Michael Bandemer

Michael Bandemer is head of digital forensics and data solutions at HKA. He has over 20 years of experience and has acted as a digital forensic investigation expert on over 500 occasions.

Michael has qualified in court as an expert in e-discovery and digital forensics, and provided testimony at deposition, arbitration, federal, and state court. He has been selected as an independent e-discovery and computer forensics expert and has served as a 30(b)(6) corporate representative, special master and court-appointed third-party forensic neutral in various engagements. In these matters, he has addressed discovery and forensic issues concerning records management, forensic protocols, accessibility, authentication, burden, preservation, collection, spoliation, misappropriation, remediation, search and production.

Michael has led hundreds of digital forensics, eDiscovery, data analytics and high-tech crime investigation matters. In the capacity as either a testifying expert, forensics neutral, consultant and/or corporate representative, he has performed, directed, and testified to the preservation, defensible collection, search and analysis (using traditional, emerging advanced analytics, and AI-enabled methods and tools) of digital evidence from virtually every type of device, system, account, and platform.

Michael’s forensic data analysis expertise includes misappropriation of trade secrets, internal employment investigations, asset tracing, business email compromises (BEM), falsified or altered emails, texts and documents, metadata analysis, fraud investigations, unstructured data analytics, and regulatory inquiries (SEC, USPS and FTC).

Michael is a Certified EnCase Computer Examiner, Certified Information Technology Professional, Certified in Financial Forensics, and a Certified Management Accountant. He is a member of the International Board of Directors for the High Technology Crime Investigation Association, the Sedona Conference (working groups include the electronic document retention and production and forensic issues in trade secret disputes), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the Institute of Management Accountants. He holds the patent for a structural relational database and interface developed for managing electronic information, photos, and digitized field drawings and notes, and other information in construction defect matters.