Guiberson Consulting grew from the law practice of Samuel Guiberson, whose career focus has been complex cases, often involving voluminous documents, digital discovery, and electronic surveillance evidence. He has developed many of the most successful trial techniques used today by defense lawyers to combat overreaching and manipulative undercover practices in "sting" investigations. Sam is considered to be among the country's foremost experts in recorded evidence
As an outgrowth of his work with recorded evidence, Mr. Guiberson became an early innovator in the use of computer technology in the analysis, management, and trial presentation of complex evidence. Over the last thirty years, he has developed evidentiary litigation strategies for some of the nation's largest terrorism, conspiracy, criminal antitrust, tax fraud, political corruption, and undercover cases. Sam has particpated in many of his generation's most renowned cases, and his work has been recognized in numerous publications as well as in several books.
Today, most of his professional time is dedicated to serving as an attorney consultant to lawyers in civil and criminal cases around the nation. His primary interest is communications evidence, whether it is recorded speech, document text, or digital communication. He was the attorney selected to design, develop, and manage all discovery litigation support for defense counsel (both in and out of court) during the Oklahoma City Bombing trial of Timothy McVeigh.
Sam was also commissioned by the Administrative Office of the Federal Courts to design and develop CapDefNet.org, a web training and resource site for the Capital Defense Network, dedicated to assisting counsel who represent clients in federal capital and habeas proceedings. He has produced numerous legal education videos on legal technology, as well as the fifteen hour video series, "Wrongful Convictions: Causes & Remedies", currently part of the wrongful convictions core curriculum at many law schools in this country and abroad.From 1980 to the present, Mr. Guiberson has been a frequent author and lecturer on trial technology, criminal defense topics, tape-recorded evidence tactics, technologically assisted discovery analysis, law enforcement technology and the use of technology in the practice of law. Throughout his career, he has been invited to speak throughout the United States and internationally regarding law and technology, surveillance, computer technology and organizational change, and the impact of the Digital Age on privacy, commerce, and culture.
An active member of a number of professional organizations, Mr. Guiberson has served as chair of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section Committee on Science and Technology and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' E-Discovery Task Force, Discovery, Legal Technology, and Technology and Law Enforcement Committees. He has served as a member of three consecutive ABA CJS Standards Committee Task Forces on Electronic, Physical, and Transactions Surveillance and has appeared as an expert witness on Internet crime before the United States House and Senate Judiciary Committees.