When privacy matters as much as the answers do.
A bespoke forensic medicine service for public figures, ultra-high-net-worth families, their family offices and counsel, and anyone for whom discretion is not a preference but a necessity. Agency-level forensic pathology, conducted entirely on your terms.
For those whose lives are lived in public, a death should not be. We bring the full depth of an institution that serves courts, agencies and the Department of Defense to one family, one matter, at a time.
Anything is possible. We make it possible.
Forensic pathology is a medical specialty: physicians with recognized training and board certification applying that expertise to legal questions, for the living and the dead. Everything NAAG does, available privately.
The Apex Autopsy
NAAG’s most complete private examination, performed personally by board-certified forensic pathologists, with neuropathology, anthropology, odontology, imaging and genetics as the case requires.
An independent second examination
When an official autopsy has been done and questions remain, a complete, independent re-examination answerable only to you.
Review of an existing autopsy
A confidential review of another office’s report, photographs, slides and records, with a clear written opinion.
Examinations of the living
Forensic pathology is not only about the dead. Discreet medical documentation and interpretation of injuries, for those who need the facts established privately.
Agency-level investigation
The same scene, records and specialist work we provide to law-enforcement and federal clients, assembled around a single private matter.
Counsel, explained
Private briefings for families, physicians, family offices and legal counsel, and expert testimony when a matter must go to court.
A protocol built around your privacy.
- A single point of contactOne named person manages your matter from first call to final report. You will never be passed around.
- A small, named teamOnly the physicians and staff your case requires ever know it exists.
- Your channels, your termsWe communicate by whatever means you, your office or your counsel prefer, and only with those you designate.
- Worldwide transportWe coordinate with trusted funeral-industry partners to bring a loved one to our California facility from anywhere, including by private aircraft.
- Silence as standardNo publicity, no case studies, no names. NAAG does not discuss its clients.
- Within the law, alwaysWhen a death falls under a coroner’s or medical examiner’s jurisdiction, we work alongside that office, never around it. Discretion is never a substitute for legality.
Answers when they matter, not months later.
Retained through counsel. Built for the way you already work.
Most of our private clients reach us through their attorneys, family offices, private bankers or physicians. We are structured for that.
Engagement through counsel
An attorney may retain us directly on a client’s behalf, so our work can be directed by counsel from the first call.
Confidentiality agreements
We will sign the confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement your office requires before any detail is shared.
Conflict checks, quietly
We clear conflicts before we learn more than we need to, and we decline matters we cannot take on cleanly.
Defensible work product
Our reports are written to the standard courts and agencies rely on, and our physicians testify when a matter requires it.
What counsel usually asks first.
- Who can engage the service?The legal next of kin, or an attorney, family office, trustee or physician acting for them. A private autopsy requires the authorization of the person with the legal right to control the remains.
- Can you act if a coroner is involved?Yes. A private examination can follow an official autopsy, or proceed when the coroner or medical examiner releases jurisdiction. We coordinate with that office directly.
- Can you help from outside the United States?Yes. We coordinate transport of a loved one to our California facility from anywhere in the world, and review records and materials from abroad.
- Do you only work after a death?No. Forensic pathologists also document and interpret injuries in the living, and review medical and legal records for counsel.
- How are fees handled?Every engagement is quoted individually, in confidence, and can be invoiced to counsel or a family office.
NAAG Forensic. An institution, not an introduction.
VIP Autopsy is a private service of NAAG Forensic PC, a licensed California medical practice that has served law enforcement, coroners and the U.S. Department of Defense for more than a decade, with its own forensic pathology laboratory. We are not a referral service. Every examination is performed by our own board-certified forensic pathologists.
Visit naagforensic.comOne call. Nothing more is asked of you.
You, your attorney, family office or physician may call, day or night. Our on-call investigator will speak with your representative, tell you plainly what is possible, and take care of the rest.
1-800-985-5346