Digital Detectives
Sharon D. Nelson
John W. Simek
Digital Detectives, hosted by noted authors and lecturers Sharon D. Nelson, Esq. and John W. Simek, focuses on hot topics in computer forensics, electronic evidence and information security issues. The hosts are the President and Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc., a nationally known computer forensics, information technology and information security firm in Fairfax, Virginia.
Sharon D. Nelson, Esq., is the President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc., a computer forensics and legal technology firm in Fairfax, Virginia. Ms. Nelson graduated from Georgetown University Law Center and has been in private practice ever since, now concentrating exclusively in electronic evidence law. Ms. Nelson is a past President of the Fairfax Bar Association, a Director of the Fairfax Law Foundation and serves as a member of ARMA’s E-Discovery Advisory Group. She is a former Chair of the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Publishing Board. She is also a graduate of Leadership Fairfax, is a past chair of the American Bar Association’s TECHSHOW and serves on the Virginia State Bar governing Council and on its Executive Committee, on its Technology Committee, and as Chair of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee. The Virginia Supreme Court appointed her to the Statewide E-Filing Committee beginning in 2010. She is a co-author of The Electronic Evidence and Discovery Handbook: Forms, Checklists and Guidelines (American Bar Association, 2006) and Information Security for Lawyers and Law Firms (American Bar Association, 2006), as well as The 2008,2009 2010 and 2011 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guides ( American Bar Association, 2008,2009,2010,2011). She is also a co-author of How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times (ABA, 2009).
Ms. Nelson is the author of the noted electronic evidence blog, Ride the Lightning and is a co-host of the American Bar Association podcast series called “The Digital Edge: Lawyers and Technology” and the Legal Talk Network podcast “Digital Detectives.”
She is a frequent author and speaker on legal technology, information technology and electronic evidence.
Ms. Nelson’s contact information:
Sharon D. Nelson, Esq.
President, Sensei Enterprises, Inc.
3975 University Dr., Suite 225
Fairfax, VA. 22030
703-359-0700 (phone)
703-359-8434 (fax)
snelson@senseient.com
John W. Simek is the Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc. He is an EnCase Certified forensic technologist (EnCE). Mr. Simek has a national reputation as a computer forensics technologist and has testified as an expert witness throughout the United States.
Mr. Simek holds a degree in engineering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy and an MBA in finance from Saint Joseph’s University. After forming Sensei, he ended his 20+ year affiliation with Mobil Oil Corporation, where he served as a senior technologist designing and troubleshooting Mobil’s networks throughout the western hemisphere. Mr. Simek has in-depth experience with network troubleshooting, hardware and software implementations, systems integration, and logistical and financial expertise in a wide range of computer engineering designs and solutions. In addition to his EnCase Certification (EnCE), Mr. Simek is a Certified Handheld Examiner, Certified Novell Engineer, Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, NT Certified Independent Professional, and a Certified Internetwork Professional. He is also a member of the High Tech Crime Network and of the International Information Systems Forensics Association as well as the American Bar Association and the Fairfax Bar Association. He is a member of the ABA Law Practice Management Magazine Board. He currently provides information technology support to over 220 area law firms, legal entities and corporations. He is a co-author of The Electronic Evidence and Discovery Handbook: Forms, Checklists and Guidelines (American Bar Association, 2006), Information Security for Lawyers and Law Firms (American Bar Association, 2006), The 2010 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide: Critical Decisions Made Simple (American Bar Association, 2010) and a contributing author of eDiscovery (Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2008). He is a frequent author and speaker on legal technology and electronic evidence throughout the country.
Mr. Simek’s contact information:
John W. Simek
Vice President, Sensei Enterprises, Inc.
3975 University Dr., Suite 225
Fairfax, VA. 22030
703-359-0700 (phone)
703-359-8434 (fax)
jsimek@senseient.com
