Blockchain Expert Witnesses

Anchorage, Alaska

Cryptocurrency - blockchain, bitcoin, ethereum, theft, fraud, SIM swap, NFT, investment, ponzi, smart contract, pig butchering, digital asset discovery, ransomware, compliance, crypto, solana, wallet, exchange, scam, USDT

Justin Maile is an expert in cryptocurrency investigations and forensic analysis. He has trained and led a team of the best cryptocurrency analysts in the world at Chainalysis before leading the team at CipherBlade. Over the last 8 years Justin has supported some of the most impactful cases to affect the crypto industry involving dozens of SIM swap cases, most of the crypto exchange hacks, numerous smart contract exploits, multiple ponzi schemes with total losses in the billions of dollars, multiple strains of ransomware, assisted international law enforcement with the takedown of illicit services including child abuse sites, darknet markets, money laundering, malware as a service, and others, and has lead the investigations into hundreds of "pig butchering" and other romance and investment scams. More recently Justin has focused on supporting civil litigation cases like digital asset discovery for divorce cases, bankruptcies, estate management cases involving crypto, and has been ...

California

Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering - AI Expert, ChatGPT, Biometric Privacy, BIPA, Facial Recognition, Speech Recognition, Cybersecurity, Mobile Forensics, Digital Forensics, Source Code Review, ESI Protocols, Patent Infringement, IPR, PTAB, Blockchain, Social Media Forensics, Trade Secret, Digital Evidence, Software Expert, Digital Forensics

Mr. Winters is a nationally recognized expert witness in AI, software, cybersecurity, biometric privacy, cryptocurrency and forensic data extraction. He offers a rare dual-role capability: both as a testifying expert and as a forensic consultant using court-admissible tools to extract and analyze digital evidence from over 31,000 devices. This integrated approach can reduce litigation costs and streamline case strategy, especially in technology-heavy matters. With over 30 years of experience, Mr. Winters has been retained in complex cases involving software architecture, AI, source code analysis, social media forensics, patent infringement, IPR, and Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). He holds patents in artificial intelligence and is a pioneer in speech and facial recognition systems, having built early voice-based AI systems adopted by Microsoft, Apple, Boeing, Honeywell and the U.S. Air Force Research Lab. He has successfully testified and been deposed in federal...

Illinois

Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering - AI Expert, ChatGPT, Biometric Privacy, BIPA, Facial Recognition, Speech Recognition, Cybersecurity, Mobile Forensics, Digital Forensics, Source Code Review, ESI Protocols, Patent Infringement, IPR, PTAB, Blockchain, Social Media Forensics, Trade Secret, Digital Evidence, Software Expert, Digital Forensics

Mr. Winters is a nationally recognized expert witness in AI, software, cybersecurity, biometric privacy, cryptocurrency and forensic data extraction. He offers a rare dual-role capability: both as a testifying expert and as a forensic consultant using court-admissible tools to extract and analyze digital evidence from over 31,000 devices. This integrated approach can reduce litigation costs and streamline case strategy, especially in technology-heavy matters. With over 30 years of experience, Mr. Winters has been retained in complex cases involving software architecture, AI, source code analysis, social media forensics, patent infringement, IPR, and Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). He holds patents in artificial intelligence and is a pioneer in speech and facial recognition systems, having built early voice-based AI systems adopted by Microsoft, Apple, Boeing, Honeywell and the U.S. Air Force Research Lab. He has successfully testified and been deposed in federal...

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Cryptocurrency, Legal - Blockchain, Crypto, Business Organizations, Securities Regulation, Tax (Federal)

Prof. Wright serves as the Vinson & Elkins Endowed Professor of Law at LSU Law Center, where he teaches in the areas of finance, business, securities, blockchain & crypto, and tax. He joined the LSU Law Center faculty in 2024, and has been a law professor since 2010. His current research focuses on the regulation of blockchain technologies, as well as tax and entrepreneurial law. Prof. Wright is the author of A Short & Happy Guide to Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Crypto (West Academic), which was published in 2020. He is currently writing Crypto & Blockchain Law – in a Nutshell (West Academic), which will be published in 2025. His scholarship has explored the intersection of tax, finance, securities law and regulation, and crypto, and he has had articles published in the Virginia Tax Journal, the Akron Law Review, the Arizona State Law Journal and BNA. He has presented on blockchain and crypto issues over three dozen times in the past two years, including to the Practicing Law Institute,...

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cybersecurity, Information Technology - Cryptography, internet security, denial-of-service attacks, ransomware, internet-of-things security, privacy, surveillance, supply chain security, 5G security, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, LLMs, adversarial machine learning, election security, spyware, stalkerware

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a “security guru” by the Economist. He is the New York Times best-selling author of 14 books -- ­including "A Hacker's Mind" -- ­as well as hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers. His influential newsletter "Crypto-Gram" and blog "Schneier on Security" are read by over 250,000 people. Schneier is a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, a fellow at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and AccessNow, and an advisory board member of EPIC and VerifiedVoting.org. He is the Chief of Security Architecture at Inrupt, Inc.

New York, New York

Financial, Financial - maximal extractable value, crypto exchanges, decentralized exchanges, blockchain, credit risk, energy markets, supply chain disruption

Agostino Capponi is a professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Columbia University, with a courtesy appointment at the Columbia Business School. He is also the director of the Center for Digital Finance and Technologies, and a member of the Data Science Institute. Agostino's research interests broadly span financial technology, market microstructure, financial networks, machine learning in finance, supply chains, energy systems and sustainability. Agostino's research has been published in major journals of his field, including Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Monetary Economics, Management Science, and Operations Research. Agostino is co-editor of the book Machine Learning and Data Sciences in Financial Markets, published by the Cambridge University Press. Agostino received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2025. He is also a recipient of the NSF CA...

Amherst, Ohio

Cryptocurrency, Fraud - bitcoin, AML, Compliance, Bank Secrecy Act, Anti Money Laundering, scams, pig butchering, fraud, blockchain, cryptocurrency, bitcoin ATMs, BTMs, OTC Desks, Exchanges, Audits, Title 31, Regulatory, compliance officer, Risk Management, Financial crimes

Mr. Todd E. Maher, CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist), Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator (CCI), Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP) has worked in banking and financial services over 20 years in capacities of internal controls analyst, AML Investigations and as a compliance officer for companies such as Equity Trust Company, PNC Bank, Halo Platform Development, LLC and is the president of BitSource AML Solutions, LLC, an AML Consulting Firm located in the State of Ohio. A graduate of Kent State University, Mr. Maher became CAMS certified in 2012 and co-founded the Northern Ohio ACAMS Chapter in 2014. He is also a Certified Bitcoin Professional issued by the Cryptocurrency Certification Consortium since 2017, a CipherTrace certified blockchain examiner, a Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator (CCI) and a Certified Cryptocurrency Risk Specialist. Mr. Maher has conducted over 80 independent BSA audits of cryptocurrency money service businesses, ranging from Over-th...

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Cryptocurrency, Securities & Investments - blockchain, bitcoin, blockchain forensics, hacks, theft, fraud, pig butchering, embezzlement, ransomware, ethereum, crypto, SIM Swaps, compliance, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency tracking, cryptocurrency tracing, staking, NFTs, ponzi schemes, smart contracts

Paul Sibenik is a blockchain forensics and cryptocurrency tracing expert. He frequently conducts investigations in a range of niches, including cryptocurrency hacks, exploits, vulnerabilities, thefts, fraud, SIM Hijacking, fraud, ransomware, embezzlement, and pig butchering scams. Tracking cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin and Ethereum often plays a critical role in his investigations. Additionally, Paul has been appointed as an expert in many civil disputes, including bankruptcy divorce matters, having worked on more than 100 cases involving cryptocurrency in divorce alone. He has also frequently been asked to open on matters related to Anti-money laundering (AML), compliance, cybersecurity, NFTs, and staking.

Saint George, Utah

Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering - AI Expert, ChatGPT, Biometric Privacy, BIPA, Facial Recognition, Speech Recognition, Cybersecurity, Mobile Forensics, Digital Forensics, Source Code Review, ESI Protocols, Patent Infringement, IPR, PTAB, Blockchain, Social Media Forensics, Trade Secret, Digital Evidence, Software Expert, Digital Forensics

Mr. Winters is a nationally recognized expert witness in AI, software, cybersecurity, biometric privacy, cryptocurrency and forensic data extraction. He offers a rare dual-role capability: both as a testifying expert and as a forensic consultant using court-admissible tools to extract and analyze digital evidence from over 31,000 devices. This integrated approach can reduce litigation costs and streamline case strategy, especially in technology-heavy matters. With over 30 years of experience, Mr. Winters has been retained in complex cases involving software architecture, AI, source code analysis, social media forensics, patent infringement, IPR, and Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). He holds patents in artificial intelligence and is a pioneer in speech and facial recognition systems, having built early voice-based AI systems adopted by Microsoft, Apple, Boeing, Honeywell and the U.S. Air Force Research Lab. He has successfully testified and been deposed in federal...