Kevin Horan

Under the Rules of Evidence, an expert with “specialized knowledge” may testify. It is a low bar, and it was meant to be, because the rules are designed to favor access and fairness over credential gatekeeping, allowing courts to hear potentially helpful expertise without turning judges into arbiters of professional qualifications. Courts are not licensing bodies. Judges are not tasked with ranking experts or deciding who is the “best” in a field.

Cellular analysis plays a crucial role in modern litigation. Attorneys often rely on Call Detail Records (CDRs) and tower information to reconstruct where a device was likely located. But these records only tell part of the story.

In modern litigation, cell phone evidence is everywhere—criminal cases, civil disputes, accident investigations, workplace claims, fraud matters, and insurance litigation. But while most attorneys understand call detail records and tower/sector information, very few realize that one of the most powerful location indicators in cellular forensics is something carriers normally don’t hand over unless you specifically request it