William R. Rucker
San Diego, Ca 92129 **********@*****.***
Career Goal: Safety, Risk, Compliance Management
Isn't it often the case, that when we seek the greatest talent, the most gifted consultants in almost any profession, all we really need to do is simply examine their level (quality) of clientele and whether positive outcomes (results) were delivered with consistency? Well, the same holds true for professional investigators and litigation consultants.
The very best professional investigators and litigation consultants seem to attract the highest profile clients and cases. They also (if their experience is examined more deeply), deliver positive results with consistency.
As individuals, if we were to describe common shared character traits, gifted investigators and litigation consultants are ceaselessly tenacious, unwaveringly brave and extraordinarily thorough and reliable. They daily put their reputation, careers and sometimes even their personal safety and wellbeing on the line.
List of Represented Clients or Adversaries
With some of the most impressive clients and in perhaps some of the most challenging and noteworthy projects and cases throughout the United States and Native American nations, I have both represented and taken on the likes of:
Toyota Roadway Trucking
Ford Motor Company Rual Trucking
General Motors CF Arrowhead Trucking
State of Missouri - Governor Carnahan Kansas City (Missouri) Police Department State State of Arizona - Governor Meacham San Carlos (Arizona) Police Department
Missouri State Senator Harold Caskey Mesa (Arizona) Police Department White Mountain Apache Tribe Housing Authority Miami (Arizona) Police Department Navajo Nation Safeway
San Carlos Apache Nation Piggly Wiggly Stores
Steel Workers Union Southwest Boulevard Flood Victims
Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company
Arizona Eastern Railroad Tyson Foods
Kansas City Southern Railroad Manitowoc Crane Union Pacific/Southern Pacific Railroad
Functional Summary:
Knowledgeable of federal and state statutes and regulations including CFR Title 30: Mineral Resources; CFR Title 23: Highways; CFR Title 40: US Environmental Protection; CFR Title 49: Transportation and OSHA/MSHA fall protection and confined space (permit, non-permit)
Staff Investigator/Litigation Specialist – wrongful death, serious injury and criminal defense
Tribal Corruption – theft, embezzlement, abuse of power, sexual assault and sexual harassment.
Skip Tracer/Asset Search Investigator
Undercover Investigations – corporate theft
Bounty Hunter – dangerous fugitives
Kidnapped Children – Locate and return children kidnapped by non-custodial parent
Chronology:
2014 – 2016 Self Employed
2012 – 2014 White Mountain Apache Tribe Authority, Special Prosecution: embezzlement, corruption, theft, sexual assault and sexual harassment
2012 KQSS 101.9 FM, on-air legal commentator for weekly radio talk show on legal issues 2010 – 2014 Peter Gorski & Associates law firm, Staff Investigator
2006 – 2009 Kimerer & Derrick law firm, Staff Investigator
2001 – 2005 Various law firms, Independent Contractor, Litigation Consultant
1994 – 2001 Stites, Hopkins and Fair law firm, Kansas City, MO; Supervisor – Staff Investigator/Litigation 1998 - 2001 San Carlos Apache Tribe, Investigator for Special Prosecution
1989 – 1993 San Carlos Police Department. Tribal Advocate in personal board hearings
1988 – 1992 San Carlos Apache Tribe, special prosecution in corruption, embezzlement and theft 1983 – 1984 Liberty Bail Bonds, Bounty Hunter
1984 – 1993 Thompson, Dalton & DeRose law firm, Staff Investigator, Litigation Specialist 1981 – 1984 Hawkins & Campbell, Skip Trace/Asset Search
Education and Training Summary:
Continuing Education, general studies classes, Mesa College, Mesa, AZ
OSHA/MSHA First Aide, Certificate