JULIUS BOMBET
Certified Legal Investigator - Certified Fraud
Examiner
11220 N. Harrell’s
(225) 275-0796
PERSONAL
Born:
WORK
HISTORY
March
1986 - Present
President
of Bombet and Associates, Inc. with offices in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and
Lafayette, Louisiana and Dallas, Texas, a legal investigative agency providing
field services and specialized computer research for attorneys, insurance
companies and businesses nationwide.
September
1977 - March 1986
Staff Investigator for the law firm of Due', Dodson, deGravelles, Robinson & Caskey;
January
1973 - September 1977
Chief
Investigator, East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's Office. Supervised 15 investigators, supervised all
death investigations, crime scene supervisor for all major crimes, including
homicide, suicide and rape; assigned to Special Investigations Division, which
handled a variety of sensitive criminal matters.
May
1967 - December 1972
Co-owner
of B & L Associates, Inc., a legal investigative agency located in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, which handled both civil and criminal investigations for
attorneys, insurance companies and businesses nationwide.
June
1965 - April 1967
Trooper,
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
National
Association of Legal Investigators
National Director, 1981-82
Secretary-Treasurer, 1972-73
Regional Director, 1979-80, 1982-84
(Region IV)
Regional Seminar Chairman, 1979,
1980, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998
Regional Director, 1980-81 (Region
III)
Mid-Winter Seminar Chairman, 1984,
1985, 1986, 1995
National Convention Chairman, 1984,
1986, 1999
Associate Editor, The
Legal Investigator, 1982-83
Editor, The
Legal Investigator, 1983-87
Certification Committee, 1983-84,
1987-88, 1991-93
Directory Committee, 1984-86
Advisory Committee, Lifetime Member
Constitutional Committee, 1985-86
Disciplinary Committee, 1992-94
Legislative Committee, 1993-94
Strategic
Louisiana
Private Investigators Association
Convention Chairman, 1990, 1992-99,
2002
Board of Directors, 1991-92
Trustees and Finance Committee,
1991-92
Editor,The Journal, 1997-98, 1998-99
World
Association of Detectives
National
Council of Investigation and Security Services
Second Vice-President, 2000-01
Board of Directors, 1993-94, 1997-99
Legislative Committee,
Vice-Chairman, 1997-98
Legislative Committee, Member
1998-99
Council
of International Investigators
Louisiana
District Attorney's Association
Vice President, 1977
Training Committee Chairman,
Investigators Section, 1975-77
Evidence
Photographers International Council-Vice President, 1973
National
Association of Private Process Servers
Global
Investigators Network
Member - Board of Directors, 1997-99
Convention Host, 1998
National
Association of Security & Investigative Regulators
Member - Reciprocity Committee,
1997-00
SPECIAL
RECOGNITION
Listed
as one of the Top Ten Investigators in the
"Above
and Beyond Award", 1994, ION, Incorporated,
"Investigator of the Year", 1994-95,
Louisiana Private Investigators
Association.
"Investigator
of the Year", 1997-98, Global Investigators Network
"Julius
"Buddy" Bombet Lifetime Achievement Award", 1999, NALI, NCISS,
NJLPIA, LPDAM, PALI, ALDONYS, PIAVA, PIAM, LPDARI, CALPI & NHLI - special
award named in my honor to be given each year to an investigator showing outstanding service to the
investigative profession.
Named
One of PI Magazine’s Top 10 Investigators Spring, 1998
Named
One of the Top 25 Investigators of the Century
National
Association of Investigative Specialist, 1999
NCISS
President’s Award for Outstanding Service
National
Council of Investigative and Security Services, May, 2000
Award
for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Development and Continuing Education,
2000 Super Conference
2002
Lifetime Achievement Award
National
Association of Investigative Specialist
2002
Investigator of the Year
Global
Investigators Network
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
PUBLISHED
WORKS
"Traffic
Accident Photography," a Louisiana State Police Training manual, 1966.
"Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning in Specific Motor Vehicles," Journal of Evidence
Photography, Volume 1, Number 2, April 1969.
"Duplication
of Lighting Conditions," Law Enforcement Communications, Volume 2,
Number 2, April 1975.
"The
Eye Versus the Camera, Accurate Representation of
Lighting Conditions," Journal of Evidence Photography, Volume 8,
Number 2, April 1976.
"The Significance of Bruising in Battered
Children," Law and Order, Volume 26, Number 7, July 1978.
"Front
Bumpers on 18-Wheelers," NALI Newsletter, Volume 8, Number 3, February
1979.
"Working
Effectively with a Legal Investigator," Trial, Volume 17, Number
11, November 1981.
"Collection
and Preservation of Evidence," The Legal Investigator, Volume XI,
Number 3, February 1983, pp. 12-15.
"On
Line Information Retrieval: A New Tool
for the Legal Investigator," The Legal Investigator, Volume XIII,
Number 4, May 1984, pp. 21-23.
"On
Line Research and the Professional Investigator," Facts and Findings,
Volume XI, Issue 1, July-August, 1984, pp. 11-13, 20.
"On
Line Research and the Professional Investigator," The Professional
Investigator, January-June 1985, pp. 16-19.
"The
Memo Statement," The Legal Investigator, Volume XX, Number 1,
February, 1991, pp. 21-22.
"Government
Bulletin Boards," The Informant, August 1992, pp. 3-5.
"Goverment Bulletin
Boards," LPIA Journal, Volume 2, Number 5, September-October.
"Shoulder
Belt Decapitates Passenger," The Informant, December, 1992, p. 3.
"
"Electronic
White Pages," The Informant, February 1993, p. 2.
"The
Plaintiff's Personal Injury Investigator," NCISS Business Guides, Spring, 1994, pp. 1-3.
"Railroad
Information," LPIA Journal, Volume 1, Jan/Feb 1996, pp. 2-3.
"Gadgets,
Gimmicks & Tricks of the Trade", LPIA Journal, Vol 1,# 1,2,3, 1997 and Vol 7, No
1, 2003, Professional Investigator, Vol 1, #5,
Sept-Oct 1997, pg 6.
"Witness
Statement Strategies", Journal of the Private Investigators Association
of Utah, Inc., Volume 3, No 2, Winter, 1997, pp.4-6. Also appeared in The
Oregon Investigator, Volume 2, May, 1997, pp 9-11. Professional Investigator, Volume 1,
No 3, May-June, 1997, pp. 10-12. The Private Investigator’s Connection, Fall, 1997, pp 9-10.
"Congress Attempts to Deprive PI’s of
Information", Professional Investigator, Volume 1, No 4,
July-August, 1997, pp. 6. LPIA Journal, Vol
1, No 3, July, 1997, page 4. Gator
Gazette, 1997, Issue 3, page 4. The WIA Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue
4, July-Sept, 1997, page 5.
"How
You Can Help", P.I. Magazine, Summer,
1997, page 6. NCISS Report,
August, 1997, page 7.
ADDITIONAL
WORK EXPERIENCE
National
Legislative Conference, Assistant Chief of Security,
Professional Photographers of
National Association of Legal Investigators, Certified
Legal Investigator, 1978.
National
Association of Legal Investigators, Seminar Speaker,
National
Council of Investigation and Security Service, Seminar Speaker,
National
Association of Legal Investigators, Convention Speaker,
Material and Techniques of Interviewing; February,
1983; January and November, 1984; January and September, 1985.
Court-qualified as expert in Evidence Photography and
Collection and Preservation of Evidence.
University
of New Orleans, Metropolitan College, Paralegal Institute, Plan, Develop, and
Instruct a 40 hour course in "Legal Interviewing and Investigation,"
#14059, with William W. and Eddy Rosen, January 20-May 15, 1986.
ION
Spring Seminar,
Louisiana
Association of Private Investigators, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Guest Speaker,
Computer Resources for Investigators, May, 1990.
National
Association of Legal Investigators, Louisiana Private Investigators
Association, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Guest Speaker, "Techniques of
Interviewing," October, 1990.
LA
Mississippi
Professional Investigators Association, Inc. Professional Development Seminar,
APPOINTMENTS
Appointed to