Rule 26(f) Conference Support
Our understanding of diverse and even exotic computing environments enables us to help our clients identify the key sources of ESI, as well as individuals that may have special knowledge of a party's computer systems.  Keying in on the facts of the case, we help our clients negotiate the scope of preservation and scope of production, laying a discovery foundation that can mitigate against inferior litigation positions.

30(b)(6) Deposition Support
We have actively participated in over forty 30(b)(6) depositions of IT personnel.  Our participation insures that our clients receive a comprehensive understanding of where potentially responsive data lives and how it can be extracted. 

Counter-Forensics
Counter-forensics has been defined as any attempt to compromise the availability or usefulness of evidence in the computer forensics process and encompasses four categories including: “evidence destruction, evidence source elimination, evidence hiding, and evidence counterfeiting” (McCullagh, 2005 in Harris, 2006). Alphalitigator and its partners approach each engagement as a unique challenge. Deep knowledge of the internal workings of computer systems, networks, and applications enables our team to support top litigators as they grapple with ESI and ESI Metadata issues in complex heterogeneous computing environments. Our approach begins with gaining a genuine understanding of the critical events in the case and continues through the Identification, Collection, Analysis (including Reconstruction and/or Deconstruction of an event sequence), to the ultimate Communication of our conclusions and their relation to facts and theories of the case.

Evidence Management

Evidence Collection 
Evidence collection from multiple locations and sources can be precarious and challenging.  Our case-specific evidence collection strategy is designed so that actionable intelligence can be gained from targeted ESI sources.  We execute a court-defensible collection based on this strategy, employing next-generation technology and skills for a highly-efficient, cost-effective collection.

Evidence Analysis
Effective evidence analysis is crucial to developing sound case theory and reducing costs. Alphalitigator employs targeted, defensible techniques for analyzing data set.  Our Data Analysis Framework, coupled with NORA (non-obvious relationship analysis), result in the actionable intelligence you need to gain the upper hand.

Evidence Culling & Review
Creating review efficiencies is necessary to lowering costs and meeting deadlines. We leverage best-of-class technologies for evidence culling and review, including human-in-the-loop tools that speed the review and allow you to focus your energies on the core documents and evidence. 

Exotic ESI & Arcane Computing Systems
Exotic ESI & arcane computing environments such as Unix, Linux, Cloud, SIP, and RDBMS such as Oracle, MySQL, SQL  present unique challenges in terms of proper preservation, collection, analysis and review.  Our fundamental understanding of these environments provide you with actionable intelligence with minimal costs.