"If you can't interpret it, if you can't explain how the data got to that location, or why it's there, or what exactly it means, then you're not doing your client any good."
- David Stenhouse, Salon.com, April 2002
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Quoted in Computerworld, Laptop Magazine, Businessweek, Salon Magazine, SC Magazine UK, and numerous other print and online news outlets, David Stenhouse brings 14 years electronic discovery and computer forensics experience in Federal Law Enforcement computer crimes investigation and civil litigation. Prior to founding DS Forensics, Inc., he provided consulting and expert witness services to law firms and corporate clients with Navigant Consulting's Seattle Office, and Computer Forensics, Inc., a pioneer in the computer forensics and electronic discovery industry. At his core, Mr. Stenhouse is a computer forensics examiner with hundreds of examinations in his experience. He has acted as a neutral computer forensics expert in numerous cases appointed by the court to create electronic discovery plans, capture and analyze electronic evidence, and has been hired to act as a special advisor to the court, providing assistance in the understanding of technical concepts.
Mr. Stenhouse is a former Special Agent in the United States Secret Service. Assigned to the Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program (ECSAP), he conducted investigations involving the use of electronic evidence in crimes. In his experience as a Special Agent, Mr. Stenhouse executed federal search warrants to perform seizures of numerous computer systems and completed in excess of 80 invididual forensic examinations of the contents of those systems. Mr. Stenhouse investigated protective intelligence issues for the President of the United States, Vice President, and their respective families. He also conducted security advances for foreign and domestic Heads of State and was routinely assigned as a shift agent, providing round-the-clock protection to U.S. Secret Service protectees in the United States, Europe, Canada, the South Pacific, and the Middle East.
Prior to his employment with the U.S. Secret Service, Mr. Stenhouse served as a State Trooper with the Washington State Patrol. In addition to his duties as a Trooper, he served as a line consultant in the implementation of the Washington State Patrol's Mobile Computer Network (MCN). His arrests included crimes of narcotics possession, DUI, and first-degree assault.
Mr. Stenhouse has extensive experience in the criminal and civil court process and evidentiary chain-of-custody issues. He has testified in State and Federal court in numerous criminal and civil cases, and has testified in Federal court as an expert witness in computer-generated evidence.
Detailed CV available upon request. |
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