Westchester Forensic Examinations, Estate Records and Expert Testimony
Westchester Forensics From Corporate Campus to Surrogate's Court
Westchester evidence lives in two places: the tenants and ERP systems of the headquarters in White Plains, Purchase and Rye Brook, and the phones, home networks and wallets of the county's families and closely held businesses. Global Digital Forensics settles whose authority reaches each record, preserves it and shows what it proves. Our examiners prepare that record for the White Plains federal courthouse, the Commercial Division and the Surrogate's Court.
Westchester coverage
Two Evidence Profiles, One Examiner at Home in Both
Westchester combines two very different evidence profiles. The headquarters of financial services, pharmaceutical and professional services companies in White Plains, Purchase and Rye Brook run Microsoft 365 tenants, mid size ERP systems and endpoint security platforms with audit trails that answer most questions if someone preserves them in time. The county's families and closely held businesses keep their records on personal phones, personal cloud accounts, home networks and, increasingly, cryptocurrency wallets and hardware devices. The same examiner has to be comfortable in both rooms.
Westchester matters run through the New York office at (212) 561-5860. Examiners collect at law offices in White Plains, at corporate campuses across the county and at private residences when the record requires it, and working meetings happen at the firm, the client's site or by video. Global Digital Forensics has worked with law firms and businesses since 1992 from sixteen US offices, and the person who collects the evidence is the person who explains it.
Authority is the Westchester question. Employer authority, estate authority and personal ownership reach different records, and we settle which applies before a device is touched. The initial consultation is free.
Not sure whose authority reaches the device in front of you? Call the 24/7 hotline at (800) 868-8189 before anyone powers it on.
Westchester venues and custodians
Quarropas Street, the Commercial Division and Surrogate's Court
SDNY (300 Quarropas Street, White Plains)
Matters seated in the Southern District of New York's White Plains courthouse are preserved, collected, processed and reported on the schedule the assigned chambers sets, following that judge's individual practices.
Westchester County Supreme Court and Commercial Division
Commercial Division matters in Westchester carry electronic discovery requirements under the applicable state rules and the assigned order, and general docket matters follow New York State evidentiary practice with business records produced under CPLR 3120.
Westchester Surrogate's Court
Probate and estate matters turn on the reconstruction of digital assets, the examination of disputed documents and communications and the preservation of records from the decedent's devices and accounts, prepared in terms the Surrogate's Court can follow.
For a White Plains federal matter, the Southern District eDiscovery page walks through the workflow from hold notice to production volume. For the Surrogate's Court, the first step is establishing whose authority reaches the decedent's accounts.
Westchester practice notes
Company, Family or Estate, the Plan Changes
White Plains and Purchase corporate records
Corporate headquarters in White Plains, Purchase and Rye Brook carry a broad evidence profile: Microsoft 365 tenants with Entra ID identity, mid size ERP systems such as NetSuite, Sage or Microsoft Dynamics 365, endpoint security products and a mix of SaaS accounts. Preservation and collection follow the same discipline as our Manhattan corporate matters.
Family office and high net worth residential
Family office and residential matters commonly involve personal devices, personal cloud accounts, home network equipment and, increasingly, cryptocurrency wallets and hardware devices. Where cryptocurrency is part of the record, preservation includes the wallet files and, where the matter requires it, analysis of the transactions recorded on chain.
Surrogate's Court practice
For probate and estate matters in the Westchester Surrogate's Court, we reconstruct digital assets, examine disputed documents and communications and preserve records from the decedent's devices and accounts. When a will or trust document is disputed, the examination draws on its metadata and, for an electronically signed document, the signature platform's audit trail.
SDNY White Plains chambers
For matters seated in the White Plains courthouse, preservation, collection and reporting follow Southern District practice and the individual practices of the assigned chambers. Our Southern District of New York eDiscovery page describes that workflow from hold notice to production volume.
Company, family or estate, describe the record and who holds it and a senior examiner will walk through which authority has to be in place before any collection is proposed.
Frequently asked
Surrogate's Court, White Plains and Who Does the Work
Who handles Westchester matters?
The New York office at (212) 561-5860 runs Westchester matters, and examiners travel to White Plains, Yonkers, New Rochelle, Rye Brook and the rest of the county for on site collections and working meetings.
Can you handle Westchester Surrogate's Court matters?
Yes. Probate and estate matters commonly involve reconstruction of the decedent's digital footprint across mobile devices, personal computers, cloud accounts, encrypted archives and, where relevant, cryptocurrency wallets. The record is prepared for Surrogate's Court practice and the examiner is available to explain it.
How do you handle corporate matters in White Plains?
The same way we handle Manhattan corporate work: tenant and ERP preservation agreed with the administrator, collection documented source by source and an expert report written for the forum. We usually coordinate with outside counsel in White Plains or Manhattan.
Settle Authority Before Anyone Touches the Device
We start with the custodian or lawful representative, the account owner, the devices, the disputed date range and the deadline. Probate authority and employer authority reach different records, and possession alone never settles which one applies.
Our inventory marks the status of every item, for example an estate held device received, a cloud export awaiting authority and a business record supplied by its owner, and we confirm method support, encryption, retention and prior handling before examination begins. Each conclusion in the report is linked to the acquired source, and unavailable data and alternate explanations are identified rather than left for cross examination to find.
The appointment, the receiving person, the transport and any specialized account or asset expertise are confirmed separately, so the plan survives contact with the calendar.
Possession is not authority, and the inventory starts by recording both. Tell us how each item was received and we will set the handoff from there.
Talk with an examiner
Reach an Examiner Before the Device Changes Hands
Tell us who holds the devices and accounts, where they are and the deadline. A senior examiner calls back, listens in confidence and explains what authority the collection needs. The consultation is free.
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Settle Whose Authority Reaches the Record
On the first call the examiner works out which authority reaches each device and account, what can be preserved now, how a device or access is handed over and how long the examination will take. We set up a secure transfer for evidence and credentials on that call.
Westchester matters: (212) 561-5860
GDF does not accept pro se litigation cases, and GDF may decline matrimonial or family law cases at our discretion.
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