David Corbett was a private investigator at Palladino & Sutherland in San Francisco for nearly fifteen years, working on a number of high-profile criminal and civil litigations, including the Cotton Club Murder Case and the People's Temple Trial. In 1995 he retired from investigative work to open a law practice with his wife, Cesidia Tessicini, a long-time advocate for the disadvantaged and the AIDS afflicted. She died from ovarian cancer in January 2001. He currently lives in northern California.