Don C. Johnson
Certified Legal Investigator
Certified International Investigator

HISTORY OF EMPLOYMENT AS A PROFESSIONAL PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR

1990 - Present
Trace Investigations, Bloomington, Indiana. Owner. Founded Trace Investigations, a private investigations firm, in Bloomington, Indiana in 1990. Presently serve as the agency's general manager and chief investigator. Trace Investigations provides litigation support services to south central Indiana's legal community, and general investigation services to the business and public sectors. Services include personal injury, criminal defense, negligence and fraud investigations; due diligence, background investigations, pre-employment screening and loss prevention operations; and skip tracing services to law firms and financial organizations.

1987 - 1990
911 Special Investigations, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana. Senior Field Investigator and Trainer. This firm provided fraud investigation services to the insurance industry. Firm folded mid-1990s.

1984 - 1986
Burns International Investigation Services, Inc., New York, New York. Field Agent. Worked assignments in insurance fraud investigations, industrial strike security, and undercover investigations in the workplace.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

2001 Certified International Investigator: Council of International Investigators, Seattle, Washington, USA.
1997 Certified Legal Investigator: National Association of Legal Investigators, Grand Blanc, Michigan.
1990 Private Detective Agency License No. PD58900651: Indiana Professional Licensing Agency, Indianapolis, Indiana.

AUTHOR CREDENTIALS (not a complete list)

2003
ARTICLE: "Gypsies, Travelers and Thieves," P.I. Magazine, Feb.
ARTICLE: "The PIP Fraud Factor," The NCISS Report, Aug.

2002
ARTICLE: "The Privacy Rights of Dead Giraffes: The absurd and the subtle threaten public access laws," P.I. Magazine, Aug..
CHAPTER: "Due Diligence Investigations," Corporate Investigations, Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co., Inc., Tucson, AZ.

2001
ARTICLE: "Responding to Terrorism: How America's private investigators and security professionals can answer the President's call to help the economy," P.I. Magazine, Nov.
ARTICLE: "Those Pesky Pixels: A legal investigator looks at digital photography," CLUESONLINE (TM),
the original online newsletter for professional investigators. Vol. 2, No. 1, Dec. 15.
ARTICLE: "Hanging Chad: Investigating autoerotic asphyxia in a suspicious suicide," CLUESONLINE (TM), the original online newsletter for professional investigators. Vol. 1, No. 2, Jan. 15.

2000
CHAPTER: "Suicide Determination in an Equivocal Death Investigation," Advanced Forensic Criminal Defense Investigations, Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co., Inc., Tucson, AZ.

1999
ARTICLE: "PI's Tip Leads Police to Identity Thieves," The NCISS Report, Fall.
ARTICLE: "They're Back: The Financial Information Privacy Act of 1999 includes civil penalties," The NCISS Report, Feb.

1998
ARTICLE: "Exclusionary Rule Overturned: A change to the FCRA is good news," The NCISS Report, Dec.

1997
CHAPTER: "Libel and Slander Investigations," Advanced Forensic Civil Investigations, Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co., Inc., Tucson, AZ.
ARTICLE: "Suicide Investigations," The Legal Investigator, Vol. XXVII, No. 1, Aug.

EDITOR CREDENTIALS

Present:
P.I. Magazine, the Journal of Professional Investigators
The NCISS Report, quarterly journal of the National Council of Investigation & Security Services

AFFILIATIONS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

INDIANA PRIVATE DETECTIVE LICENSING BOARD. Governor's appointment, August 2001-July 2003.
INDIANA SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL INVESTIGATORS
2000 - Present Past Presidents Advisory Board
1998 - 2000 President
1996 - 1998 Vice President
INDIANA PUBLIC DEFENDER COUNCIL
ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINERS (Central Indiana Chapter)
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF INVESTIGATION & SECURITY SERVICES
1998 - 2002 Board of Directors
1998 - Present Editorial Committee; Legislative Committee
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LEGAL INVESTIGATORS
1996 - 1998 Editorial Advisory Committee
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL PROCESS SERVERS
PUBLIC RECORD RETRIEVERS NETWORKhttp://www.brbpub.com
COUNCIL OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATORS

AWARDS AND HONORS

2002 Wunder Memorial Award National Council of Investigation & Security Services
2000 Investigator of the Year Indiana Society of Professional Investigators
1998 Editor-Publisher Award National Association of Legal Investigators
1997 Editor-Publisher Award Indiana Society of Professional Investigators

SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS (not a complete list)

Presenter: "Investigating Autoerotic Fatalities," with George Michael Newman, International Investigators Conference, New Orleans, Aug. 2002.
Panelist: "Privacy Issues," Council of International Investigators Mid-Winter Conference, Las Vegas, Mar. 2001.
Moderator: "Saving the Public Record" Roundtable Forum, Great Midwest Investigation & Security Conference, Indianapolis, Feb. 2001.
Presenter: "Suicide Investigations," Ohio Association of Security & Investigation Services Summer Conference, Dayton, Aug. 1999.
Presenter: "Libel and Slander Investigations," National Association of Legal Investigators Annual Conference, Chicago, Jun. 1997.
Speaker: "Conducting a Workplace Investigation," South Central Indiana Human Resource Association, Bloomington, May 1997.

EDUCATION AND MILITARY EXPERIENCE

Continuing Legal Education: Indiana Public Defender Council; National Association of Legal Investigators; Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Undergraduate Studies: Indiana University, Bloomington, undergraduate studies.
Military: USAF Security Service, communications intelligence analyst, honorable