Criminal Defense Forensics
A second look at the prosecution's digital evidence.
Defense-side forensic review and expert testimony for appointed counsel and criminal defense attorneys. CJA and JAC friendly. Digital evidence reimaged, timelines reconstructed, and opposing expert methodology subjected to the same scrutiny the prosecution expects the defense will not bring.
Overview
Defense forensics is a discipline of its own.
Prosecution digital forensics is rarely wrong on the large facts, but it is frequently incomplete. Timestamps get interpreted against the wrong timezone. Artifacts get attributed to user action when a system process created them. Evidence of alternative explanations lives in the same dataset the government produced and nobody looked for it.
A defense forensic review is not an attack on the prosecution's work. It is a methodical, independent re-examination of the same digital record with the defense's questions driving what gets analyzed. Done correctly, it produces findings that stand up to cross-examination in the same jurisdiction where the government's expert will testify.
What a Second Look Includes
Working from the same evidence the government has.
Independent imaging and preservation
Defense copies of the digital evidence hashed and chain-of-custody documented by our team, not relied on solely through the government's production.
Timeline reconstruction
Full timestamp analysis across file system, application, and network artifacts, with attention to timezone handling, clock drift, and automated system activity versus user action.
Alternative-explanation analysis
Systematic search for evidence of malware, remote access, shared device use, automated processes, or other factors that may explain artifacts the government has attributed to the defendant.
Opposing expert methodology review
Review of the prosecution expert's report and tools, identification of assumptions and limitations, and preparation of deposition or cross-examination materials for defense counsel.
CJA and JAC
We work with appointed counsel.
Our team has taken CJA appointments in federal matters and JAC appointments in Florida state matters. We scope engagements to budget constraints and deliver findings in formats compatible with the fee-application and reimbursement processes those systems require.
For sensitive criminal matters - including matters attorneys reasonably do not want posted on a website - we bring the same discretion and rigor to the analysis that we bring to the largest federal enforcement work we handle.
Have a matter under appointment?
Send us the charge type, jurisdiction, and what the government has produced. A member of our team will follow up directly to scope the review.
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