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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.
(sources: Totallawyers.com and NY Post)
FBI Makes Arrest In Major Texas Child Porn Case
KWTX - Waco,TX,USA
A federal grand jury indictment unsealed Friday charges Gale with single counts of receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
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.
FBI child-porn fighter is an iron hand in a velvet glove
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
In 2007, Paton received five concurrent life terms for producing child pornography. But her strongest skill may be getting bad guys to spill...
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.
Former president of Albany Young Democrats pleads to child porn case  (4.75 Years)
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
... to track down another consumer of child pornography who had told Jakes-Johnson online that he was molesting his own son...
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 PullmanRobert 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)

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How do we successfully support our clients?

  1. 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."
  2. 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.
  3. 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. 
  4. 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. 
  5. 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.
  6. 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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