Cyber Crime is an emerging area of the law.  If you are accused of a crime that involves a computer or where portions of the evidence being offered against you is alleged to have been found on a computer, you should contact an attorney well versed in that area of law. 

Brian Barakat helped form the Cyber Crime unit of the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office.  Mr. Barakat continues to lecture lawyers and law enforcement form all over the world on the topics of computer crime and the use of digital evidence. 

The rules and regulations related to the gathering and admissibility of digital evidence are often completely unique or specialized adaptations of existing rules.  Federal Laws such as the Patriot Act, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, The Privacy Protection Act, the Cable Protection Act and many others come into play.

One example of this is the use of digital photography and the admission of digital photographs.  Mr. Barakat’s article The Authentication of Digital Photographs Under the Pictorial Testimony Theory, is widely reproduced and cited by judges and attorneys across the country. 

Moreover, while many lawyers have read these laws or have attended classes on them.  Mr. Barakat has prosecuted and defended computer crime cases.  He has briefed, argued and taught the law associated with the cyber crime.  Local sate and federal law enforcement often use search warrants initially drafted by Mr. Barakat while a prosecutor at the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office. 

If you are accused of computer fraud, eBay fraud, possession of digital contraband, hacking or theft of services contact BJA for a consultation.

Call Barakat, Jacobs & Associates, P.L. for a consultation or send us an e-mail. We can evaluate your case today.