Why Do Law Firms and Corporations Retain an In-House Licensed Digital Forensics Lab?
In Texas, collecting and analyzing digital evidence for court requires both certified forensic expertise and a valid Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Private Security Board license under Tex. Occ. Code Ch. 1702. E-Investigations operates its own dedicated Houston digital forensics laboratory (License #A1702)—never subcontracting sensitive client evidence to third-party vendors—and powers every engagement with our proprietary IPTheft™ v1.0.6, EImager™, and Baylexx™ forensic suites.
Client Sectors We Serve
1. Trial Law Firms & AmLaw 200 Counsel
Law firms require strict chain-of-custody handling for computer forensics and laboratory technology as well as electronic discovery. Establishing that Electronically Stored Information (ESI) was acquired using hardware write-blockers, dual MD5/SHA-256 verification under FRE 902(13)/(14), and a licensed Private Investigator and Certified Computer Examiner is critical to surviving Daubert and Robinson challenges in expert witness testimony.
2. Private Individuals & Family Law Matters
Our forensic examiners extract deleted SMS/iMessage texts, WhatsApp chats, call logs, GPS history, and spyware artifacts from smartphones and laptops through our Mobile Forensics and Digital Debugging practices. Every private client engagement is backed by our strict 100% Banking & Financial Privacy Guarantee—we never extract or access your private banking, investment, or credit card credentials during personal mobile device investigations.
3. Financial Institutions & Wealth Advisors
Financial institutions face constant threats from external network breaches and penetration vulnerabilities as well as departing advisors exfiltrating client portfolios. E-Investigations provides rapid post-incident breach reconstruction, Business Email Compromise (BEC) wire fraud tracing, and computer forensics investigations that satisfy state, federal, and cyber-insurance regulatory standards.
4. Private & Middle-Market Companies
Private businesses frequently confront departing employee misconduct, intellectual property (IP) and trade secret theft, non-compete violations, embezzlement, or urgent requests for production. Using our proprietary IPTheft™ v1.0.6 engine, we deliver 60-second executive triage and 5-to-20-minute deep scans across corporate computer forensic and network breach matters.
5. Public Corporations & Enterprise Boards
For public corporations, unauthorized release of confidential data or executive misconduct carries immediate SEC, governance, and shareholder ramifications. Our investigators assist enterprise leadership in two critical phases: (1) determining exactly how an intruder or insider accessed sensitive network assets so the incident can be contained immediately, and (2) establishing the root cause, exact byte scope, and court-admissible forensic findings required for board audit committees, insurers, and federal or state litigation.
100% Banking, Zelle, Venmo, Cash App & Scoped Consent Privacy Guarantee
Private individuals, executives, and family law litigants frequently hesitate to submit their personal iPhone or Android smartphone for forensic examination because modern phones contain their entire financial and private life. At E-Investigations, every examination is bound by strict statutory and technical privacy controls:
- Financial & Payment Apps 100% Excluded: Unless financial transactions are the explicit subject of your investigation, mobile banking apps, Zelle, Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Apple Cash, brokerage/crypto wallets, password vaults, and private medical portals remain 100% untouched, unindexed, and excluded from your forensic deliverables.
- Written Scoped Examination Consent: Prior to acquisition, you define the exact scope of examination—restricting our
Baylexx™extraction and SQLite carving strictly to designated contacts, phone numbers, date ranges, or application databases (e.g., recovering a specific deleted text thread or scanning solely for spyware). - Air-Gapped Faraday Laboratory Vault: All devices are processed offline inside our physical Houston, Texas forensic laboratory under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1702 confidentiality—never uploaded to third-party cloud review servers.
Watch Our Digital Forensics & Client Services Briefing
See how Principal Examiner Gary Huestis and E-Investigations support law firms, corporate counsel, and private clients from our Houston, Texas laboratory:
Retain E-Investigations for Your Case or Internal Investigation
All forensic examinations are conducted in-house at our Houston, Texas Digital Forensics Laboratory under Texas DPS PSB License #A1702. Call Principal Examiner Gary Huestis directly for an immediate conflict check.