A. Investigations, Locating Fact Witnesses, Asset Investigations, etc.

Index:
1. Fact Witness Locators
2. Property and Corporation Searches
3. Expert Witness Locators

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1. Fact Witness Locators* [Return to the main Legal Links index page]

Is witness alive? Check the Social Security Death Indexes, available online from a variety of sources, including the following sites for no fee: The database includes information on the date of birth, date of death, last known address and social security numbers.

http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/ssdi/ssdi_index.asp
http://www.lineages.com/index.cfm
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

People Finder Search Engines

*Yahoo People Search. (A search engine to find people on line.)
http://people.yahoo.com/

*American Directory Assistance—Search.com
http://search.cnet.com/Single/0,7,99-400495,0200.html

*Peoplesearch.net
http://peoplesearch.net/peoplesearch/peoplesearch_classic.html

*Lycos Search Pages
http://phone.whowhere.lycos.com

*Bigfoot Search Pages
http://www.bigfoot.com/

Directories— White Page Listings

Search white pages on any of these web pages: *
http://4Anything.com lists many links to other search sites, including worldwide telephone books, campus and government directories.
http://www.4whitepages.com/white.shtml

Worldpages.com— International searches and lists of directories
http://www.worldpages.com/

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2. Property and Corporation Searches [Top]
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Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT).
http://www.dat.state.md.us/sdatweb/datanote.html

The Maryland SDAT provides online access to the public information maintained in its records.
This site provides the same information available from public access terminals located in the local assessment offices, including:

The Real Property Data Search, which furnishes ownership and value information about every parcel of real property in the State of Maryland (approximately 2,000,000 accounts) from this database, as well as sales of real property that have occurred since 1996.

Business Services and Finance Data Search
Currently available in this database:
Index information for security interest (UCC) filings
Agent and personal property assessment information for corporations, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability limited partnerships, professional corporations, and trade names.

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3. Expert Witness Locators [Top]
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These sites may be useful in either locating an expert witness (particularly in obscure specialty areas), or, alternatively, in gathering material for use in cross-examining an opponent's expert witness.

* New York University—Legal Expert and Consultant Resources Homepage. http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/experts.html
(With links to over 70 other sites.)

* Findlaw—searchable database and links for expert and consultant resources http://www.findlaw.com/13experts/index.html

* MEDLINE databases
MEDLINE searches can help find medical, public health or nursing specialists who have written or participated in research studies on the subject matter at issue.
http://igm.nlm.nih.gov/

* National Practitioner Databank.
Contains information on medical malpractice payments made on behalf of physicians. Operated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www.npdb.com/

* American Board of Medical Specialities, Directory of Medical Specialties
(Still looking for searchable database. Available in Local Libraries)

* Idex, Expert Witness Research (Requires Membership).
A databank primarily for defense attorneys; contains information and resources on expert issues.
http://www.idex.com

*Washingtonian Magazine's top docs (poll results - searchable database)
http://www.washingtonian.com/health

* Hospital Web Sites
Hospital web sites, particularly at teaching institutions, are very helpful in locating medical specialists. Johns Hopkins maintains a very comprehensive web site which lists its various departments, department heads and programs. Similar websites are available for the other well known teaching centers throughout the country.

http://www.med.jhu.edu/

Massachusetts General:
Departments listed:
http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/departments.html

Search for Physicians:
http://www.partners.org/find/find_searchdb.html

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