure that everything is kept confidential. This process begins with our careful hiring process and continues throughout our company policy. When we answer the phone, you’ll never hear us use the company name in our greeting and you won’t hear it on our voicemails. You’ll also never see our company name or anything related to our field when you get a receipt for credit card transactions. Everything is kept anonymous and discreet. You have enough to worry about without dealing with an Illinois private investigator who doesn’t take the proper precautions to maintain your privacy and safeguard the investigation.

Private Investigators have limitations on the type of information they are able to get. Just as certain types of information are off-limits to law enforcement, such is the case with PI’s as well. Specifically, anything that law enforcement would require a warrant to access is out of reach for the rest of us. Such information includes cell phone call logs and texts, credit card activity, and other sensitive info. However, seasoned investigators know how to go about obtaining information relevant to these areas of interest without actually accessing the off-limits information directly. Be sure to hire a PI who knows the ins and outs of these techniques. (An idea for a possible link here would be to a government page that contains local laws relevant to the type of information that can’t be accessed without a warrant.)

It’s not a bad idea to check with the state licensing agency to verify that a PI’s credentials are valid and there has been no record of disciplinary action against the private investigator. It is also good to check with the Better Business Bureau to make sure no formal complaints of misconduct have been filed against the PI you are considering.

Hello! Thank you for your question. There are flat fees for certain services, but the majority of billing is done at an hourly rate. Our hourly rates vary depending on the details of the work, we could discuss this in the free consultation we offer.