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Facts are at the foundation of almost every legal matter.

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You require responsive, experienced experts who can successfully reconstruct the historical fact record and respond to research and analytical requests with efficiency and discretion.

HAI is a nationally-recognized research and analysis consultancy with expertise spanning multiple subject matters and topics. Our team prides itself on delivering insight and perspective on the most difficult factual research questions.

Since inception in 1981, we have successfully completed more than 1,300 historical research investigations, helping our clients obtain significant legal judgments.  We have unsurpassed knowledge of federal, state, and local records systems and expertise conducting research around the globe in a wide variety of archives, libraries, government offices, and private record collections.

Our knowledge of history gives us the framework to know what information to look for in non-digitized record collections while also employing cutting-edge tools to help bolster your case or reduce the likelihood that opposing counsel will produce surprises later.

We offer support throughout the entire legal process. Our experienced historians draft targeted FOIA and FOIL requests; assist in pretrial motions and discovery requests; analyze historical materials provided by opposing parties, experts, and eyewitnesses; and serve as authoritative expert witnesses and Rule 30(B)(6) corporate representatives.

Our areas of expertise include

  • PRP Searches and CERCLA cost recovery
  • Product liability and toxic torts research
  • Corporate succession/corporate genealogy
  • State of knowledge investigations
  • Government contract searches
  • Forensic environmental investigations
  • Land use, watershed, and site histories
  • Nuclear industry histories
  • Holocaust and looted art investigations
  • Native American rights disputes
  • Water rights and coastal erosion disputes
  • Insurance recovery research
  • Intellectual property investigations
  • Legislative and regulatory history
  • Manufactured gas plant (MGP) issues
  • Slavery disclosure research
  • Climate change research

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Slide “I have had two occasions to engage the assistance of History Associates in ongoing legal cases, one in 1999 and a second one twenty years later in 2019. In both instances I have been impressed with the professionalism of the HAI historians in ferreting out needed documents from fifty to seventy years ago. HAI professionals are of high scholarly backgrounds. They do not over promise but have valuable insights of where lost documents may still be found. I do not hesitate in recommending them to any attorney who has a need for this kind of support.”

Richard Johnson
Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC Slide “We would have had a much more difficult, if not impossible, time proving our case, but for the documents and information provided to us by the experienced folks at History Associates.”

Linda Tape
Attorney, Husch Blackwell Slide “History Associates did a great job providing critical research in a short turn-around time – with excellent capabilities, attention to detail, and research knowledge. Their responsiveness and ability to gather the information so quickly was like a concierge service. I would recommend them.”

Solomon Pantuch
Attorney, Foley & Mansfield Slide “My research into the origins of Arizona’s modern securities act wasn’t coming up with anything, so I turned to History Associates for help. As historians, they knew the background of the industry and the key players involved right away. They got right to the bottom of the issue and identified potential sources for information, regularly updating me on their progress. They found material in the archives I never would have found, including correspondence from 1949 that showed the thinking processes behind the legislation. I would not have gotten there without their help.”

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Attorney at Law, Tiffany & Bosco P.A. Slide “It’s been great working with all of you over the last few years. You guys have done some seriously excellent work for us.”

Richard M. Brodsky
Miles & Stockbridge Slide “Thank you and your team for the excellent work!”

Jack Terry
Husch Blackwell LLP Slide “It was really great to meet and work with everyone from History Associates. If Jamie, Jason, and Allison are a sampling of the company, it is no surprise that you’re 'The Best Company in History'!”

Barry G. Stratford
Perkins Coie LLP