The Phone Is the Witness.
Mobile devices hold the most consequential evidence in modern litigation — encrypted messages, location history, app activity, deleted communications, and cloud backups. Getting all of it, defensibly, is not the same as getting what an extraction tool hands you by default.
What We Examine
Acquisition Depth
- Full file system extraction — iOS and supported Android devices
- Physical, file system, and logical acquisition, scoped to the matter
- Locked, encrypted, and passcode-protected device handling
- Advanced Cellebrite certifications (CCPA, CCO) applied to every extraction
Remote & On-Site Collection
- White-glove remote collection — most current iOS and Android devices, without the custodian shipping the phone or leaving their office
- Guided sessions run by a qualified forensic examiner start to finish — the custodian is never left to self-collect
- Nationwide on-site collection where the matter or the device requires hands-on acquisition
- Documented chain of custody and examiner attestation for every session, remote or on-site
Encrypted & Ephemeral Apps
- Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, Wickr, and other end-to-end encrypted platforms
- Disappearing-message recovery where artifacts persist
- Authentication of timestamps, edit and delete history, and attribution
Carrier Records & Call Detail Analysis
- Call detail record (CDR) interpretation and timeline reconstruction
- Cell site, tower, and sector analysis — and a candid account of its limits
- Subscriber, account, and device-change records
- Text and data session records where the carrier retains them
- Reconciling carrier records against on-device artifacts, so the two tell one story
- Carrier-side preservation requests, issued before the retention window closes
Cloud & Cross-Device
- iCloud, Google, OneDrive, and Dropbox captures linked to device usage
- Reconstruction of cross-device activity (phone ↔ laptop ↔ cloud)
- Correlation with vehicle infotainment and telematics records
Ask what kind of extraction you are actually being sold.
Targeted and logical collections capture a narrow, app-approved slice of a phone — typically current messages and media, and little else. A full file system extraction captures the protected application containers, system databases, and device logs: records still resident in SQLite write-ahead and journal files after a user deleted them, location and connection history, app-usage and process logs, and the artifacts needed to authenticate content and attribute it to a person rather than a handset. When the question is what someone deleted, when they deleted it, or whether they were where they say they were, that difference decides the case — and it is not recoverable later from a collection that never captured it.
When we're typically engaged.
Custody & Family Law Evidence
Deleted text threads, location patterns, communication with third parties, and cloud-stored material that doesn't appear on the device itself.
Departed-Employee Mobile Forensics
What was the employee's mobile activity in the days before resignation? Were company emails forwarded? Was the device backed up to a personal iCloud or Google account?
Remote Collection Across Jurisdictions
Custodians in different cities — or different countries — collected on the same protocol, on the same schedule, without travel cost or chain-of-custody gaps.
Mass-Tort & Personal Injury
Device activity, communications, location data, and Health and Maps artifacts surrounding the incident — often dispositive on questions of conduct, awareness, or state of mind.
Further reading on this practice.
- From Lock Screen to Legal Review — Navigating Mobile Device Evidence (2025 video)
- Full File System vs. Logical: What Your Extraction Actually Captured
- Signal Digital Forensics: When Encrypted Doesn't Mean Invisible
- Pocket Evidence: How to Collect and Review Mobile Device Data