Andy Crain
Founding Partner
Andrew Crain provides expert witness and strategic consulting services to law firm and corporate clients in the areas of computer forensics, investigations, electronic discovery, and litigation support.
Portland, OR
andy.crain@syncforensics.com
415.640.3385
BIOGRAPHY
Licensed in California as both an attorney (inactive) and private investigator (active), Andy has assisted clients with a wide variety of consulting engagements in the past seventeen years. He also possesses many years of experience with personnel management, as well as profitably building, and growing private computer forensics consulting practices.
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Andy’s case experience includes areas such as theft of trade secrets, spoliation of evidence, internal investigations, employment disputes, government/regulatory inquiries, and fraud. He has provided expert testimony in declarations and depositions and at trial. He has served many times as a neutral computer forensics examiner, either by court appointment or stipulation. He frequently lectures at CLE seminars, in university courses, and in law firm presentations on the topics of investigations, computer forensics, and electronic discovery.
Professional Background
Education
Colorado University
JD, 2000
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Butler University
BA, Journalism and History, 1996
Publications & Presentations
Trade Secrets Outlook: Cloudy with a Chance of Exposure. https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/03/17/trade-secrets-outlook-cloudy-chance-exposure/id=187099/ (March 17, 2025).
Certifications and Licenses
TX Licensed Private Investigator
CA Licensed Attorney (Inactive)
CA Licensed Private Investigator
Experience
Lighthouse Global
Vice president of forensics
2017 – 2018
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Discovia
Vice president of forensics
2009 – 2017
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Bridge City Legal
Forensics litigation director
2007 – 2009
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SafirRosetti
Computer forensics lab manager
2001 – 2007
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Fast Track Litigation Support
Project manager
2000 – 2001