Litigation-approved email and file forensics

Communications and documents examined with counsel — and with precision.

VE Forensics conducts litigation-approved email and file forensics for law firms. The firm introduces the business; we consult with counsel, obtain authorized access, and examine with industry-standard email and file forensics tooling we operate. Powered by Vital Edge IT Inc.

Request a matter review Supported platforms

15+

Email file formats

80+

Clients, servers & messengers

Scale search

MD5

Integrity hashing

EDRM

Aligned process

Before it becomes a lawsuit

Would counsel have caught the exit in the mail — and the files?

A departing manager forwards years of client threads, attachments, and working files to personal webmail and cloud storage the night before they leave. Weeks later, a competitor seems to know the roadmap — and your client is on the phone. VE Forensics examines the communications and file estate once the firm introduces the matter, obtains authorized access with counsel, and supplies the keywords for litigation-approved reporting. Powered by Vital Edge IT Inc.

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Engagement model

The law firm introduces. We work with counsel end to end.

VE Forensics does not cold-call the business alone. Counsel stays in the loop for privilege, scope, authorized access, keywords, and production.

Law firm introduces the matter

The firm is the affiliate / referral path — it introduces the business seeking litigation-approved email and file forensics.

Consultation with counsel

VE Forensics handles project consultation directly with the law firm, not by cold-calling the business alone.

Authorized access with counsel

To reach business emails and in-scope personal chats, we work with counsel to obtain the necessary admin / authorized access.

Keywords from the firm

The law firm provides the keywords and search parameters needed to compile the litigation-approved reporting.

Examination in tandem

Examinations run in tandem with the law firm — counsel stays in the loop for privilege, scope, and production.

The service

Litigation-approved email and file forensics — built for the record.

Examinations run on litigation-approved forensic platforms and industry-standard email and file forensics tooling we operate. VE Forensics is the service operator powered by Vital Edge IT Inc.: scoping with the firm, authorized access, counsel-supplied keywords, reporting, and production.

Formats and clients

Fifteen-plus email file formats and dozens of desktop, webmail, and IMAP clients — plus disk images and Skype messenger — so mixed estates do not stall an examination. See Supported platforms for the full list.

Terabyte-scale search

Large mail stores are searched in place. Counsel gets hits without waiting on a full mailbox dump to finish first.

Advanced search

Keyword and Boolean, fuzzy, wildcard, regex, proximity, and stem search, plus field-level filters on sender, recipient, date, folder, and header — driven by keywords the law firm supplies.

Beyond the inbox

Calendar items, loose files, chat, call history, and SMS (including Skype via database) ride alongside mail when the matter requires a complete communications picture.

Case management

Role-based access and team collaboration keep partners, associates, and specialists on the same case file without mixing privileges.

Litigation-approved production

MD5 integrity hashing, examiner audit logs, and an EDRM-aligned process. Packages are prepared to support FRE 901 authentication and FRE 1006 summaries — court-admissible work product, not a 'court certified' claim.

Email and file forensics in detail Platforms we support

Chain of custody

How an engagement proceeds

Five steps with the law firm in the loop. Integrity hashes travel with the set. Examiner audit trails record who searched, tagged, and exported — and when.

01
Law-firm introduction & consult
The law firm introduces the matter and the business seeking the service. VE Forensics scopes the engagement directly with counsel — not by cold-calling the business alone.
02
Authorized access
Working with the firm, we obtain the admin / authorized access needed for business emails and any in-scope personal chats (tenant admin, mailbox export rights, device or chat exports as applicable).
03
Keywords from counsel
The law firm provides the keywords and search parameters required to compile the litigation-approved reporting.
04
Forensic examination
Examination runs on litigation-approved forensic platforms in tandem with the law firm — counsel stays in the loop for privilege, scope, and production.
05
Litigation-approved reporting & production
We deliver hashed, audited packages counsel can stand behind. When the business also needs ongoing IT, cybersecurity, or compliance, Vital Edge IT Inc. is available as a follow-on — at counsel’s introduction.

Typical matters

Where firms bring us in

Employment and workplace investigations
Intellectual property and trade secrets
Fraud and financial misconduct
Regulatory and government inquiries
Internal investigations
Family law and estate disputes
Law-enforcement support

For law firms

Affiliate program

Refer the examination. Earn 10% of the project contract.

Approved firms receive a unique referral code. Compensation is a starting 10% of forensic professional-services fees — not software licenses — paid after the matter invoice is collected.

How it works Apply

Need litigation-approved email and file forensics?

Have the law firm introduce the matter. If the business also needs managed IT, cybersecurity, or HIPAA-aligned support, Vital Edge IT Inc. is the same house.

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