North Dakota PI - Bill Butcher

Founder Bill Butcher (b. 1939-d. 2019)

A former FBI agent, Bill Butcher was an entrepreneur, having started up and sold several businesses after leaving the Bureau. He was a licensed private investigator in North Dakota for many years operating W.T. Butcher & Associates, Ltd. as the bedrock of his business ventures. He performed as a consultant with a variety of corporations and organizations requiring investigative expertise and had valuable sources nationwide and throughout the world to facilitate investigations as required.

Bill died in April of 2019. His son-in-law Shadd Piehl, who Bill trained, mentored and worked closely with for more than 20 years took over the business in 2020. All associates hold to the rigor and insights that Bill instilled in them.

Bill was affiliated with several professional organizations including:

• Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Inc.;
• Trapline, a directory of former FBI agents actively engaged in private investigations;
• FORSA is a private online platform comprised exclusively of former FBI Special Agents who are private investigators, consultants and members of corporate security departments;
• Council of International Investigators (CII);
• National Council of Investigation and Security Services (NCISS);
• World Association of Detectives (WAD);
• National Association of Professional Process Servers (NAPPS); and
• Landman's Association of North Dakota (LAND).

Career highlights included:

• Chair of North Dakota Private Investigation & Security Board, 2007-2016;
• Regional Director for National Council of Investigation and Security Services (NCISS), 2010-2014;
• North Dakota state director and lobbyist for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), 1998-2008;
• President of AdMed, Ltd. and its subsidiaries, Butcher Testing Services, Ltd. and ChemReview, Ltd., all providers of a broad range of drug testing services nationwide, January 1991 through December 1994;
• Owner, operator and seller of court reporting, private security, and repossession businesses, 1985 through 1994; 
• Designated a Certified Fraud Examiner by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, 1991;
• Former independent petroleum landman;
• Special Agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) specializing in fraud, discrimination, crimes committed on Indian reservations, and acting as liaison between the Bureau and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Saskatchewan;
• Active duty service as an officer in the US Navy, top secret clearance, qualified as Officer of the Deck underway and attained the rank of lieutenant; and
• Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and psychology from Albion College in Michigan, with post-graduate study in business at Washington DC’s American University.

Bill, was a member of Bismarck's Farwest Rotary Club and sings with the Bismarck Mandan Elks Mens Chorus, currently served as vice-chair of the USS North Dakota and the USNS City of Bismarck Committees and the Bismarck Area Sigma Chi Alumni Chapter. He served as president or chair of various local, state and national music, civic and sailing organizations. He was cited by the US Navy Recruiting Command as the outstanding member in a 20-state region.Contact us for more information.