Forensic Discovery

Digital Forensics Investigations for Law Firms and Businesses in Miami

Digital forensics support for Miami area law firms and businesses may include computers, mobile devices, email, cloud accounts, and other digital evidence.

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Start with the matter and the available evidence

Start with the questions the digital evidence needs to answer.

For Miami 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 Miami 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.

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.

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Phones & Mobile Data

Supported mobile phones, applications, messages, media, backups, and device information relevant to the scoped question.

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Cloud, Email & Documents

Supported Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, email, cloud storage, collaboration data, metadata, and document history.

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Computers
Mobile phones
Email
Cloud accounts
Documents
Logs & backups

Services for law firms and businesses

Digital Forensics Services

We support Miami 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.

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Mobile Phone Forensics

Collection and examination of supported phones, applications, messages, media, device information, and available backups when mobile evidence relates to the matter.

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Cloud, Email & Document Forensics

Preservation and review of supported Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, email, cloud storage, collaboration data, file metadata, and document history.

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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.

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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.

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eDiscovery & Hosted Document Review

Early case assessment, filtering, deduplication, data culling, hosted review, analytics, quality checks, and production preparation for legal teams.

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Departing employee investigations

Departing Employee Investigations and Digital Forensics in Miami

For a matter involving Miami, 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 Miami area and Florida 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 Miami area or Florida 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.

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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.

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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.

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How work begins

A straightforward first conversation

You tell us the problem

Share the law firm or business matter, what you need to decide, and any deadline you know about.

We identify likely sources

We discuss the people, devices, accounts, documents, systems, and backups that may matter to digital forensics or computer forensics work in Miami. The discussion also identifies device-specific questions.

We recommend a starting point

We explain likely scope, preservation considerations, next steps, and what still needs confirmation.

Serving the Miami area and Florida

Collection Planning and Laboratory Coordination

For a matter involving Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables, Doral, Wynwood, Miami Beach, Aventura, Hialeah, Kendall and Homestead, 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 Miami 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 Miami and Florida?

We accept engagements from law firms and businesses. If a represented individual needs digital forensics or eDiscovery support for a Miami 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 Miami?

No. Our primary digital forensics laboratory is outside the Miami 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 Miami

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 Miami

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

Please do not send evidence files, account credentials, or potentially privileged or confidential material through the website contact form. We’ll discuss an appropriate transfer method after initial contact.