Identify the Source
Determine whether the controlling record is a native file, device database, cloud export, full header, backup, log, or third-party record.
Digital Forensics
Evidence Has to Be Tested at the Source
A screenshot, PDF, or exported report may be useful, but it is rarely the whole evidence record. PowellPath helps attorneys work back to the device, account, file, log, database, or cloud source that can actually answer the authenticity, timing, deletion, or access question.
The forensic work is built for litigation. That means preservation notes, source identification, careful handling, technical limits, and explanations counsel can use in motions, negotiations, depositions, hearings, and trial.
Focused Services
Digital Forensics Services
Forensic work starts with the source: the device, account, export, file, or record that can actually be tested. These service areas reflect the evidence questions lawyers most often need answered before motions, depositions, negotiations, or trial.
- Computer Forensics Examination of laptops, desktops, drives, file systems, user activity, deleted files, and system artifacts.
- Mobile Device Forensics Review of phones, tablets, messages, app records, photos, call logs, location history, and extraction reports.
- Deleted Text Message Recovery Examine phone extractions, backups, databases, and related artifacts for deleted or missing message evidence.
- Cloud and Social Media Investigations Analysis of cloud accounts, social platforms, account activity, downloads, exports, and related records.
- Geolocation and Call Data Analysis Timeline, call-record, location, and cell-site review for litigation strategy and courtroom presentation.
- Metadata and File-Authenticity Review Review files, exports, and exhibits for metadata, creation history, modification indicators, and source consistency.
- Email Header and Sender-Authentication Analysis Analyze email headers, routing, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, timestamps, and account context in disputed email evidence.
- App Activity and Usage Timelines Reconstruct activity from mobile apps, system logs, usage artifacts, notifications, and related records.
- Browser History and Download Analysis Review browser history, downloads, searches, cached records, and related artifacts for litigation timelines.
- Photo, Video, and Audio Authenticity Review Review media evidence for source data, metadata, edits, exports, recompression, and authenticity concerns.
- Chain-of-Custody Preservation Document how digital evidence was identified, collected, stored, transferred, and examined.
Method
Forensic Findings Need a Defensible Path
A technical conclusion is only as strong as the path that led to it. The source, acquisition method, artifacts, timestamps, and limitations all matter.
Examine the Artifacts
Review metadata, deleted records, application data, media indicators, user activity, and surrounding records instead of relying on appearance alone.
Explain the Limits
State what the data supports, what remains uncertain, and what additional source material would be needed to answer the question fully.
Case Review
Do Not Let the Exhibit Stand In for the Evidence
If a case turns on digital proof, the source record should be preserved and tested before the exhibit hardens into the case narrative.