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 matters does Computerlegalexperts.com handle?
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Criminal Charges
- Child Pornography, Sexting, Text Messaging, Fraud, and
Taxation.
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Civil Litigation - Divorce, Child
Custody, Spousal Assets, Text Messaging, Employer Liability,
Sexual Harassment, "Captcha" Routines, Electronic Discovery,
Sexual Harassment, and Unemployment Compensation
issue
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.
)
Really super short on time? CALL Computerlegalexperts.com for a
free assessment of your matter.
What Computerlegalexperts.com
does for our clients is Computer Forensics and Computer Expert
Witness Testimony Services, utilizing the latest and same tools
as the United States Government Agencies, that are available.
To provide value to the client our objective is to act with
diligence and make every effort to deliver a quality product
for pre-trial purposes. In the event the matter does go to
trial, a professional presentation is prepared and delivered to
the respective court.
Computerlegalexperts.com supports
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 include but are not limited
to: 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 include issues such
as 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
Panels.
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 or "spoliation," 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 litigant or attorney can have. A pro-active
response shows responsibility 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 especially 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-
Some "Experts" try to pump-up their resume or
CV or try to reduce
their fees and present the appearance as "Bargain Basement'
or "loss-leader" to in order to gain your business or will try and
make it up on 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.
Federal sentence given in
child porn case (8 Years, plus 5 years "supervised
release")
York
News-Times - United
States
Omaha, Nebraska - The Honorable
Laurie Smith-Camp sentenced Channon Crites to a prison term of
96 months following his conviction. The court also ordered that
Crites’ computer equipment be forfeited to the United
States.
Long jail term for child-porn
convict (40 Years, plus 20 years "supervised
release")
Chicago Tribune - United
States
Alfred Shippy will be behind bars for
40-years, because his sentence will run concurrently with a
federal conviction for producing child pornography
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 ...
Arlington Man Gets Maximum
Sentence for Possessing Child
Porn (10
Years plus "Life" of "supervised
release")
33 KDAF-TV - Dallas,TX,USA
He
admitted using the Internet and common child pornography search
terms to find the porn. Ngo had been in police custody since his
arrest in April 2009. ...The 43-year-old man will serve his
120-month-term without parole. In addition, Ngo will serve a
lifetime of supervised release.
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
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 an integral part of Computerlegalexperts.com's
business model. It is better to have a happy potential
client, than a client who may
become disatissfied.
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
