Civil Investigations
Evidence that supports a claim, a defense, or a settlement position.
- Personal injury & insurance claims
- Witness location and statements
- Asset and liability research
- Litigation support for counsel
Raleigh, North Carolina · Criminal Defense Investigations
Specializing in Criminal Defense Investigations — Local, State and Federal.
Young & Associates Investigations is an investigative agency specializing in criminal defense, with over twenty years of investigative experience and casework that includes North Carolina and Federal capital cases. Civil, child custody, and infidelity investigations are also offered.
- NC Lic. #764313
- Local, State & Federal
- NC & Federal Capital Cases
- Strict Confidentiality
Our Specialty
Criminal defense investigations
The state has investigators. So should you. Young & Associates conducts independent fact-finding for defendants and defense counsel — testing the state's version of events rather than assuming it.
A case file handed over in discovery reflects one investigation, conducted by people looking for one answer. Re-interviewing witnesses, re-walking the scene, and rebuilding the timeline routinely surfaces what the first pass missed or never looked for.
With over twenty years of investigative experience at the local, state, and federal level — including work on North Carolina and Federal capital cases — this firm knows what a defense file has to hold up against, from district court through the most serious charges the system can bring.
- Independent review of discovery and the state's file
- Re-interview of state and civilian witnesses
- Location of witnesses who were never contacted
- Crime-scene documentation, photography, and reconstruction
- Alibi verification and detailed timeline construction
- Background and credibility research on witnesses
- Mitigation investigation for sentencing
- Post-conviction and appellate fact investigation
Capital case experience
Capital litigation is the deep end of criminal defense: the discovery is larger, the stakes are absolute, and the investigative record must withstand years of scrutiny. Reuben Young has worked both North Carolina and Federal capital cases.
- Guilt-phase and penalty-phase investigation
- Mitigation evidence development
- Witness location across jurisdictions
- Records assembly spanning decades and states
- Work product built for appellate review
That standard of documentation is the standard applied to every case this firm takes — whatever the charge.
Additional Services Offered
Beyond criminal defense
The same investigative discipline is available for civil, custody, and domestic matters — documented, lawful, and defensible.
Child Custody
Objective observation of what actually happens in a child's day.
- Parenting-time and welfare checks
- Household and supervision concerns
- Order-violation documentation
- Court-ready reports and testimony
Infidelity & Domestic
Discreet answers when suspicion is affecting your life or your case.
- Covert surveillance with time-stamped video
- Activity and pattern documentation
- Cohabitation verification
- Support for alimony & equitable distribution
Why Young & Associates
Over two decades at every level of the system
Most private investigators work one lane. Reuben Young has spent more than twenty years investigating at the local, state, and federal level — and that difference shows up in the file you receive.
Local and state work teaches you how a North Carolina courtroom actually treats evidence: what a judge will accept, how a hearing runs, which chain-of-custody shortcuts get an exhibit excluded. Federal work — including capital litigation — teaches structure: multi-jurisdiction records, complex paper trails, long-horizon cases built one documented step at a time.
Your matter gets both: local judgment about what will land, and federal-grade discipline about how it is documented.
What that means for your file
- Court-ready from day one. Reports, logs, and exhibits are built assuming a judge will read them and opposing counsel will attack them.
- Lawful methods only. No pretexting for protected records, no unlawful tracking, nothing that would get evidence thrown out or expose you to liability.
- One investigator, start to finish. The person you speak to on the first call is the person in the field and on the stand.
- Honest scoping. If an investigation is unlikely to produce what you need, you hear that before you spend money on it.
- Complete discretion. Case existence, client identity, and findings stay between us.
How It Works
A clear process, from first call to final report
Confidential consultation
You describe the situation and what you need to prove. Free, no obligation, and covered by strict confidentiality.
Scope & written agreement
We define objectives, lawful methods, realistic timelines, and a flat retainer or hourly rate in writing before work starts.
Field investigation
Surveillance, interviews, records, and documentation — with progress updates so you are never wondering where things stand.
Report & testimony
A written report with time-stamped evidence, delivered to you or your attorney, backed by testimony if the matter goes to hearing.
For Attorneys
Litigation support that does not need supervising
Criminal defense counsel across the Triangle — along with family law, personal injury, and civil litigators — use Young & Associates for the field work their cases turn on.
- Defense investigation on appointed and retained cases
- Recorded witness statements and affidavits
- Service of process and witness location
- Scene photography, measurement, and video
- Public-record, asset, and background research
- Trial exhibits and investigator testimony
Serving the Triangle and beyond
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, Apex, Wake Forest, Garner, Clayton, Fuquay-Varina, Holly Springs, Morrisville, Knightdale, Wendell, Zebulon, Smithfield, and surrounding counties — with statewide and out-of-state work available on request.
Office:
8601 Six Forks Rd, Suite 400
Raleigh, NC 27615
Direct: 919-971-3318
Email: Office@yainvestigations.com