The New York team

Examiners, neutrals, and testifying experts.

A New York–focused team backed by the full Law & Forensics expert panel.

New York Lead · Senior Director

J-Michael Roberts

CCE, GREM · Digital Forensics & Incident Response

CCE
GREM
Forensic Examiner & Expert Witness
Incident Response
Malware Analysis

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Senior Director and head of the firm's New York office, J-Michael Roberts is a forensic examiner and expert witness with deep experience in digital forensics, incident response, and malware analysis — leading investigations spanning state-sponsored breaches, insider-trading matters, and complex cybercrime in U.S. District Court and international arbitration. A Certified Computer Examiner (ISFCE, 2008) and GIAC Reverse-Engineering Malware analyst (SANS, 2016), he served as Vice President of Incident Response at Stroz Friedberg from 2011 to 2018 and created the VirusShare malware repository. He has testified in matters including United States v. Klyushin in the District of Massachusetts.

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Founder · Neutral & Expert

Daniel B. Garrie

J.D.; M.A./B.A. Computer Science · Special Master & Arbitrator, JAMS

J.D.
M.A./B.A. Computer Science
Arbitrator & Forensic Neutral, JAMS
e-Discovery Special Master
Fellow, Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals

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Founder of Law & Forensics, Daniel B. Garrie pairs a J.D. from Rutgers School of Law with M.A. and B.A. degrees in computer science from Brandeis, and more than 20 years in cybersecurity, blockchain, forensics, and e-discovery. He has authored over 400 articles and publications, been cited in more than 500 articles and court opinions, and delivered more than 600 seminars to lawyers, judges, and students. He serves as an arbitrator and forensic neutral at JAMS, sits as an e-discovery Special Master, is a Fellow of the Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals, and is adjunct faculty at Harvard Extension School. Admitted in New York and Washington.

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Senior Consultant

Jeremy S. Desor

Former FBI Special Agent · Financial Crime & Asset Tracing

Former FBI Special Agent
Securities & Investment Fraud
Money Laundering
Asset Tracing
Cryptocurrency Matters

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A financial-crime investigator with more than two decades as an FBI Special Agent, Jeremy Desor has directed complex fraud investigations charging over 100 individuals and recovering more than $45 million for victims. He focuses on securities and investment fraud, money laundering, asset tracing, and cryptocurrency matters.

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Expert Witness

Dr. Morgan B. Ward Doran

Ph.D., J.D. (Northwestern) · Regulatory Enforcement & Digital Assets

Ph.D., J.D. (Northwestern)
Former SEC & DOJ
Regulatory Enforcement
Securities & Digital-Asset Litigation
Blockchain Attribution

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Dr. Ward Doran holds a Ph.D. in human development and social policy and a J.D., cum laude, both from Northwestern, and clerked for Judge Rosemary Barkett of the Eleventh Circuit and Judge Kim Wardlaw of the Ninth Circuit. He spent 2012 to 2025 at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — in the FCPA Unit and the Cyber Unit, as head of its Dark Web Working Group, and at FinHub — after serving as a trial attorney in the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. He received the SEC Chair's Award for Investor Protection in 2024, and advises on regulatory enforcement, securities and digital-asset litigation, and blockchain attribution.

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