Independent technical practice

Digital Forensics & Expert Witness

Evidence preserved, examined and defended from the first forensic image of a device through testimony that holds up under cross-examination.

Bagged hard drive beside a forensic write blocker.

Who we serve

  • Law Firms
  • General Counsel
  • Corporations
  • Insurers
  • Government Agencies

Scope

What we deliver

  • Mobile Device Forensics

    Extraction and analysis of phones and tablets, including deleted messages, location artifacts and application data.

  • Computer & Email Forensics

    Forensic imaging of workstations, servers and mailboxes, with header and account-level authentication of disputed email.

  • eDiscovery Support

    Defensible collection, processing and production in the formats counsel and the court require.

  • Intellectual Property Forensics

    Reconstruction of file movement, exfiltration and use of trade secrets by departing employees or competitors.

  • Electronic Exit Interviews

    Preservation and review of a departing employee's devices and accounts before evidence ages out.

  • Expert Witness Testimony

    Reports, declarations, deposition and trial testimony from examiners who have been qualified in court.

Engagements can be structured through outside counsel where privilege matters.

Methodology

How the engagement runs

  1. Preserve

    Legal hold guidance and immediate preservation, before routine activity overwrites what matters.

  2. Image

    Forensic acquisition with hash verification and documented chain of custody from the first hour.

  3. Examine

    Analysis against the questions the matter actually turns on, not a generic keyword sweep.

  4. Report

    Findings written to be understood by a judge, a jury and opposing counsel's expert.

  5. Testify

    Declaration, deposition and trial testimony, prepared with your litigation team.

What counsel receives

A file another examiner could pick up.

The report ties each finding to a source artifact and records how the evidence was acquired, handled and examined.

A court decides admissibility. The engagement file documents the method and foundation counsel may need to address it.

  • Scope letter and stated assumptionsWhat was asked, what was examined, what was out of scope, and the assumptions the analysis rests on.
  • Evidence handling recordAcquisition details, hash values, storage and transfer, and a chain-of-custody log for each item.
  • Methodology statementTools, versions and procedures described so a second qualified examiner can repeat the work.
  • Findings, separated from interpretationObserved facts first; expert opinion identified as opinion, with the basis for each conclusion.
  • Limitations and unresolved questionsWhat the evidence cannot show, what was unavailable, and what further work would be required.
  • Exhibits and supporting materialExtracted artifacts, timelines and schedules in a form that can be attached to a filing or a board pack.
  • Testimony supportDeclarations, deposition and trial preparation with your litigation team, where the matter calls for it.

Proof

Trade secret theft by a departing executive, manufacturing sector

A manufacturer suspected an outgoing executive had taken design files. Examination of the issued laptop and cloud accounts recovered the deleted transfer record and established what left the business, when, and by what route. The findings supported injunctive relief and were not successfully challenged.

Credentials & standards

  • Founded in 1992; thousands of examinations
  • Court-qualified expert witnesses
  • Documented chain of custody on every engagement
  • Industry-recognized examiner certifications (including EnCE and GIAC-level credentials)

Additional context

How the work takes shape

Practical detail for common digital evidence assignments.

Testifying experts who still practice

Testimony has been given across source code and patent disputes, operating systems and devices, networks, databases and enterprise platforms, hardware defect claims and biometric privacy matters. The examiners who testify are working practitioners rather than briefcase experts or academics, so the explanation offered in deposition matches how the technology behaves in the field.

Mobile, tablet and cloud evidence

Handsets and tablets are treated as one half of the record and the associated cloud accounts as the other. Messages including deleted messages, chat application data, call logs, browsing history, media with EXIF metadata, application artifacts and location data are recovered where they exist; locked devices are assessed case by case rather than promised. Device data is then correlated with provider and cloud copies so a timeline can be corroborated from more than one source.

Email and message authentication

Email work answers three questions: can the messages be recovered from the clients, servers, devices and webmail services involved; can they be authenticated; and where messages were deleted or spoliated, is enough recoverable to support a hearing. Header analysis establishes sender, recipient, timestamps and the full delivery path, and imaging preserves the original so nothing is altered on the way to production.

Data exfiltration and departing employees

Intellectual property matters follow the data: cloud sync accounts, webmail, USB attachment history, document metadata and version history, installed obfuscation tools and chat artifacts. The same method supports structured examinations of departing staff, where imaging the workstation at exit preserves the record before it is reissued and answers the misappropriation question early rather than during litigation. Remote, mobile, court-ordered and hostile-environment eDiscovery collections follow the same chain-of-custody process.

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Frequently asked

Common questions

Can you work as a neutral or court-appointed examiner?

Yes. We are regularly engaged as a neutral third-party examiner where both sides need one set of findings, and we accept court-appointed examinations under an agreed protocol.

How quickly can you preserve evidence?

Preservation is scheduled immediately. Where a device is at risk of being wiped, reissued or overwritten, we can dispatch on the same day and image on site or by secure shipment.

Will your report be admissible?

Admissibility is decided by the court, not by us. What we control is the record: methodology, tooling and chain-of-custody documentation designed to support defensibility, reports written to be tested under a Daubert or Frye challenge, and examiners who have been qualified and cross-examined in state and federal proceedings.

Talk with an examiner

Discuss the matter and the next step.

Call to discuss timing, scope and the safest way to share information. Do not send evidence or credentials by email.

24/7 hotline: 1-800-868-8189

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