As president of Stumar Investigations, a highly successful Philadelphia-based private investigations firm, Drobny has been a pioneer in the full gamut of investigative matters for more than 25 years and serves clients nationally. With the nation’s largest staff of licensed investigators working for a privately-owned firm, his client roster reads like a “Who’s Who” of Fortune 500 companies. The firm is known for its insurance claims investigations, anti-counterfeiting and intellectual property fraud, litigation support, civil litigation, family law investigations, and witness location and interviews.

In recent noteworthy cases, Stumar Investigations:

• Worked with the world’s largest prepaid cellular telephone company and other major wireless firms to help crack down on a national ring trafficking resold prepaid phones. The cases resulted in numerous seven figure settlements and judgments. 
• After a two month investigation, alerted the Philadelphia Police Major Crimes Unit so they could shutter four legitimate-looking stores in central Philadelphia that were essentially operating as “counterfeit boutiques.”  Authorities confiscated close to $500,000 in fake merchandise, secured three arrests, and were able to deport one suspect to China for a long list of infractions.
• Proved the liability of a bar and private homeowners for the drunk driving death of a teenage boy by showing that he attended a private home party where alcohol was accessible, that previous parties had occurred there, and that the deceased was served at a local bar and purchased alcohol to go without a valid ID.
• Determined through surveillance that the ex-spouse of a family law attorney’s client was permanently living with another person, specifically breaking the final divorce decree and alimony agreement.
• Showed, after surveillance and a lengthy investigation that a claimant who alleged back and neck injuries that left him unable to work was actually misrepresenting his injuries when he was taped playing softball, fly fishing and doing yard work. The evidence resulted in a jury verdict for the defense.
• Helped a Fortune 500 company conclude that a business acquisition they thought was a “good fit,” was actually part of a company that was falsely representing financials, products and employees and was a mere shell of an organization. The company’s principals were also found to be involved in other unscrupulous business activities and both held criminal records for embezzlement in another state.

Drobny has been a speaker at a variety of educational seminars including the International Intelligence Network (INTELLENET), The International Anticounterfeiting Coalition Conference (IACC), the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA), Imaging Supply Coalition (ISC) and The World Investigators Conference. He has also been invited to speak by such organizations as the Department of Homeland Security, the World Trade Center, and the San Diego and Philadelphia District Attorneys offices. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and People magazine, as well as regional consumer, legal and trade press, rely on Drobny as a source of information. A trusted partner, he often works in conjunction with the FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), postal inspectors and state and local police agencies on client matters.

Currently, Drobny is working with state legislators in Pennsylvania to help gain passage of a new criminal statute for trademark counterfeiting.

Drobny is a graduate of Temple University and in addition to IACC, is also active in INTELLENET, the National Association of Investigative Specialists (NAIS), the National Council of Investigation & Security Services (NCISS), the Pennsylvania Association of Licensed Investigators (PALI), and the New Jersey Licensed Private Investigators Association (NJLPIA), among others.