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LPA is committed to contributing to the legal sector, dedicated to client service and satisfaction, and consistently pursues excellence. LPA’s Elite Roundtable of Experts, Consulting Experts, and Field Operatives are based throughout the United States and abroad. LPA’s vision is to lead by design. We believe that roundtable-style infrastructure solves more cases and teaches investigators how to do it right. LPA’s diagonal communication organizational structure absolutely finds more investigative answers than the traditional law enforcement para-military vertical style of investigation agencies. LPA’s Roundtable of Experts are unified by diversity and we embrace the unique strengths of each expert that are pointed towards getting the answer our clients need while maintaining a small, family-owned and operated feel. Our experienced investigators and world-class experts are committed to your case every step of the way so you can rest easy while we work your case.
Our Founder Dr. Laura Pettler
2019: Named One of the World’s Most Influential Women in Forensics Today
and awarded Most Influential Forensics Businesswoman (USA) by CEO Monthly Magazine in 2022, revered true crime forensic criminologist and one of the world’s leading experts on staged murder, Dr. Laura Pettler is the author of the world’s first book on solving staged murders, author of the world’s third dissertation on staged murders, inventor of the Kaleidoscope Shooting and Bloodstain Death Scene Laser Reconstruction System. Dr. Laura is also an executive producer and director, on-camera talent and podcaster, musician-singer-songwriter, equestrian, entrepreneur, and licensed private investigator. Dr. Laura owns and operates Laura Pettler & Associates (LPA), voted the #1 Death Investigations firm three years running for its scientific, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, decedent-centered methodological approach.
2023 Scheduled Appearances:
May 4-7, 2023, 24th Annual Primary Care & Cardiovascular Symposium 2023 World Golf Village Renaissance Resort, St. Augustine, FL: Forensics from a World Authority: Criminals Can’t Hide Long
26 February, Carolina Beach, NC: The Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction, Dr. Pettler’s Murder Room Death Investigation Method We regret Dr. Pettler’s will not appear at this event.
August 2023, Baltimore, MD: The IAI, Dr. Pettler’s Kaleidoscope Reconstruction System We regret Dr. Pettler’s will not appear at this event.
September 2023: Orlando, FL, CrimeCon We regret Dr. Pettler’s will not appear at this event.
October 5-6, 2023, Conferencia Inaugural Speaker, XIV Congreso Internationcional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses, Panama City, Republic of Panama
October 2023, Orlando, FL: The FDIAI, Dr. Pettler’s Kaleidoscope Reconstruction System We regret Dr. Pettler’s will not appear at this event.
Recent Appearances:
*Dr. Pettler will appear again on CourtTV shortly.
27 April 2023, #CourtTV, Idaho v. Lori Vallow Daybell #ClosingArguments with Vinnie Politan
17 April 2023, #CourtTV Idaho v. Lori Vallow Daybell with Judge Ashley Wilcott
13 April 2023, #CourtTV, Idaho v. Lori Vallow Daybell with Judge Ashley Wilcott
10 March 2023, #CourtTV, Florida v. #MichaelKeetley on with @MichaelAyala
8 March 2023, #CourtTV, Florida v. #MichaelKeetley on with @MichaelAyala
2 March 2023, #CourtTV, South Carolina v. #AlexMurdaughTrial on with @MichaelAyala
28 February 2023, Fox Nation, Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
27 February 2023, 8pm EST, #CourtTV South Carolina v. #AlexMurdaughTrial on #ClosingArguments with @VinniePolitan
24 February 2023, 11am-2pm EST, #CourtTV South Carolina v. #AlexMurdaughTrial
23 February 2023, 9am-11am EST, #CourtTV South Carolina v. #AlexMurdaughTrial
22 February 2023, YouTube LIVE, SURVIVING THE SURVIVOR on the #AlexMurdaughTrial
20 February 2023, Mexico City, Mexico: Dr. Pettler’s Kaleidoscope Reconstruction System Training
17 February 2023, 11am-2pm EST, #CourtTV South Carolina v. #AlexMurdaughTrial
16 February 2023, #CourtTV with anchor Michael Ayala on South Carolina v. #AlexMurdaughTrial
16 February 2023, 9-10am EST, #CourtTV with anchor Julie Grant on South Carolina v. #AlexMurdaughTrial
14 February 2023, 3-4pm EST, #CourtTV, with anchor Judge Ashley Willcott about South Carolina v. #AlexMurdaughTrial
13 February 2023, 3-4pm EST, #CourtTV, with anchor Judge Ashley Willcott about South Carolina v. #AlexMurdaughTrial
8 February 2023, 9am-10pm EST, #CourtTV, with Julie Grant about South Carolina v. #AlexMurdaughTrial
7 February 2023, 8pm-9pm EST, #CourtTV, #ClosingArguments with Vinnie Politan about South Carolina v. #AlexMurdaughTrial
7 February 2023, 11am-2pm EST, #CourtTV, with Ted Rowlands South Carolina v. #AlexMurdaughTrial
2 February 2023, #CourtTV, on Ashley Willcott and #JASH
11 January 2023, Panama City, Panama: Central American Division of the IAI, Dr. Pettler’s Kaleidoscope Reconstruction System
23 January 2023, #CourtTV, on Ashley Willcott and #JASH
10 January 2023, #CourtTV, on Michael Ayala discussing the #IdahoMurders
6 January 2023, #CourtTV, on Michael Ayala discussing the #IdahoMurders
11 December 2022, #CourtTV, on Michael Ayala discussing the #IdahoMurders and on Vinnie Politan discussion the #IdahoMurders
9 December 2022, #CourtTV, on SC v. Murdaugh Bloodstain Evidence
8 December 2022, Stanly County High School, Crime Scene and Evidence
7 December 2022, SPCC Law Enforcement Management Program, Statement Analysis
18 November 2022, #CourtTV, on #IdahoMurders
16 November 2022, NC Internal Affairs Association, Statement Analysis
31 October 2022, #CourtTV, on #Delphi Arrest
29 October 2022, #CourtTV, on #EthanCrumbley School Shooting and Iowa Serial Killer? More appearances…
Why hire LPAteam?
The ideas, skills, and technologies that you, Michael and your colleagues discussed yesterday clearly help represent the future of law enforcement and I encourage and support your efforts going forward. Thanks once again for everything that you do, and I look forward to working with, you in the future and seeing you again in the County before too long.
-Budd D. Berro, Office of the Governor, Director, Piedmont Region
Laura, you will never know how much your caring meant to us. I felt that you understand my pain of losing my only daughter. You would have loved her. If only she could have gotten untrapped. If ever in town, please drop by.
-Marie C.
This is exactly what my brain envisions when I’m working on cold cases especially. This method and why to organize the information is going be amazingly helpful so that other investigators understand me. I am fan-girling and I can’t wait to hear more about this being utilized to solve cases.
-Mediciolegal Death Investigator, Office of the Coroner, Richland County, South Carolina
Although LPA Associates determined my niece's sudden death as a suicide, my mother and I found great comfort that LPA Associates reviewed all the evidence thoroughly with intensity, dedication, and there is no longer any open ended questions about my niece's death.
Dr. Laura Pettler and her team work endlessly to find the truth, and their compassion and empathy for your love one's death is ineffable.
I would not hire any other investigative services in the world.
-Kimberly W.
Dr. Laura, you were able to encourage me in ten minutes, while the people closest to me think that what I want to do is a joke and wouldn't give ten minutes to let me explain. I take fashion very seriously. It's something that I truly love and has helped pull me from a place of darkness. You were able to encourage me in ten minutes, while the people closest to me think that what I want to do is a joke and wouldn't give ten minutes to let me explain. I take fashion very seriously. It's something that I truly love and has helped pull me from a place of darkness. Before meeting you, I was afraid of what could happen for me because I had no insight. You changed my life with your words and I truly thank you for that. I have so much respect for you and I pray God blesses you just as much as he plans to bless me. I can't thank you enough…
-J.P.