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Trial presentation, digital forensics and legal IT for plaintiff and defense trial firms, from a single device examination to the hot seat through verdict.
Sixteen attorney references on file
At a glance
From the IT engineer behind trial firms to forensic examination and the courtroom hot seat.
LSLitigation supportDFDigital forensics & investigationsITLegal IT & securityReach
Based in Los Angeles, working for trial firms across Los Angeles and Orange County.
Confidentiality
Nothing about a client’s matter is discussed, shown or published. Every engagement here is de-identified.
Testing
All testing is performed under written authorization and a defined scope of engagement.
The practice
Each one stands alone. Most matters use two of them, and the best ones use all three.
LSTrial presentation, demonstratives and courtroom technology
Trials are won in front of a jury, and what the jury sees is a design problem as much as a legal one. I build the visual case, including opening and closing presentations, demonstrative exhibits, synchronized video and the courtroom systems that run them. Then I sit in the hot seat while counsel tries the case.
LS-1Opening statement and closing argument presentation designLS-2Demonstrative exhibits, timelines and animation directionLS-3Trial presentation and hot-seat operation (TrialDirector)LS-4Deposition designation and video clip synchronizationLS-5Courtroom equipment specification, staging and on-site directionLS-6Exhibit database build and management through verdictDFExamination, preservation and analysis of digital evidence
Evidence that cannot be explained cannot be used. I acquire, preserve and examine digital evidence under documented chain of custody. I write the findings so that a judge, a jury and opposing counsel can all follow how the conclusion was reached, including the parts that do not help.
DF-1Mobile device and computer forensic examinationDF-2Forensically sound acquisition, preservation and chain of custodyDF-3Authenticity analysis: metadata, tampering and manipulated mediaDF-4Artifact reconstruction and reverse engineeringDF-5Data recovery from damaged, wiped or locked devicesDF-6Written findings and exhibit preparation for counselITInfrastructure, practice systems and security for law firms
Law firms hold other people’s most sensitive material on infrastructure nobody in the firm has time to think about. I design, build and secure that infrastructure, from the practice management system attorneys live in to the network underneath it. Then I test it the way an attacker would, before someone else does.
IT-1Network and server infrastructure engineeringIT-2Clio consulting, configuration and data migrationIT-3Penetration testing and vulnerability assessmentIT-4IT audits and security posture reviewIT-5Managed monitoring, endpoint protection and incident responseIT-6Firm website design and developmentAll testing is performed under written authorization and a defined scope of engagement.
Engagements
Every matter is de-identified. Every image carries a tag that says what it is.
IT consultant and engineer to the Law Office of Eric Hershler for a decade, covering the network, systems and security, and the firm’s own mark.
Courtroom technology and hot-seat operation for a civil rights trial, from opening statement through verdict.
A demonstrative built on invented facts, showing how five seconds of data become a sequence a jury can follow.
A sample findings report written for counsel, walking from acquisition to conclusion with the chain of custody shown.
A 3:20 co-branded feature from Kaseya’s Powered Services partner program, with Magdiel Ramos as Founder & CEO of M.R. Ingenuity.
A 1:38 introduction to digital forensics made for Trial Lawyers University and narrated by Magdiel.
The record
Every item here is something someone else created, signed, paid or can confirm.
I built my first computer at nine. For sixteen years I was the IT consultant and engineer behind Los Angeles trial firms, and from 2020 I carried that into digital forensics and cyber intelligence, reconstructing what happened from data and presenting it so a jury can follow.
Magdiel S. RamosFounder & Director, Ingenuity Cyber IntelligenceDigital forensics, cyber intelligence and managed security for law firms and agencies.
The practice adds forensic examination and cyber intelligence to sixteen years of IT and trial technology.
On-site support for the event, and the designer of the graphic made from it.
Ten years running the firm’s infrastructure, and the designer of its EH monogram and firm mark.
Sixteen years of IT engineering and trial technology for Los Angeles and Orange County firms.
Tools in use
The systems I use on engagements. A platform is called a partnership only once the paper is on file.
Before you call
Plaintiff and defense trial firms, criminal defense counsel, public entities and the attorneys who serve them.
A short call to scope the matter.
The work and the rates, in writing. Conflicts are checked before anything begins.
Nothing about the matter is discussed, shown or published.
A short call to scope the matter, a written engagement letter setting out the work and the rates, then the work. Conflicts are checked before anything begins.
Nothing about a client’s matter is discussed, shown or published. Every engagement on this site is de-identified, and the site itself is the proof.
Written authorization and a defined scope of engagement, every time.
Against every prior engagement, before the engagement letter is sent.
Set out in writing in the engagement letter, per matter.
Yes. Cross-border matters and remote engagements are both available.
A clear next step
Send a line on the matter and the deadline. You will get a reply with a time for a scoping call.
Evidence that holds up in the room where it matters.