Cell Phones Expert Witnesses

Aliso Viejo, California

Cryptocurrency, Cybersecurity - Asset Searches, Fraud Investigations, Pig Butchering, High-Tech Fraud, Digital Forensics, Cyber Investigations, Cryptocurrency Valuation, Hacking, Cybercrime, Call Centers, Cell Phones, Divorce, Family Law, Industry Standards, EB-5

Over my 20-year career as an FBI Special Agent, I specialized in investigating complex cyber-enabled financial crimes, including cryptocurrency investment fraud, exchange compromises, SIM swapping, phishing, and account takeovers. My work extended into advanced cryptocurrency tracing, digital forensics, email and VOIP analysis, and international coordination with foreign law enforcement. I founded the FBI’s Orange County Cyber Task Force, bringing together federal, state, and local investigators to combat sophisticated cybercrime, and the investigative techniques I developed were disseminated across all 52 FBI Field Offices. From 2021 through my retirement in December 2023, I led U.S. government investigations into large-scale cryptocurrency fraud operations, including “pig butchering” schemes—now recognized as one of the most significant global crypto fraud threats. This work resulted in a nomination for the Attorney General’s Award from the Department of Justice’s National Crypto...

Boulder, Colorado

Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications - electrocution, electronics, networks, wireless, cellular, 5G, GPS, radar, LTE, cell phones, cell towers, base stations, SMS, quality sciences, applied research, RF, interference, radio, satellite, Internet

Mark McFarland, PE, DFE, is a licensed and Board Certified electrical and telecommunications engineer. He provides expert consulting to plaintiff and defense counsel on civil and criminal cases nationwide. Mark's practice covers a wide range of cases, typically involving electrical, electronic, software, cellular, GPS, and telecommunications evidence. He has worked with lawyers in several fields including: wrongful death, personal injury, product liability, securities fraud, homicide, sex trafficking, medical malpractice, class action, insurance claims, patent litigation, contract disputes, and more. Mark has worked dozens of cases and has testified in court and at depositions for civil and criminal cases. Many of the cases he's worked have settled on his expert report. Contact Mark at Discovery Engineering when you have litigation involving electrical, electronic, software, cellular, or GPS evidence. * Licensed & Board Certified * 720-593-1640 Please call or visit my webs...

Saint Louis, Missouri

Telecommunications, Geotechnical Engineering - GPS, Cellular Forensics, Criminal Forensics, Mobile Location, Location-Based Services, LBS, Patents, Intellectual Property, Accident Reconstruction, Internet of Things, Data Privacy, Phone location, Cell phones, Telematics, Socia Media, IoT, Driverless, Wearables, Artificial Intelligence, Context

David H. Williams is an internationally-known expert in the wireless/mobile location field and President of E911-LBS Consulting. He specializes in mobile/wireless location forensics litigation services and Intellectual Property/patents involving location technologies such as Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) systems, Network-based location systems, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Wireless 911 (E911), and Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS), plus many others. Mr. Williams has successfully provided expert witness services in well over 200 patent, criminal, civil, anti-trust, trade secrets, product liability, fraud, class-action, and ITC cases. His credentials in mobile location goes back to the early 1980s. He has testified successfully in (U.S.) federal district court and other venues 14 times and been deposed in over 70 matters. Mr. Williams is expert in the full range of location-based services (LBS) applications enabled by these location technologies, including safety, security, a...

Delaware, Ohio

Human Factors, Engineering - Distracted driving, Driving behavior, Reconstruction, Biomechanics, Maritime, Manufacturing, Mining, OSHA, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Safety, Slips, Trips, Falls, Transportation, Warnings, Conspicuity, Cell phones, Texting, Lighting

Dr. Kevin Rider is a human factors expert and owner of Forensic Human Factors, LLC, providing investigations, reports and expert testimony for personal injury cases – plaintiff and defense. His expertise involves investigating how people interact with other people, products and environments in predictable ways, and applying this understanding to effective, efficient and safe products, services and systems. He has been consulted as an expert in 48 states (so far). Dr. Rider’s expertise includes: • MVAs and pedestrian collisions, incl. trucks, trains, buses, motor/bicycles • Illumination, nighttime visibility, and conspicuity • DUI/DWIs, where intoxication was not a proximate cause of crash • Adequacy of product designs and warnings • The design and maintenance of safe civil and occupational environments • Premises liability, and slips, trips and falls • Workplace and construction safety Dr. Rider is a Professional Engineer (PE), a Certified Human Factors Professional (CHFP), and ...

Abington, Pennsylvania

Forensic Science, Telecommunications - Mobile Forensics, Cell Phones, Data Download, Extraction, Digital Forensics, Digital Evidence, Electronics, Cloud Data, Social Media Data, Wearable Devices, Device Download, eDiscovery, Call Records, Cell Tower Data Analysis, Cellebrite, Smartphone, GPS Device, Apple Watch, Fitbit, Smartwatch

Tim earned his degree in Digital Forensics, with a minor in Information and Technology Management, from Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania. As Digital Forensic Analyst, Tim handles securing, imaging, and analyzing mobile devices for the municipal, legal, and insurance industries. His services include the review and analysis of digital evidence casefile materials; securing, extracting, and storing of digital data evidence; creating, finalizing, maintaining, and executing formal documentation including chain of custody, consent, and release forms. Tim is a Cellebrite trained and certified Operator, Physical Analyst and Advanced Smartphone Analyst. He is also a Certified Forensic Video Technician, having completed the level 1 and level 2 trainings provided by the Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Video Association International, Inc. (LEVA). Tim works closely with the Automotive Engineering and Collision Reconstruction Departments to research, test, and analyze the connect...