About
Since 1983 we have provided
investigative services to over 600 law firms and companies
nationwide. Our office is located in downtown
Nashville, Tennessee.
Robert G. Hempel is a licensed investigator and a certified fraud examiner
(CFE). Since 1983, he has conducted over 2,600 investigations
for law firms and companies around the country. In addition to traditional
investigative engagements by attorneys, he has worked extensively on bankruptcy, insolvency,
and fraud matters that involve criminal
prosecutions. He has been approved by bankruptcy courts as the trustee's investigator/agent.
From 1978 to 1983, he was a
Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Education: MBA, Lake Forest Graduate School of
Management, 1978; BA Business, Northwestern University,
1968; two years of law school. Captain, United States Marine Corps, 1968 -
1972. Member, Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners.
Kip'Campbell
is a licensed investigator and a certified public
accountant (CPA). When he joined Hempel Associates in 2000, he had ten years of experience in auditing, corporate accounting,
financial analysis, and business
information gathering as a self-employed CPA and an auditor with Ernst &
Young. Education: MBA, Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management,
1990; BA
Business, with honors, University of Kentucky, 1988.
Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants;
associate member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
C. Patrick McKellar is a licensed investigator and security professional. Prior to joining Hempel
Associates in 2007, he spent ten years with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) where he served as an Assistant Special Agent in Charge. During his time at TBI, he worked a wide variety of cases including homicide, public corruption, healthcare fraud and federal narcotics conspiracies. He was responsible for overseeing the Governors Task Force on Marijuana Eradication, he was a member of the Executive Committee for the multi-state Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area and he served as Chief Firearms Instructor for TBI. Education: BA Political Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1991. First Lieutenant, United States Army, 1987 -1996. Member, American Society for Industrial Security.
