Program Details
2025-07-30 11:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2025-07-30 11:00:00
4.5h CLE Credits
Intermediate
4.5
11:00 am - 11:45 am ESTThis session examines the legal foundations for admitting social media evidence, covering authentication under Rule 901(b)(4), best evidence requirements under Rules 1001 and 1003, and hearsay exceptions including state of mind and party opponent statements. Participants will explore character evidence rules under FRE 404 and 405, the rule of completeness under FRE 106, and key case law establishing authentication standards across jurisdictions.
Colin Miller.
Jeff Martin
Tom Plunkett
Amber Schroader
Scott Greene 11:55 am - 12:55 pm ESTMoving beyond basic screenshots, this session covers investigative techniques for authenticating social media content through metadata analysis, IP address tracking, and direct platform requests. Attendees will learn preservation and chain-of-custody protocols, including hash values for data integrity, and understand when to engage digital forensics experts to address platform-specific challenges and AI-generated content concerns.
Colin Miller.Jeff MartinTom PlunkettAmber SchroaderScott Greene 1:05 pm - 2:05 pm ESTThis session addresses the exponentially growing challenges of AI-generated and manipulated content, including deep fakes, voice cloning, and fabricated documents that can fool even their purported creators. Participants will examine current authentication frameworks, emerging case law like State v. Poloka, forensic detection methods including metadata analysis and SynthID watermarks, and ethical duties for attorneys using AI tools.
Colin Miller.Jeff MartinTom PlunkettAmber SchroaderScott Greene 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm ESTThis practical session explores three primary data sources for social media evidence: computer seizure with browser artifacts, cloud access requiring consent or court orders, and smartphone collection as the richest evidence source. Attendees will learn compliance data collection techniques that often yield 25-30% more data than subpoenas, understand parsed versus raw data analysis, and address platform-specific challenges including Snapchat’s self-destruct features.
Colin Miller.Jeff MartinTom PlunkettAmber SchroaderScott Greene 3:10 pm - 4:10 pm ESTDrawing from real case examples including truck driver negligence and workers’ compensation fraud investigations, this session demonstrates how forensic experts recover, preserve, and analyze social media evidence while maintaining admissibility. Participants will learn the risks of self-collection, proper documentation requirements, effective collaboration with digital forensic experts, and best practices for expert witness testimony that explains complex technical concepts to judges and juries.
Colin Miller.Jeff MartinTom PlunkettAmber SchroaderScott GreeneProfessor Colin Miller is a nationally recognized authority on evidence law, with a particular focus on the evolving legal standards surrounding social media evidence in litigation. His research and teaching explore how traditional evidentiary principles adapt to modern challenges including digital authentication and online content admissibility.
Jeff Martin is a certified Digital Forensics Expert with over 20 years of experience and a Digital Evidence Expert Witness at Evidence Solutions, Inc. He specializes in cell phone forensics, computer forensics, cybersecurity, EMR/EHR forensics, and audio/video/imagery forensics, and has conducted hundreds of digital forensics investigations involving the acquisition, preservation, and analysis of data in state and federal courts. Before joining Evidence Solutions, he served as an Advanced Digital Forensic Analyst with the Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit and earlier spent a decade as Chief Information & Security Officer in the financial industry. He is a licensed private investigator in Arizona, Texas, and Michigan.
Thomas Plunkett is Managing Director of Digital Forensics & eDiscovery at ArcherHall with over 20 years of experience in digital forensics, cybersecurity, and counterintelligence.
For 30 years, Ms. Schroader has been a leading innovator in digital forensics, developing software to recover data from various sources including smartphones, hard drives, cloud storage, email, and gaming systems.
For over 42 years, Scott Greene has been helping judges, attorneys, and organizations understand data by collecting, analyzing, and explaining complex electronic and digital evidence in legal matters.
Professor Colin Miller is a nationally recognized authority on evidence law, with a particular focus on the evolving legal standards surrounding social media evidence in litigation. His research and teaching explore how traditional evidentiary principles adapt to modern challenges including digital authentication and online content admissibility.
Jeff Martin is a certified Digital Forensics Expert with over 20 years of experience and a Digital Evidence Expert Witness at Evidence Solutions, Inc. He specializes in cell phone forensics, computer forensics, cybersecurity, EMR/EHR forensics, and audio/video/imagery forensics, and has conducted hundreds of digital forensics investigations involving the acquisition, preservation, and analysis of data in state and federal courts. Before joining Evidence Solutions, he served as an Advanced Digital Forensic Analyst with the Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit and earlier spent a decade as Chief Information & Security Officer in the financial industry. He is a licensed private investigator in Arizona, Texas, and Michigan.
Thomas Plunkett is Managing Director of Digital Forensics & eDiscovery at ArcherHall with over 20 years of experience in digital forensics, cybersecurity, and counterintelligence.
For 30 years, Ms. Schroader has been a leading innovator in digital forensics, developing software to recover data from various sources including smartphones, hard drives, cloud storage, email, and gaming systems.
For over 42 years, Scott Greene has been helping judges, attorneys, and organizations understand data by collecting, analyzing, and explaining complex electronic and digital evidence in legal matters.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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