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Phillips Private Investigations & Consulting Firm, LLC
Yada Phillips, Founder and Chief Investigator, outside a downtown building
Trusted by Michigan defense attorneys

Criminal Defense Investigations in Metro Detroit

Every fact found. Every witness heard.

Independent investigative support for defense attorneys and assigned counsel in Metro Detroit and across Michigan, from a licensed firm that finds the people, records, and details a case turns on.

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Free consultation
Strictly confidential
Woman-owned firm
Yada Phillips
Founder & Chief Investigator
30 years
Investigative experience
MIDC
Approved defense vendor
Licensed
Bonded and insured
Woman-owned
Founder-led firm
What we do

Investigative Services

Lead practice
Criminal Defense Investigations
Case analysis, client and witness interviews, records, and subpoena service for the defense.
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Locate and verify
Investigations
Missing persons, skip tracing, asset, insurance fraud, and child welfare investigations.
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Know before you decide
Research
Background checks, court research and due diligence, and open-source intelligence.
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Legal support
Support Services
Certified fingerprinting, notary services, and service of process.
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Who we work with

Defense work at every level.

From court-appointed cases to federal court, defense teams bring PPIC in.

Indigent defense
Court-appointed and assigned-counsel cases.
MIDC program
Approved vendor under the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission.
SADO
State Appellate Defender Office matters.
Federal cases
Investigative support for federal defense.
Private cases
Privately retained attorneys and clients.
Beyond criminal defense
Civil, corporate, and private matters too.
Not every case is criminal. Companies and individuals bring us investigations of every size.
Major companies
Including Caesars Entertainment.
High-profile matters
Handled with discretion.
Small businesses
And private individuals.
Yada Phillips standing with arms crossed outside a stone building Yada Phillips smiling
Meet your investigator

Yada Phillips

Founder & Chief Investigator

Yada is the founder and licensed private investigator behind PPIC, with 30 years of experience. She leads the firm’s criminal defense work and built its internship program to train the next generation of investigators.

“
Becoming an investigator was never my dream. I started out working in a law firm, and that is where I became an investigator. My first case was a 15-year-old girl who delivered her baby in a hospital, where we thought she had support. She was convicted, and that conviction made me mad. It taught me that the criminal justice system was not fair. I came to love criminal defense, and now I teach it.
Yada Phillips, in her own words
Licensed Michigan private investigator
Approved MIDC vendor for criminal defense investigation
Director of the PPIC Criminal Defense Internship Program
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Our approach

How we work with counsel

  1. 1
    Counsel brings us in
    Defense attorneys and assigned counsel engage PPIC directly.
  2. 2
    We interview the client
    We meet with the defendant to get a full account of what happened.
  3. 3
    We work the case
    Witness interviews, records and documents, and subpoena service, guided by counsel.
  4. 4
    You get documented findings
    Written reports give the defense team facts it can act on.
Our promise
We leave no stone unturned.

Every lead followed, every witness found, every record gathered, so counsel walks in with the full picture.

Yada Phillips looking toward the horizon
Training the next generation

The PPIC Criminal Defense Internship Program

A hands-on skilled training internship for students headed into criminal justice, law, and investigative work. Interns work real cases, complete mock trials, go to court, canvass, and interview. Students from all over interview for a place, and there is a waiting list to join.

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Students have joined us from
Michigan State University
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
University of Michigan–Dearborn
Oakland University
Harvard University
Future schools
Wayne State University
University of Detroit Mercy
Eastern Michigan University
Memberships and associations
Great Lakes Women’s Business Council
NCISS
Michigan LARA
Criminal Defense Investigation Training Council
U.S. Small Business Administration
MCPI

Confidential Criminal Defense Investigation Support

Tell us about the case. The consultation is free, and the sooner we start, the more we find.

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734-941-5200 Schedule a Consultation