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Computers and Storage
Our computer forensics work may examine supported computers, external drives, file systems, user activity, files, deleted-data conditions, and available system artifacts.
See forensic examination services →Start with the matter and the available evidence
Start with the questions the digital evidence needs to answer.
For Cleveland area law firms or businesses, the first step is to identify the events and people involved, then the devices or accounts that may hold relevant records. The matter may concern an employee departure, disputed activity, mobile or cloud evidence, a business investigation, or litigation. We then define the forensic scope and requested work product.
Planning example: Counsel may need a computer forensics review, records preserved from several sources, transfers or deletions traced, or technical findings explained. The initial scope identifies the questions, available sources, and requested work product before collection or analysis.
Digital evidence sources
We help identify where the useful evidence may live
A question rarely begins and ends with one device or one location. Our digital forensics team helps determine which computers, phones, accounts, documents, backups, and business systems may be worth preserving and examining for a Cleveland matter, whether they are at an office, with a remote employee, or hosted in the cloud. Computer forensics may address a workstation or storage device while related evidence remains in email, mobile, or cloud sources.
Phones & Mobile Data
Supported mobile phones, applications, messages, media, backups, and device information relevant to the scoped question.
See mobile phone forensics →Cloud, Email & Documents
Supported Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, email, cloud storage, collaboration data, metadata, and document history.
See cloud forensics →Computers
Mobile phones
Email
Cloud accounts
Documents
Logs & backups
Services for law firms and businesses
Digital Forensics Services
We support Cleveland area outside counsel, litigation teams, in-house legal departments, HR, compliance, IT, security, risk, and business leaders with focused digital evidence work.
Computer Forensics Investigations
Our computer forensics services include focused collection and digital forensics examination of supported computers and storage media for file activity, user activity, deleted-data assessment, communications, and timeline questions.
Computer examination services →Mobile Phone Forensics
Collection and examination of supported phones, applications, messages, media, device information, and available backups when mobile evidence relates to the matter.
Mobile phone forensics services →Cloud, Email & Document Forensics
Preservation and review of supported Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, email, cloud storage, collaboration data, file metadata, and document history.
Cloud and email forensics →Employee & Business Investigations
Technical support for suspected employee misconduct, departing-employee activity, possible business data theft, intellectual-property concerns, fraud, data breaches, and other defined incidents.
Employee investigation services →Forensic Data Preservation & Collection
Focused planning and collection for computers, mobile devices, email, cloud accounts, documents, collaboration systems, logs, backups, and other relevant business sources.
Data preservation and collection →eDiscovery & Hosted Document Review
Early case assessment, filtering, deduplication, data culling, hosted review, analytics, quality checks, and production preparation for legal teams.
Technical forensic eDiscovery →Departing employee investigations
Departing Employee Investigations and Digital Forensics in Cleveland
For a matter involving Cleveland, digital forensics can help counsel or a business examine available records when an employee departure raises questions about company data or account activity. Computer forensics may be considered with email, cloud systems, phones, external storage, and logs.
Planning example: Computer forensics may identify file activity, connected storage, account use, or other technical observations around a defined period. A digital forensics report explains the work and relevant observations without treating one artifact as proof of identity, intent, theft, or legal responsibility.
Preserving digital evidence
Talk with us before a device, account, or document source changes.
Routine use, account changes, retention limits, automatic deletion, device reassignment, and system updates can affect what remains available. We help Cleveland area and Ohio organizations identify priority sources and discuss a focused digital forensics collection plan, including when computer forensics, mobile evidence, remote employees, and cloud systems may be involved. Counsel should determine applicable legal preservation duties and direct any legal hold. The scope depends on the identified devices and questions.
eDiscovery and document review
We help turn collected data into something your legal team can review
We support legal teams with collection planning, early case assessment, filtering, deduplication, data culling, hosted document review, analytics, quality checks, and production preparation.
Depending on the matter, the digital forensics and review workflow may involve Relativity, Reveal, Logikcull, Bates endorsements, PDF exports, load files, RSMF, or another agreed format. Counsel remains responsible for legal strategy, responsiveness, privilege, redaction, review protocols, production authorization, and court submissions.
Explaining technical findings
We explain the technical work in language people can use
Our digital forensics reports describe what we examined, how we examined it, what we observed, and which limitations affect the interpretation. Chain-of-custody documentation and reporting are matched to the agreed scope.
If you need a computer forensics examiner or digital forensics examiner for a Cleveland area or Ohio matter, we can discuss examiner fit, verified CFCE and CCE credentials, deadlines, declarations, depositions, and possible testimony. Court-facing or expert work is separately scoped with an appropriately qualified examiner.
Pricing examples
Examples to Help Plan the Initial Scope
The examples below show how three common types of forensic work are priced. They provide a starting point for discussing the evidence sources, technical questions, and requested work product. We confirm the scope and price in writing before work begins. On-site collection support, when requested, is billed at $450 per hour plus travel.
Mobile Collection & Targeted Text Extraction
Obtaining text messages involves two separately billed stages: device collection and targeted extraction. Collection is $750 to $1,500 for a supported iPhone or $1,250 to $1,500 for a supported Android device, depending on the collection method. The cost of obtaining messages includes both stages. Extracting and converting the requested messages or supported app data is then billed at $450 per hour. Extraction time depends on the available data, applications, date range, and requested output. We confirm those details during scoping. Analysis and reporting are additional services when needed, and some requested or deleted data may be unavailable.
Mobile phone forensics →Departing Employee Computer (DEI) Investigation
A $5,000 professional-service package for a defined investigation of one supported, accessible, company-controlled computer. It includes forensic collection, focused analysis of the questions agreed during scoping, and a preliminary findings report explaining the work performed, relevant observations, and limitations. We generally request a $6,000 initial retainer to cover the package and anticipated expenses. The retainer is an advance toward the engagement’s charges. Additional devices, accounts, data storage, broader investigative questions, or expanded reporting are scoped separately.
Departing-employee investigations →Forensic Investigation & Expert Testimony
Digital forensic investigation and analysis are billed at $450 per hour. We agree on the questions to examine, evidence sources, planned work, and deliverables before work begins. Expert testimony is $2,200 for one four-hour block, scheduled from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. or 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The engagement letter confirms the matter, assigned examiner, date, and time zone. Preparation, additional source review, travel, and time beyond the reserved block are scoped separately.
Forensic analysis and reporting →How work begins
A straightforward first conversation
Serving the Cleveland area and Ohio
Collection Planning and Laboratory Coordination
For a matter involving Cleveland, University Circle and Cuyahoga County, tell us where the relevant devices, accounts, and custodians are located. We discuss access, security requirements, deadlines, and the agreed scope before confirming collection arrangements.
Our primary digital forensics laboratory is outside the Cleveland area. If evidence needs to be transferred for laboratory work, we confirm the handling plan and intake documentation during scoping.
Common questions
Answers before you call
Who does Forensic Discovery work with in Cleveland and Ohio?
We accept engagements from law firms and businesses. If a represented individual needs digital forensics or eDiscovery support for a Cleveland matter, the law firm should contact us.
How do we decide which forensic service fits?
Describe the event, the questions to answer, and the devices or accounts that may be involved. We can then discuss preservation, examination, eDiscovery or document review, reporting, or expert support.
Can computer forensics recover deleted files or messages?
Sometimes. Recovery depends on the source, encryption, backups, retention, elapsed time, device state, and whether data was overwritten or affected by processes such as TRIM.
Can an examiner provide a report or testimony?
Potentially. We first confirm digital forensics examiner fit, conflicts, scope, deadlines, and engagement terms, then discuss reporting, declarations, depositions, or possible testimony.
Do you support litigation and eDiscovery matters?
We can support law firms and businesses when the requested sources and technical work are within scope. Counsel remains responsible for legal strategy, privilege, review, and production decisions.
Can you investigate a departing employee or suspected business data theft?
We can examine supported company computers, phones, email, cloud accounts, external storage, and available logs. No single artifact automatically proves identity, intent, theft, or responsibility.
Can you collect Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, email, or cloud data?
We can discuss supported preservation and collection options. Access, licensing, retention, permissions, platform configuration, security requirements, and scope affect the available method.
Is your primary laboratory located in Cleveland?
No. Our primary digital forensics laboratory is outside the Cleveland area. Evidence transfer and intake documentation are discussed during scoping.
Will the first call determine the final price?
The call helps identify the sources, questions, requested work product, and likely cost drivers. We confirm the scope and price in writing before work begins.
How should we prepare for the initial discussion?
Identify the people, devices, accounts, important dates, and decisions the work needs to support. Avoid altering potential evidence merely to prepare.
Confirm engagement fit
Who We Serve in Cleveland
This focus lets our intake begin with the legal or business question, the organization responsible for the matter, the relevant systems, and the decision the work needs to support.
Law firms
Outside counsel, litigation teams, and attorneys seeking digital forensics, computer forensics, evidence preservation, document review, forensic reporting, consultation, or separately scoped expert support for a client matter.
Businesses
In-house legal, HR, compliance, IT, security, risk, and business leaders handling employee, data, fraud, incident, litigation, or document-review concerns.
Individual consumer matters
We do not accept direct engagements from individual consumers. If a law firm represents you, the firm may contact us to discuss support for the matter.
For law firms and businesses in Cleveland
Talk through your next step.
Tell us what happened, what you need to find out, and any deadlines. We’ll discuss which devices, accounts, or records may matter and how to scope the work.
Start withYour question and any deadline
Before work beginsScope and pricing confirmed in writing
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