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What is a Computer Expert
Witness? What is Computer
Forensics?
How
can a Computer Expert Witness or a Computer Forensics Examination
help me in my matter?
What
is the difference between a Computer Expert Witness or a Computer
Forensics Examiner and what drives the costs for the
services which are rendered?
What
type of computer forensics cases does you company handle?
These web-pages will address these
and other questions you should consider whenever retaining a
computer consultant for mediation, arbitration, the discovery, trial
or appellate phase purposes, respectively.
(Short on time? The
short answers in retaining a Computer
Expert is found here. )
What we do for our clients is
Computer Forensics and Computer Expert Witness Testimony Services,
with the latest tools available and with utmost
speed.
We support attorneys through the
drafting of pleadings, motions and orders to expedite the processes
necessary to conduct discovery and perform our function with the
least cost and stress to the Client.
The matters we handle
include criminal, civil, regulatory and
administrative matters.
Civil matters includes divorce, child custody,
bankruptcy, accounting, decryption of encrypted files and passwords,
contracts, systems engineering, data recovery, theft of
services, internet and e-mail or spam litigation.
Criminal matters include computer related crime such
as contraband images (child pornography), Adam
Walsh Act issues, peer-to-peer (Limewire, E-Donkey,
Bit-Torrent, etc.), wire fraud, spam, UCMJ and CJA
matters. The area of computer forensics can expand into
issues of homicide, trespass, stalking and tax evasion.
Computerlegalexperts.com personnel have
testified in US District Court, State
Courts (Superior, Municipal, Circuit and District Courts),
Military Courts and Arbitrations.
The facts are
clear: When outright vindication is impossible, risk
reduction, based upon the facts, is essential in your matter.
Information technology and computers are a treasure trove of
information. Let's use the "Sgt. Joe Friday"
approach of "Just the facts, Ma'am. Just the
facts."
Fact
1- Intentional destruction of data that is
foreseeably subject to litigation, needs to be identified.
The best strategy, when involving a computer
forensics examination, is having the information in hand to make
an informed decision. Whether it is criminal,
potential or actual civil litigation, regulatory or
administrative, knowledge is one of the most powerful tools
that any litgant or attorney can have. A pro-active response
shows responsibilty to mitigate issues and is not only encouraged,
but may cost substantially less than ignoring the issue or
procrastination of the efforts required in a particular
matter. This is especailly true in Employment and Labor
Law, Business Law, as well as Family
Law.
Fact
2- Under the Adam Walsh Act, mandatory sentencing
can be for as much as 10 years per
image. When faced with 10+ years of
incarceration, do you really feel lucky going with the
"inexperienced nerdy-geek," or have confidence with someone
with Brooks
Brothers style, who is well seasoned and who can
say this famous line in the middle of a winning battle from the
motion picture, Patton. Simply stated, we get into
the facts of what the lies in the heart of the computer and or the
computer's hard drive, not just examine images designed for shock
value.
Fact 3-
Sometimes "Experts" try to pump-up their resume or try
to reduce expense fees may appear low and as a bargain or
"loss-leader" to in order to gain your business or make-up
margin. At Computerlegalexperts.com, we believe that when
the engineering and cost estimating is performed in the beginning,
there are no "surprise endings," potential risks are addressed,
reduced or eliminated or potential or actual horror
stories.
Communications with legal counsel is a significant element in your
case! (Please note that these documents are taken from
directly from court records and is strictly for Illustrative
purposes.) We have a sliding fee schedule for
those cases that are CJA-type matters.
Fact 4-
Our methodology has received compliments from the bench as being
thorough and diligent and thorough in the performance of computer
forensics. Our work is measurable and is the methodology is
equal to or above and beyond what DOJ/FBI or DHS/ICE utilizes.
Fact
5-
Computerlegalexperts.com is recognized domestically and
internationally. In 2007, Computerlegalexperts.com is cited
in a study by the University of Pretoria's
Information and Security Architecture Group and the University of Fribourg,
Switzerland, in the
publication of Visual Correlation in the Context of Post Mortem
Analysis.
Fact
6- What are the
potential consequences of the failure to eliminate or
mitigate the charges against you or your client?
Divorce case related. Husband was accused of
collecting child pornography, but was "out of town" when the
images were placed on his laptop at home.
C.R. woman gets 30 years in child
porn case (30
Years)
Chicago Tribune - United States
AP CEDAR
RAPIDS, Iowa - A Cedar Rapids woman was sentenced Thursday to 30
years in prison for possessing child pornography she produced.
Ky. man pleads guilty in Indiana
child porn case (20 Years)Chicago Tribune - United
States
Sixty-eight-year-old Jack A. Taylor of Rolling
Springs, Ky., pleaded guilty to producing child pornography
Thursday in US District Court in Indianapolis.
Las Vegas Man Gets Life For Child
Porn (Life
Sentence)KXNT - Las Vegas,NV,USA
A 58-year-old
Las Vegas man is the first Nevada resident get life in prison on
federal child pornography charges. Robert Latham was convicted
last year Las Vegas man gets 20 years for child
porn (20
Years)KXMC - Minot,ND,USA
(AP) A 57-year-old
Nevada prison inmate has been sentenced to nearly 20 years on
federal child pornography charges, but not before the judge
ordered him ...
Mesa man gets 13 years for child
pornography (13
Years)AZFamily - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Cardullo
pleaded guilty on November 6, 2007 to one Count of Distribution
of Child Pornography and one Count of Receiving Child
Pornography. ...
Montreal teacher pleads
guilty to US child porn charges (Potential 125 Years)Toronto Star - Ontario,
Canada
A teacher at an elite private school in
Montreal faces up to 125 years in prison with no chance of
parole after pleading guilty in Virginia to child porn
possession. Richard Doucet, arrested last year at a hotel
southwest of Washington, DC, pleaded guilty Thursday to 25
counts of possessing child pornography...
Harts man gets 25 years
for producing child porn (25 Years)Daily Mail - Charleston -
Charleston,WV,USA
Clinton Combs, 45, of Harts has been
sentenced by federal Judge Joseph R. Goodwin to 25 years in
prison for production of child pornography.
Fact
7- Our commitment
to client-care is simple: We "Walk it as we talk
it." What do attorneys say about retaining
an Computer Expert Witness?
Know the Law and
the Technology-
As soon as
possible after a subpoena or search warrant is served,
hire a forensic computer examiner to educate you about the
technology at issue in the case.
- Amy Baron-Evans,
Attorney-at-Law (2004)
On Expert
Witnesses and Trial Consultants-
The cost may
be high to employ the Expert, but it may well be higher
not to employ one. Indeed, Counsel who chooses to
proceed without an Expert may be flirting with
malpractice.
- Melvin Belli Sr. (Courtesy of Dan Poynter &
from Trial Magazine)
Computerlegalexperts.com's
Discriminators-in-Chief
What makes
Computerlegalexperts.com different than other
firms?
1. The ensurance of and
the exercise of due care and consideration when performing any
computer forensics analysis.
2. Open communication
with the Client or Counsel, in order to ensure the attorney can
best represent the client's interests.
3. The ability
to testify before a judge, jury, prosecutor or attorneys in a
clear and concise manner. This includes aiding the attorney
in drafting motions, protective orders, writs, deposition
questions and other communications necessary to support your
litigation or position.
4.
Computerlegalexperts.com is a "one-stop" shop that is focused
on Computer Forensics and Computer Expert Witness
Testimony. If the job is not within our scope,
Computerlegalexperts.com can refer you (not farm you out) to other
professionals who can meet or exceed your expectations.
5. Individualized care
is and integral part of Computerlegalexperts.com's business
model. It is better to have a happy potential client,
than a client who may
become dissatissfied.
If you are a litigant in a
civil action, hard drives become a treasure trove of
information and can contain the "smoking gun" that is needed for
trial. At the same time, the defense needs to preserve
their data and compare it with the "before" and "after" the
opposition has reviewed the data.
If you or your client has been
charged under the Adam Walsh Act or other
criminal activity? Have you or your client been the victim of
Sexting? We have
critical skills and experience in working within the area of computer forensics, not only for computers, but
cellular phones, too.
Sometimes it is a mere scrap of
information which can enable your legal counsel to leverage that
knowledge to have you prevail or lead to a fair settlement in your
matter.
Our tools and methodology has been reviewed by the
judiciary and in being court qualified,
when testimony is given, Computerlegalexperts.com does not
proffer "junk science," but hard evidence that prevails in our
approach in your matter.
Computerlegalexperts.com does not only have the
knowledge and skill-set to meet your needs, but also uses
proven, high-end computer forensic
tools that are in use by law enforcement
agencies and the Department of Defense. We bring the
"CSI" persona or aura into your matter by utilizing our
unique knowledge and the latest tools that are on the market. We have the
ability to not only image and look at and decrypt the data
contained on computer hard-drives and various forms
of portable memory, such as USB, stick memory or flash memory,
without altering the data on the item in
question.
Don't get
"burned" by retaining a bogus computer
expert or someone who "sounds like one."
One phone call does it all, to get things
started.
All of our personnel are reputable and
certified in the area of Computer Expert Witness and Computer
Forensics. We have over twenty-five years
of computer and IT experience and we also use the "State of the Art"
Technology that is employed by various government agencies to help
enable a maximization of benefits in your matter
when using a expert witness or trial
consultant? We've even been seen in the Spies at Work segment
on the Fox News Show, here in Washington,
D.C.
If your case a matter of
an:
Incident
Investigation or Computer Crime such as peer-to-peer / P2P, child
pornography, child exploitation or computer abuse or misuse?
Securing evidence in or for a child support / child custody
matter? Asset discovery or password recovery? Employee
abuse of company property or e-mail systems? Verification and
validation of the evidence recovered? Did your child use the
cell-phone service you paid for and transmitted data that you are
now wondering why you are the accused? (read
here)
Please call Computerlegalexperts.com at
202-262-0225
Do you require
professional digital discovery, which requires Electronic Evidence /
Evidentiary Recovery or computer-related electronic
discovery such as email, encrypted
spreadsheets or password protected documents? Data
preservation or need to turn over mirror imaged hard drives for
discovery purposes? Are the files password protected, are
there sexual harassment charges or an employer / employee issue
regarding company computer and / or internet use? Is
your ex-spouse (or soon to be) hiding assets and you just
don't know where to look on their computer or maybe you will need an
expert report, before you enter the Trial Phase? Is this
litigation where e-mail or instant messenger communication is
involved?
Please
call Computerlegalexperts.com at
202-262-0225
At
Computerlegalexperts.com, we perform services in the areas
of computer forensics, internet, electronic discovery, password
recovery and decryption, information technology, information
security and computer forensics, Trial Consultation and Expert
Witness Services. If you are seeking the services of someone
who doesn't play "Buzzword Bingo" and
you need someone with the attributes of Gen. George S. Patton,
the on-screen, action-hero characteristics of John
Wayne, Tommy Lee
Jones, Russell
Crowe, Bill
Pullman, Robert
Duvall, or Sam
Elliott, then you'll love our no-nonsense
approach in supporting your
litigation.
At
Computerlegalexperts.com, we take our clients seriously by being
"client-conscience." Whether
your litigation is at the pleading, discovery or trial
phase, we recognize that no single
case is the same. An example is a service which
advertises a "$599 special" to do a hard-drive "sneak-and-peek" with
a search for ten words, is analogous to doing an oil change, but not
looking at the other critical areas of the car, such
as the fluid levels in the radiator, battery, power steering
and differential.
Whether or not you
choose our firm, time is of the essence and the early
retention of an Expert is critical in any matter.
Even if you elect not to utilize our talents, please
consider contacting Jason Coombs (Hawaii /
West Coast)
How do we successfully support our
clients?
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We do the best for our client's by
vetting the ALL of the information and laying out
the facts. We do not engage in "snipe-hunting" and the
opinions expressed are based upon a finding of hard facts and case
law, not Junk Science, a one-button solution or the usage
of "Auto-Pilot" software that requires no exercise of the
thought process. We "Walk it as we talk
it."
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We have the knowledge and use of
technologies that most law enforcement agencies awe
over. Simply stated, you or your counsel
needs the support we provide because your litigation is
mission-critical: We can't afford to give the opposition a break
and we have to send them packing, by using multiple tests, for
independent verification and validation, which meets or
exceeds the Daubert and Kuhmo standards
under the Federal Rules of Evidence.
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In fairness to the potential client,
we freely advertise our rates and as
professionals. and we don't "gold-plate"
what you don't need. The client deserves to know how
far their budget or cost outlay is and we challenge all
experts to state their rates involved in a typical
litigation.
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Our firm is a specialized in the area
of information technology and we choose to help the
law, not to practice it. Our legal experience and
education complements what you and / or Counsel's need-to-know for
for discovery and trial preparation.
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We know our limitations and have the
courage to pass on a client, if we feel that we cannot adequately
represent his / her best interests.
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We will never color our opinions in
order to "tell the story right." We let you or your
attorney know what the facts are.
Call the people whose name
says what it means!
Call
ComputerLegalExperts.com - Your Computer Expert Witness & Trial
Consultation Services Solution
at (202)
262-0225!
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