Meet the Chief
Our Chief
California Detective Agency is led by Ali Ammar, who serves as the Chief Investigator. He has nearly 25 years of experience in California law enforcement and investigations.
Ali has extensive litigation experience that includes work on numerous jury trials involving complex commercial issues and matters related to:
- Punitive Damages
- Judgment Enforcement
- Wrongful Death & Personal Injury
- Comprehensive identification, tracing, and seizure of assets and income
Past clients include:
- US Department of Justice
- State of California
- Hundreds of attorneys, from solo practitioners to some of the world’s largest firms
- Federal & State-chartered Banks
- Car Dealerships, ranging from multi-brand Auto Groups to individual lots.
His Story.
Ali’s career began in Los Angeles County law enforcement, where he was recognized for his efforts in reducing city-wide crime and pioneering technological advances in policing.
His family law enforcement legacy traces back over 100 years when his great-great uncle, E. H. Butler, was appointed Chief of Police in Paris, Tennessee, in 1922. For over 20 years, Chief Butler served his community. Over the next century, many of Chief Butler’s descendants continued the tradition.
Ali works on more judgment enforcement cases than any other investigator in California, and clients across the country value his expertise. Hundreds of attorneys from law firms large and small have entrusted him with over 4,000 cases. Ali has been a featured legal expert on TMZ and CBS News, among others.
Recent Cases
- $175 million business dispute judgment enforcement, Los Angeles 2023
- $36 million traffic collision wrongful death judgment enforcement, Los Angeles 2023
- $90,000 judgment against a vexatious litigant, Orange County 2023
- Located and seized an individual’s comprehensive real estate portfolio leading to a multi-million dollar settlement, with insurance carriers paying $1 million over policy limits, Los Angeles 2023
- Enforcement of $4 million class action judgment against a publicly-traded firm, representing hundreds of employees, Los Angeles 2023
- Enforcement of $3 million class action judgment representing hundreds of employees, Orange County 2023
- Enforcement of $29 million judgment against a garment manufacturer, Los Angeles 2022
- Increased final jury award by nearly 600% thanks to investigation and testimony in a wrongful death case. Responsible for supplementing the damages judgment of $800,000 to a massive $5.5 million after testimony in the punitive damages phase, resulting in a top-50 verdict in California, Los Angeles 2022
- Aggressively pursued a prolific entrepreneur for successor liability on unpaid wages, resulting in full satisfaction of judgment with costs and interest, Riverside County 2022
- Enforcement of $4 million class action lawsuit representing hundreds of airline employees, Los Angeles 2022
- First-ever levy on an aircraft in Riverside, resulting in full satisfaction of an unpaid labor law judgment, Riverside County 2021
- $18 million skydiving wrongful death investigation and judgment enforcement, Central California 2021
- Pre-judgment Writ of Attachment on business income, Orange County 2021
- Aircraft wrongful death investigation and probate work, Orange County 2018
- $85,000 judgment against a vexatious litigant, Orange County 2017
