About Delator Field Services
The legal support arm of Delator Group
DFS was built so Tennessee attorneys could hand process serving and the field work around it to one accountable organization, held to an investigator’s standard of documentation.
What DFS is
Delator Field Services is the legal support subsidiary of Delator Group, a licensed private investigation firm headquartered in Nashville. DFS handles the tasks that move a case forward outside the courtroom: serving process, filing and delivering documents, notarizing signatures, coordinating interpreters, locating people and documenting claims.
The work runs through county chapters in all 95 Tennessee counties under one chain of command. Nothing is subcontracted to unvetted servers, and every file has someone accountable for it.
Delator Group’s founding principles come from its members’ service in federal law enforcement and the U.S. Army. DFS inherits that structure: defined responsibilities, supervision and a written record of what was done.
What investigative experience adds to legal support
Serving papers is not investigation, and a private investigator license does not by itself qualify anyone for every legal support task. But the habits investigators are trained in make field work more reliable.
- Why an attempt is made, not just that it wasAgents understand that attempts exist to give the recipient notice and to build a record a judge can rely on, so timing and method are chosen with the return in mind.
- Documentation and reportingInvestigative training treats notes, footage and time stamps as evidence. The same habits produce affidavits that answer questions before they are asked.
- Difficult assignmentsWhen an address goes stale or a recipient avoids contact, the file moves to locate work and lawful public-view observation instead of repeated knocks at the same door.
- Case-specific instructionsCounsel’s instructions about timing, location or sensitivity are followed precisely and recorded, because investigators are used to working inside a client’s strategy.
- Professional communicationStatus reaches the firm in plain language: what was attempted, what was observed and what is recommended next.
- Accuracy and accountabilityEvery file has a responsible person in a defined chain of command, and work product is reviewed before it reaches the client.
- The practical demands of the workRural roads, gated communities, shift workers and courthouse deadlines are ordinary conditions, planned for at intake rather than discovered in the field.
Standards, licenses and the difference between them
DFS is careful about what it claims.
- Delator Group is a licensed Tennessee private investigation firm; private investigators in Tennessee are licensed through the Tennessee Private Investigation and Polygraph Commission.
- Not every DFS team member is a licensed private investigator, and Tennessee has no statewide process server license.
- Company standards (body camera, attempt logs, review before delivery) apply to everyone working a DFS file.
- Credentials that a specific assignment requires, such as an interpreter qualification a court specifies, are confirmed for that assignment rather than assumed.
Leadership
DFS operates under the board of Delator Group. Leadership is reachable directly; there is no call center between a client and the people accountable for the work. Three board seats are currently open: Finance Officer and two Directors at Large.
Elijah BuffalinoPresident, Delator Group
Randall RobyVice President, Delator Group
Andrew HuffGeneral Counsel, Delator Group
Paris MaeseOperations Officer, Delator Group
Chris HarmonCompliance Officer, Delator Group
Benjamin SharpSecretary, Delator Group
Part of the Delator family
DFS works alongside Delator Group’s other divisions and brands, including the Delator Claims Division, Birds Eye Investigations, Pinnacle Investigations, Watchtower Investigations and Delator Group Mississippi. When a matter needs licensed investigative work beyond field support, it stays inside the same organization.
Learn more about the parent company at delatorgroup.com.
Where to go next
Tell DFS what the matter needs
Call, text or email with the task, the county and any deadline. You will get a plain answer on scope and cost before work begins.
Questions first? Call or text (629) 310-8667 or email contact@delatorgroup.com.