Cyber Investigation Lawyers & Digital Forensics
You know something was taken. You do not yet know how. We answer that question first, under attorney-client privilege.
Our investigators are retired federal law enforcement. Our lawyers have arbitrated cybercrime disputes since 2019. The two teams start together on day one of the engagement.
Whoever establishes the facts first usually wins the dispute.
After a hack, every party has a theory. The bank says you were phished. The exchange says your email was weak. The vendor says nothing.
Those theories decide coverage and liability. If no one tests them, they become the record.
A privileged investigation changes that. Devices are imaged. Logs are pulled before they expire. The timeline is fixed by examiners, not by the party that may be at fault.
The volume of cases has outgrown public resources.
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center is the central intake for cybercrime in the United States. These are its 2025 figures.
Filing with IC3 matters. It is not an investigation of your case. A private, privileged investigation fills that gap. Sources: FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, 2025 Internet Crime Report; FBI IC3, Frequently Asked Questions.
Investigate first. Then decide.
Incident scoping
What was accessed, what was taken and what the attacker may still control. Answered before decisions are made.
Evidence preservation
Forensic images of phones, laptops and cloud tenants. Preservation demands to carriers, platforms and vendors before retention periods erase the record.
Device and account forensics
Malware, spyware, unauthorized sessions and credential abuse, documented to evidentiary standards.
Attribution of the failure
Which control failed, and whose. The answer decides insurance coverage and who can be held responsible.
Fund and asset tracing
Bank tracing and blockchain analysis formatted for recall requests, freeze letters and court filings.
Reports that hold up
Findings written for insurers, regulators, arbitrators and judges. Plain language, with the exhibits attached.
How a privileged investigation runs.
Counsel retains the examiners. The work product is protected. The client controls what is disclosed and to whom.
Engagement under privilege
The firm engages the forensic team. Communications and drafts are protected from the outset.
Containment and imaging
Compromised accounts are locked. Devices are imaged without alteration. Nothing is wiped.
Records from third parties
Preservation and production demands go to carriers, exchanges, banks and vendors. Subpoenas follow where needed.
Analysis and attribution
Examiners reconstruct the intrusion. Lawyers map the findings to duties, policies and contracts.
Decision and action
Insurance notice, recovery requests, demands or claims, each built on the record rather than assumptions.
Investigators and lawyers, under one roof.
Retired federal law enforcement.
Former federal investigators and analysts who spent their careers on cyber and financial crime. They handle the forensics, the tracing and the contact with current law enforcement.
Arbitrating cybercrime disputes since 2019.
Counsel in more than 130 arbitrations before AAA, JAMS and NAM, most arising from cybercrime and account takeovers. We try these cases on the evidence.
Preserve now. Analyze later.
Evidence disappears quickly. Carrier and platform logs are often kept for weeks, not years.
- Leave the compromised device powered down and untouched
- Change passwords from a clean device, not the suspect one
- Screenshot and save every alert, email and transaction
- Note dates, times and the names of anyone you spoke to
- Engage counsel before giving any recorded account of what happened
- Wipe, reset or “clean” a device you believe is compromised
- Let an IT contractor rebuild systems before imaging
- Hire a tracing or “recovery” firm without legal advice
- Accept the bank’s or platform’s explanation as final
- Post details publicly while the investigation is open
From the firm’s writing.
Dark Web Surveillance for Private Clients
How leaked credentials are used against families, and what monitoring can and cannot prevent.
Read the articleReal Estate Wire Fraud: Whose System Was Compromised?
Why attribution of the compromised mailbox decides the claim.
Read the articleStolen Crypto: How to Recover It, What Works and What Doesn’t
Why tracing alone rarely recovers funds, and what does.
Read the articleFrequently asked.
Privilege. When counsel retains the examiners, the findings are protected and you control disclosure.
An IT vendor’s report is discoverable. It may also be written to protect the vendor.
It depends on the number of devices and the speed of third-party records.
We give a timeline after the first review and update it as records arrive.
Sometimes. It requires device and account forensics, subpoenas to providers and, often, an attacker’s mistake.
The more reliable outcome is identifying whose safeguard failed. That is what supports a claim.
Yes. Our investigators are retired federal agents. They know what a field office needs to open a matter, and they package the evidence that way.
Yes. Companies retain us when a breach is alleged in their systems. Insurers retain us to evaluate causation and coverage.
Initial scoping is quoted up front. Further work is scoped in stages, so you decide at each step whether to continue.
Other areas of the practice.
Every page of the cybercrime practice, from the first hour of an incident to the final award. Back to the overview.
Something was taken. Find out how.
Call for a confidential consultation. We will tell you what can be preserved, what can be learned and what it means for recovery.