Welcome to the Intelligence Business: Finding Evidence Hidden in Plain Sight
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Overview
The critical evidence you need is available now, hiding in plain sight. This presentation will cover how to ethically investigate claims and parties using public records, databases and archives, social media, and other open-source intelligence resources, all before a lawsuit or subpoena is ever filed.
Presented by
The Florida Registered Paralegal Enrichment Committee
Speaker
Nicholas S. Gurney Esq. has made it his mission to represent people, families, and children in their fight for justice, taking on defective product manufacturers, commercial trucking giants, and the insurance companies behind them. His passion for justice extends outside the office where Nicholas has served as an Adjunct Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Central Florida, teaching Torts, Evidence, Rhetoric, Legal Research, and Legal Writing before joining the faculty at Barry Law School as an Adjunct Professor of Law where he currently teaches Interviewing, Counseling, and Problem Solving to the next generation of lawyers. Nicholas holds degrees with honors from the University of Central Florida and the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Outside the office, Nicholas enjoys amateur woodworking and metalworking, trips to the dog park with his Klee Kai dog “Nate,” and time tending the garden and raising backyard chickens.
CE Information
- Course number: 9909
- Credit: Approved for 1 hour General, 1 hour Ethics, 1 hour Technology credit.
- Approval period: 07/31/2026–01/31/2028
Course materials
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