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WE ARE FOCUSED ON YOUR LOVED ONE AND OUR VICTIM-CENTERED METHODS GET YOU RESULTS.
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OUR CREATIVE INVESTIGATIVE TOOLS OVERCOME THE TOUGHEST OBSTACLES.
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Leadership & Success by Design
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.
Appearances:
*Dr. Pettler’s year-long hiatus from public appearances ended June 5, 2024.
5 June 2024, #CourtTV, MA v. #KarenRead #ClosingArguments with @VinniePolitan
7 June 2024, #CourtTV, GA v. #MilesBryant #OpeningStatements with @JulieGrant
*Dr. Pettler went on public appearances hiatus on May 1, 2023.
Special Appearance: 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
Special Appearance: October 5-6, 2023, Conferencia Inaugural Speaker, XIV Congreso Internationcional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses, Panama City, Republic of Panama
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?
