A Professional Private Investigation Firm
License #117-000719

The United States Constitution provides people charged with crimes or otherwise wronged, an opportunity to be heard in their quest for justice. Repeatedly, we learn of innocent people who have been accused, charged and convicted of crimes they did not commit. We naively rely on an inconsistent criminal justice system to prove their innocence. We learn, often too late, that we were wrong. Similarly, due to police and prosecutorial misconduct, the civil rights of many American citizens are frequently violated.

Mort Smith Investigations is dedicated to providing competent investigative support to private defense attorneys, civil rights attorneys, law firms, public defenders, legal clinics and advocates who are devoted to securing justice for their clients.

Illinois Licensed Private Investigator #115-000975

Mortimer "Mort" Smith, M.A., is an Illinois Licensed Private Detective. He specializes in criminal defense investigations and cases involving civil rights violations. Mr. Smith is a consultant to criminal defense investigators and attorneys on matters concerning criminal defense investigations. He is the co-founder and instructor of the Certified Criminal Defense Investigation Program at DePaul University. Mr. Smith teaches trial preparation investigation to 2nd and 3rd year law school students at the Center for Justice in Capital Cases/DePaul University College of Law and Bluhm Legal Clinic/Northwestern University College of Law.

Mr. Smith has been an investigator for over 20 years. He has provided investigative services for hundreds of defendants locally and nationally. He has provided investigative services for many citizens who were abused and otherwise wronged by police officers. He is the former Chief Investigator for the Cook County Public Defender's Murder Task Force and former Chief Investigator for the Illinois Capital Resource Center (now the Capital Litigation Division) of the Office of the State Appellate Defender. In 1993, Mr. Smith was selected to be the Chief Investigator for the Office of the Inspector General/DCFS where he developed the investigation unit that investigates wrongdoings by employees of that agency. Mr. Smith has been a faculty member for the Clarence Darrow Death Penalty College since 2003. Additionally, Mr. Smith is the Chair of the Investigator Division of the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (IACDL) and writes a quarterly column in the IACDL newsletter discussing issues surrounding criminal defense investigations.

Memberships
Charter Member of the National Association of Inspectors General
Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Defense Investigator Association

Telephone: 708.612.9722
Address: PO Box 6802
Broadview, Illinois 60155-6802
E-mail: mort@mortsmith.com