Chelsea Traino, CSMIE, LPI, is a senior case manager at Hodson P.I., LLC. She is currently located in our remote office in the state of Texas.

Chelsea Traino received the ‘Employee of the Quarter” for the first quarter of 2020 here at Hodson P.I., LLC, and has been an invaluable asset to our team. At the beginning of 2022, Chelsea obtained her official Private Investigator license for the state of Texas.

Before joining our team, she worked as a legal receptionist for a family and criminal defense law office in Murrieta, California. Currently, she is handling the Heir-at-Law Investigations department alongside our other team member, Kristen Kornoff. For these cases, she conducts research, obtains death, birth, and marriage certificates, and calls possible family members of the decedent to verify any heirs. She manages 10-20 Heir-at-Law investigations simultaneously as a senior case manager.

Chelsea holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from California State University Fullerton and a Paralegal Certificate from the University of California, Riverside. She is also a Certified Social Media Intelligence Expert.

In her off time, Chelsea enjoys hiking with her dogs and boyfriend, country swing dancing, and spending time with her friends and family.