Brent R. Wright

Professional Licenses and Memberships (Past & Present)

  • Ohio PI Agency License: Owner; License: 20252100593689

  • Illinois: PERC: 129.368577

  • Ohio: PI Agency License: 200921001489: Qualifying Agent, Shelton Investigations

  • Indiana PI Agency: PI20700192

  • Michigan PI Agency License: 3701205853: Employee

  • The Criminal Defense Investigation Training Council, Board Certified

  • Indiana Society of Professional Investigators, Inc.

  • Michigan Council of Professional Investigators, Inc.

  • Ohio Association of Security & Investigation Services

Education

  • College of US Air Force, Industrial Security - Graduate School

  • United States Air Force University of Maryland, Criminal Justice Community - Undergraduate School

  • USAF Security Police Academy - Undergraduate School

Military

  • Honorably Discharged, United States Air Force

  • Maintained Secret Level Security Clearance

 

I have been blessed with a unique life experience and I take my role seriously in helping businesses, clients and their families that unfortunately find themselves in life changing situations.

I was born and raised in a small town in Northwest Ohio, enlisting in the US Air Force right after high school. I graduated the USAF Security Police academy and spent years at numerous bases in the US and overseas performing law enforcement and security duties. For four years I was stationed in Europe and during this time, I enrolled in the University of Maryland's European Division and pursued a Bachelors' Degree in Criminal Justice.

After being honorably discharged in 1997, I initially sought out a career in law enforcement and security, interviewing with numerous State and Federal agencies such as: US Marshal Service, BATFE, Air Marshal Service, State Police and also was offered positions in the private sector conducting undercover investigations for Fortune 500 companies. But that's not the direction I chose.

I was recruited by a national criminal defense firm based in Los Angeles as a Case Manager where they were looking to hire prior military and law enforcement. I would spend the next several years traveling all over the United States meeting with clients with every type of criminal case in cities like Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Seattle. In 2002, I became the youngest "Director of Client Services" in the history of the firm. My primary responsibility was to recruit, train and develop top notch attorneys and case managers throughout the Midwest. This firm would eventually merge with The Cochran Firm, founded by famed OJ Simpson Attorney, Johnnie Cochran.

In 2004, I joined a Midwest criminal defense firm in Illinois made up of former prosecutors and prior law enforcement. The next few years, I worked on countless state and federal cases involving drugs, robbery, homicide, sexual assault, and battery just to name a few. One of the cases I worked was a featured documentary on HBO and another case was televised on Dateline NBC "To Catch a Predator" series.

In 2008, I joined a three state investigative agency based in Indiana. I would eventually become the lead investigator where I maintained licenses and credentials in multiple states and still do today. Over the next several years, I would gain vast experience in witness interviews, testifying in court, cell phone/computer forensics, surveillance, corporate investigations and criminal defense cases. During this time I was also contracted to conduct corporate investigations for Pinkerton Detective Agency and Fortune 500 companies like Johnson & Johnson.

In 2013, I relocated my family to Illinois and joined a premiere criminal defense firm in Central Illinois, where I would spend the next eleven years working on strictly criminal cases ranging from DUI’s to homicide investigations, drug cases and sexual assaults, state and federal including Title IX cases, just to name a few. I was promoted to Law Firm Administrator and lead investigator in 2015 and assembled a team of some of the top investigators and attorneys in the state and worked on many high profile cases throughout the state.

In the summer of 2024, I made the decision to return home to be closer to family and settled in Central Ohio. I wanted to create an unapparelled Investigative & Consulting Group with the experience I gathered over 25 years. During my career, I have been fortunate to manage, consult or investigate thousands of cases and now going to use that experience and network of professionals to assist my clients.

High Profile Cases:

Greg Houser: 1990 Cold Case Murder Brian Davis –Int’l Child Abuse Ring 

Cynthia Baker: Child Murder                           Jamie Picken: 1998 Cold Case Murder

Aaron Parlier: Child Abuse   James Love: Self Defense shooting

Robb Kline: Dateline To Catch a Predator Michael Bakana: Night Club Shooting