Who We Are

Samuel A. Guiberson is a Houston-based attorney whose consulting practice focuses on 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. He is considered to be among the country's foremost experts in tape-recorded evidence cases.

Mr. Guiberson is also regarded as an innovator in the use of computer technology in litigation, having developed computer litigation strategies for some of the nation's largest terrorism, conspiracy, criminal antitrust, tax fraud, and undercover cases. His work has been recognized over the years in numerous publications as well as in several books. Much of his professional time is dedicated to serving as a consulting attorney to lawyers in civil and criminal cases around the nation. 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. He also designed and developed CapDefNet.org, a webpage for the Capital Defense Network, dedicated to assisting counsel representing clients in federal capital and habeas proceedings. Sam also produced the video series, Wrongful Convictions, Causes & Remedies, currently part of the core curriculum for wrongful convictions at many law schools in this country and abroad.

From 1980 to the present, Sam has been a frequent author and lecturer, on criminal defense topics, tape-recorded evidence tactics, law enforcement technology, litigation technology and the use of technology in the practice of law. Throughout his carreer, he has been invited to speak about law and technology, technology and organizational change, and the impact of the Digital Age on privacy, commerce and culture at professional conferences, computer industry events, college campuses and in-house corporate legal and law firm seminars.

An active member of a number of professional organizations., Mr. Guiberson has chaired both the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section Committee on Science and Technology and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' Technology and Law Enforcement Committee. He recently served as a member of the ABA CJS Standards Committee's Task Force on Technology and Law Enforcement, and has appeared as an expert witness on Internet crime before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.. Sam can be reached via email at guiberson@guiberson.com.