Digital forensics is the process of collecting, analyzing, and preserving digital evidence in legal investigations or disputes. Digital forensics expert witnesses are professionals with extensive knowledge of digital forensic techniques and tools who can provide expert testimony in cases related to digital evidence, including intellectual property theft, cybercrime, and computer fraud. Related sub-specialties include computer science, cybersecurity, and information technology.
A few cases in which an attorney might need a digital forensics expert witness:
An intellectual property case involving theft of trade secrets or copyright infringement
A cybercrime case involving hacking, phishing, or ransomware attacks
A computer fraud case involving embezzlement, data manipulation, or financial fraud.
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This highly qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in computer security, digital forensics, and digital currency, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. He earned his BS in computer science and his MS in data communications networks and distributed systems from the University College London. In addition, this expert holds 3 patents and has published 7 books involving digital currency and bitcoin. He has held several roles throughout his career including being an IT ...
This highly-qualified expert has 15 years of experience in graphic design, photography, and photography alteration. He received his AAS in design communications from South Plains College before earning his BS in business administration and management from the University of Phoenix. He has demonstrated experience with Adobe software, including InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop, and his work frequently involves recognizing manipulated files, photos, and copyright ...
This expert has extensive experience in photography and videography. He earned his BA in psychology, sociology, and communications from San Diego State University. He is a certified instructor of forensic photography and a licensed real estate broker. He began his career with the San Diego Police Department, serving as a level III reserve officer and a crisis intervention counselor, as well as a photographer. This expert then started his own company, Jacobson & ...
This highly-qualified expert is a certified audio video forensic analyst with nearly 20 years of experience in evidence collection, video and still image conversion, restoration, clarification, enhancement, authentication, photogrammetry, content analysis, and comparison. He received both his BA and MA in organizational leadership at Woodbury University, his PhD in higher education leadership at Trident University, and his MEd in instructional design at Western Governors ...
This highly-qualified mathematics expert has over 25 years of experience in his field. He earned his BA and MA in mathematics from California State University, Sacramento. He is a certified scrum master as well as a member of the American Mathematical Society. Formerly, he was an instructor of mathematics at California State University, Sacramento, Sierra Community College District, Los Rios Community College District, and San Diego Community College District. He also ...
This highly-qualified expert over 40 years of experience in the film, television, & digital media industry. His work has been focused in areas including lost earnings, trade custom and usage, and profit entitlements. He graduated magna cum laude with his BA from Kenyon College before earning his JD from New York University. This expert is active in his field as a member of several associations, including the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the International ...
This expert has over 20 years of experience in the field of digital forensics. She attended the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy, and served the Phoenix Police Department as a Digital Mobile Forensic Detective. While working there, she worked in several different units, including the Home Invasion Kidnapping Enforcement Unit, the Intelligence Action Center, and the Digital Forensic Investigation Unit. She has participated in many trainings and classes, earning her several ...
This highly qualified expert is a EnCase certified examiner with years of experience in digital forensics. He was the director of the Greater Houston Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory, a multi-agency task force. He was also an FBI certified Computer Forensics Examiner and a Certified Forensic Computer Examiner with the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists. He has conducted hundreds of computer forensic exams involving a variety of ...
This former dean of journalism has spend 40+ years in the academic study of mass communication. He earned his BA in Political Science and English from Boston College, thereafter earning an MA and PhD from the University of Iowa, where he began his subsequent career as an academician. He is the author of numerous scholarly publications in the field of journalism, including two acclaimed books regarding libel....
For over 20 years this expert has designed, spec'd, built, and operated networks that have been primarily run by switches, routers, firewalls and other Cisco equipment. His work has allowed him the pleasure of building traditional telephony, IP telephony, video, enterprise and datacenter networks that have each supported thousands of endpoints and servers. In two cases the networks have been global, the largest of which stretched across seven data centers and twelve ...
This information technology expert has 20+ years of experience in the field. She formerly worked as a computer network specialist for FEMA and the Director of the Forensic Lab at Computer Forensics Associates. A member of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association, she currently owns and operates a full service digital forensics firm. She also worked with AccessData the leader in Digital Forensics Software....
This highly qualified expert is the owner of a major digital forensics company in North Carolina. He has worked in the technology field in different positions since 1987. He is a certified continuing education instructor specializing in cell phone and computer forensics and a certified digital forensics examiner. He has attended 5+ digital forensics training conferences and published 3+ professional publications on cell phone forensics. He is a member of multiple ...
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Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Durkin v. Platz Citation: 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13953 The plaintiffs and defendants partnered to write a screenplay. However, the contract between the…
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This case involves alleged misconduct by a large online retailer. An expert with specific experience working in businesses that allow users upload material, such as videos, pictures, or music, or post items for sale to a website (such as eBay, YouTube, Vimeo,…
This case involves allegations of evidence tampering in relation to a commercial transportation accident. A shipping container weighing approximately 20 tons was being lifted onto a ship by an industrial crane. As it was being hoisted up, the container dropped from a significant height killing 2 longshoremen…
This case involves a group of couples and individuals that were recorded in their hotel rooms in Colorado without their consent. After a woman discovered a hidden camera in the desk of her room, the hotel launched an internal investigation to determine the origin of…
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