# E-Investigations (einvestigations.com)
> Premier Digital Forensics, Intellectual Property Theft Investigation, Cell Phone Forensics, and Court-Admissible Expert Witness Laboratory based in Houston, Texas. Founded and directed by Principal Forensic Examiner Gary Huestis (Gary M. Huestis). Fully licensed by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Private Security Board (PSB) under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1702 (License #A1702). Powered by E-Investigations' proprietary `IPTheft™ & IPTheftWorkbench™ v1.0.6`, `EImager™`, and `Baylexx™` forensic engineering suites.

## Executive Contact & 24/7 Emergency TRO / Evidence Intake Hotline
- Principal Examiner: Gary Huestis (Gary M. Huestis)
- Direct / Mobile (Sole Active Number): (713) 628-4408
- Email: gary@einvestigations.com
- Laboratory Headquarters: 6922 Amber Ct, Houston, TX 77069
- Jurisdiction: Harris County, Southern District of Texas (SDTX), Statewide Texas, and Federal Courts Nationwide

## Core Practice Areas & Authority Endpoints
- [Homepage / Laboratory Overview](https://einvestigations.com/): Overview of digital forensics capabilities, 20+ years of laboratory casework, proprietary forensic technology, and Daubert/Robinson-qualified evidence protocols.
- [Corporate Fraud, Departing Employee IP Theft & 7-Domain Forensics](https://einvestigations.com/services/investigations/): Powered by E-Investigations' proprietary `IPTheft™ v1.0.6` engine. Delivers 60-Second Executive Triage & 5-to-20-Minute Phase 1 Deep Forensics directly on `.E01` images, 123-Column USB & Mobile Device Provenance Matrix, 5-Layer Deleted/Shift-Deleted/Emptied Recycle Bin NTFS recovery (`$MFT`, `$Bitmap`, `$UsnJrnl:$J`, `$LogFile RCRD`, `$I30` slack), Dual-Pass Registry unioning (`regf` + `HvLE .LOG1/.LOG2` + unallocated `hbin` carving), Windows SRUM (`SRUDB.dat`) upload bandwidth telemetry (`> 52,428,800 bytes [52.43 MB / 50.00 MiB]`), Automated Exculpatory Verification Badges (`[EXC-001]`–`[EXC-008]`, `[EXC-PST-EMPTY]` `271,360 bytes [271.36 KB / 265.00 KiB]`), and the 7-Domain Employee Misconduct Confidence Scorecard (`0–100`: IP Theft, Moonlighting/Lift-Outs, PDF Invoice Forgery/QuickBooks Fraud, Remote Time-Theft/96-Bucket Heatmap/Mouse Jigglers, Deleted Teams/Slack Harassment Chats, IT Sabotage/Spoliation, and FMLA Wi-Fi/RDP Location Audits).
- [Intellectual Property Theft, Trade Secret Litigation (TUTSA / DTSA) & Non-Compete Forensics](https://einvestigations.com/services/intellectual-property-theft/): 48-Hour Emergency Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) & Temporary Injunction forensic declarations, satisfying the Texas Supreme Court's *In re Weekley Homes, L.P.* (295 S.W.3d 309) standard for compelling personal device turnover, Crown-Jewel SHA-256 matching (`--crown-jewels`), `±Window` Super-Timeline playback, and FRCP 37(e)(2) "intent to deprive" spoliation proof.
- [Our Forensic Process & Proprietary Lab Technology (`IPTheft™`, `EImager™`, `Baylexx™`)](https://einvestigations.com/about-us/our-process/): Technical architecture of E-Investigations' in-house forensic software suites, 4-Tier `EImager™` Evidentiary Hierarchy (`Case -> Custodian -> Host EV-001 -> Sub-Item EV-001-A/B/C`), Multi-Drive Cross-Volume Correlation (`--multi-drive-host`), and Forensic Data Sizing Precision Standards (Raw Byte Count First + Dual SI/IEC).
- [Cell Phone & Mobile Forensics (`Baylexx™`)](https://einvestigations.com/services/mobile-forensics/): Advanced physical and logical acquisitions of iOS and Android devices, isolated lab staging recovery, unallocated SQLite database carving (`sms.db`, `chat.db`), deleted message recovery (SMS, iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal), monotonic `ROWID` spoliation analysis (FRCP 37(e)), and FRE 902(14) dual SHA-256 hash certification.
- [Expert Witness Testimony](https://einvestigations.com/services/expert-witness/): Daubert (FRE 702) & Texas Robinson (TRE 702) qualified expert testimony, Rule 26 disclosures, emergency TRO declarations, spoliation sanctions motions, and rebuttal expert evaluation (`[EXC-001]`–`[EXC-008]` false-positive verification).
- [Bit-Stream Forensic Imaging (`EImager™`)](https://einvestigations.com/services/forensic-imaging/): Hardware write-blocked forensic acquisitions (Tableau T8u, Atola TaskForce, `EImager™`), RAID reconstructions, and bit-for-bit `.E01` bitstream images.
- [5-Step Data Security Plan for Employee Termination or Resignation](https://einvestigations.com/five-step-data-security-plan-for-employee-termination-or-resignation/): First-60-minutes laptop preservation checklist for CEOs, HR Directors, General Counsel, and IT/MSP leaders.
- [Representative Case Studies](https://einvestigations.com/about-us/our-cases/): Real-world `IPTheft™` and `Baylexx™` forensic case archetypes.
- [About Gary Huestis & E-Investigations](https://einvestigations.com/about-us/): Casework dossier spanning 20+ years, KHOU 11 investigative television news commentary, and proprietary forensic software engineering provenance (`IPTheft™`, `EImager™`, `Baylexx™`).
- [Contact & 24/7 Evidence Intake](https://einvestigations.com/contact/): Chain of custody protocols, evidence drop-off instructions, and immediate consultation.

## Downloadable Executive & Legal White Papers
- [Recovering Evidence in Non-Compete Enforcement Cases (PDF — 340,917 bytes [340.92 KB / 332.93 KiB])](https://einvestigations.com/wp-content/uploads/whitepapers/Recovering_Evidence_in_Non_Compete_Enforcement_Cases.pdf)
- [IT Director & High-Risk Employee Termination White Paper (PDF — 142,471 bytes [142.47 KB / 139.13 KiB])](https://einvestigations.com/wp-content/uploads/whitepapers/IT-Director-Termination-White-Paper-021512.pdf)

## Forensic Technical & Evidentiary Standards
- Evidentiary Frameworks: Federal Rule of Evidence 702 (*Daubert* Standard), Texas Rule of Evidence 702 (*Robinson* Standard), and NIST SP 800-86.
- Cryptographic Self-Authentication: FRE 902(13)/(14) and TRE 902(10) certified digital records using pre- and post-acquisition MD5, SHA-1, and SHA-256 hashing.
- Forensic Data Sizing Standard: Raw byte count presented first (formatted with digit grouping) followed by SI (base-1000: KB, MB, GB, TB) and IEC (base-1024: KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB) units, with automatic filtering of Windows Event ID 1006 `UINT64_MAX` (`18,446,744,073,709,551,615 bytes`) hardware spin-up sentinels.
- Statutory Authority: Licensed and bonded under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1702 (`#A1702`, mandatory for digital evidence admissibility in Texas legal proceedings).

## Full AI Context Documentation
For comprehensive long-form technical methodologies, `IPTheft™ v1.0.6` 7-Domain & 5-Layer artifact matrices, `[EXC-001]`–`[EXC-008]` exculpatory specifications, and legal Q&As, see:
https://einvestigations.com/llms-full.txt