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When the investigation turns on digital evidence, firms call Law & Forensics.

We run the forensic investigations behind internal inquiries, trade-secret disputes, and SEC and white-collar matters — and our cybersecurity and digital-forensics experts testify to the findings in court, arbitration, and government proceedings.

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  • Findings that survive cross-examination
  • Court-appointed neutrals & special masters
  • Defensible chain of custody, end to end
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  • Testifying experts

    Retained in government & white-collar matters

  • Recognized authority

    Scholarship cited in Black’s Law Dictionary

  • Forensic innovation

    Multiple U.S. patents in forensic technology

  • Trusted as neutrals

    Appointed JAMS special masters & arbitrators

Industries we serve: financial services · healthcare · technology · government · manufacturing · energy · retail · and more

New from Law & Forensics

Digital Evidence in the Courtroom: A 2026 Mid-Year Review

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Years of forensic & legal expertise
20+
Matters & engagements
1,000+
Courts & arbitral forums
100+
Special-master & neutral appointments
200+

Figures reflect the firm's cumulative engagement history. Most matters are confidential; published appointments are a documented subset, not the whole book of business.

Our scale & reach

The depth of a firm. The focus of a specialist.

Law & Forensics brings together rare technical, legal, and investigative expertise — trusted by counsel, boards, and courts when the stakes are highest.

  • Court-tested experts

    Our cybersecurity and digital-forensics experts have testified in state, federal, arbitral, and government proceedings.

  • Forensic investigators

    We conduct internal, trade-secret, and white-collar investigations — following the digital evidence wherever it leads.

  • Trusted as neutrals

    Appointed as special masters, arbitrators, and mediators in complex technology disputes.

  • From investigation to testimony

    The same team that uncovers and preserves the evidence stands behind it on the witness stand.

Trusted where the stakes are highest

The people who can't afford to be wrong call us

  • Am Law 100 law firms
  • Fortune 500 companies
  • Global financial institutions
  • Government & regulators
  • Leading universities & health systems

Featured & cited in

  • Law360
  • Thomson Reuters
  • Los Angeles & San Francisco Daily Journal

Bylines & citations also in Forbes, Bloomberg Law, The Wall Street Journal & The New York Times.

What we do

Investigations and testimony, built on forensic rigor

From digital forensics and internal investigations to expert testimony, every engagement is built on a defensible evidentiary record. Cybersecurity, eDiscovery, and privacy round out the practice.

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Industries we serve

Fluent in the sectors where the stakes run highest

Regulated, high-consequence industries demand experts who already speak the language — the regulators, the data, and the way disputes unfold. Find your sector.

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Proven outcomes

Results that held up

Anonymized engagements across regulated industries — real Law & Forensics work, client identities protected.

In their words

What counsel say

Trusted by the lawyers, boards, and courts who turn to us when the technical facts decide the outcome.

  • When the board needed answers fast, they ran the internal investigation cleanly — followed the digital trail, preserved everything, and gave us findings we could act on and defend.
    General Counsel, Fortune 100 companyInternal investigation
  • Their examiners reconstructed exactly how our trade secrets left the building, and it held up when their expert testified — the opinions survived cross because the analysis was rigorous.
    Litigation Partner, Am Law 100 firmTrade-secret theft
  • Facing an SEC inquiry, we needed an expert who could explain the trading data to regulators and, if it came to it, to a court. They were precise, measured, and never overstated the evidence.
    Securities Defense Partner, national firmSEC / white-collar investigation
  • We've brought them in as testifying experts on digital-forensics and cybersecurity questions in government and white-collar matters — they make complex technical facts something a judge and jury can follow.
    Partner, white-collar & government investigations practiceExpert testimony
  • When an intrusion became litigation, the same team that investigated it stood behind the evidence as our expert. Boardroom to courtroom, with no handoff.
    Chief Legal Officer, global enterpriseCybersecurity expert testimony

The people who testify

Meet the experts behind the work

Named, court-tested expert witnesses, special masters, and neutrals — the kind of practitioners who advise the boardroom and then defend the evidence in the courtroom.

  • Daniel B. Garrie, Founder, Law & Forensics

    Daniel B. Garrie

    Founder

    • Board-Level Consulting
    • Digital Forensics
  • David Cass, Expert Consultant · Head of FinTech Practice, Law & Forensics

    David Cass

    Expert Consultant · Head of FinTech Practice

    • Cryptocurrency & Digital Assets
    • Cybersecurity
  • Roland Cloutier, Expert Consultant, Law & Forensics

    Roland Cloutier

    Expert Consultant

    • Board-Level Consulting
    • Enterprise & Corporate Security
  • Gary Corn, Director, Technology, Law & Security, American University, Law & Forensics

    Gary Corn

    Director, Technology, Law & Security, American University

    • Cyber Warfare Consulting
    • Cyber Warfare Training
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Insights

Sharp thinking from the front lines

Analysis on the questions our clients face, from the team that publishes the field's reference works.

2026-08-11 · eDiscovery

GenAI Gets Its 'Da Silva Moore' Moment: What Schulte v. LinkedIn Means for Every Producing Party's ESI Protocol

On July 1, 2026, a federal magistrate judge became the first to expressly accept generative AI as the tool making final responsiveness determinations in litigation discovery—treating it as an evolved form of TAR under the same FRCP proportionality framework courts have applied since 2012. Litigators and in-house counsel should understand what that holding demands of their ESI protocols now, not after the order is entered.

  • 2026-07-24 · eDiscovery

    Hyperlinks, Short Messages, and Generative AI: What James v. Cerebras Systems Demands of Your ESI Protocol

    In James v. Cerebras Systems Inc., the Northern District of California entered a single stipulated ESI protocol governing cloud-hosted hyperlinked documents, short message data, and generative AI workflows — the first order to combine modern-attachment handling with explicit AI-governance obligations. In-house counsel and litigators operating under legacy ESI protocols should treat this ruling as a checklist-level prompt for immediate review.

  • 2026-07-21 · eDiscovery

    Old Rules, New Tools: What Schulte v. LinkedIn Means for Defensible AI-Assisted Document Review

    In Schulte v. LinkedIn Corp., a Northern District of California magistrate judge became the first federal jurist to squarely address generative AI in document review, holding that existing TAR standards govern — and that no special rules are required. Litigators and in-house counsel must understand what that ruling demands of their AI-review workflows today.

News & events

Recognition and milestones

Awards, appointments, books, and speaking engagements from across the Law & Forensics team.

Scholarship

We write the book on it — literally

Our experts author the books and law-review scholarship that shape how courts and counsel understand technology.

Book

Uncovering Digital Evidence

Thomson Reuters / book · 2024

Book

Cybersecurity and the Courthouse: Safeguarding the Judicial Process

Wolters Kluwer · 2019

Teaching & education

Our experts teach this

From Harvard to Chicago-Kent to the Global Cyber Institute, our team trains the next generation of cyber-legal leaders — and you can request complimentary CLE access.

  • Harvard Extension School

    Fundamentals of the Law and Cybersecurity (CSCI E-147A)

    Daniel B. Garrie, David Cass

    4 credits

  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Tech

    Certificate in Cybersecurity

    Daniel B. Garrie, David Cass, George Pierce

    Professional certificate (non-credit)

  • Global Cyber Institute · UCLA Extension

    Cyber Certificate Program for Lawyers

    Daniel B. Garrie, David Cass

    CLE-eligible (incl. ethics)

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