Chuck Easttom is available to law firms as a consultant on computer related litigation. He has worked on a number of cases since 2004.


Areas of Expertise

    • Computer Security & Computer Forensics

    • Software Architecture and Development

    • Windows, Linux, and Unix Operating systems

    • Software copyright and patent infringement

  • Litigation Support Experience

    • AVG v Microsoft, consulting for the firm of McKool Smith.
    • Harrison v Comtech Solutions Worldwide inc., consulting for the firm of Winthrop & Weinstine.
    • The Weidt Group v Cold Spring Granite company, consulting for the firm of  Winthrop & Weinstine.
    • Countryman v NextMedia inc. , consulting for the firm Siebman, Reynolds, Burg, & Phillips.
    • Virnetx v Microsoft, consulting for the the firm of McDermott, Will, and Emery.
    • SSL Services LLC v Citrix Systems Inc., consulting for the firm of Dickstein and Shapiro LLC.
    • Uniloc v multiple defendants, consulting for the firm of Ethridge Law Group.
    • Virnetx v Cisco et. al.; Virnetx v Mitel, et. al., consulting for the firm of McKool Smith.
    • Parallel Networks v Abercrombie & Fitch, multiple defendants and multiple law firms.
    • Nuance v. Vlingo, consulting for the firm of Hays, Bostic, & Cronnin
    • Eolis v. ADOBE SYSTEMS INC., et al., Consulting for the firm of Lord, Locke, Bissel, and Lidell.
    • I do occasional pro bono work helping local police departments analyze computer related evidence.


    Sample of firms I have worked with
    • McKool Smith (multiple cases)
    • Winthrop & Weinstine (multiple cases)
    • Ogles Law Firm
    • Siebman, Reynolds, Burg & Phillips
    • McDermott, Will, & Emory
    • Dickstein and Shapiro
    • Ethridge Law Group
    • Lord, Locke, Bissell, and Lidell (multiple cases)
    • Jones Day
    • Hays, Bostic, & Cronnin (multiple cases)
    • Morgan Lewis
    • Munk Carter
    • Thompson Knight
    • Mintz-Levin
    • Winston - Strawn
    • Nelson, Bumgardner, and Castro
    • Sheppard-Mullin
    • Andrews-Kurth
    • Haynes-Boone

    Summary of credentials
    Along with experience in litigation support, Mr. Easttom has over 17 years of experience in the IT profession, ranging from software engineering to upper management. He is the author of 13  computer science related     books, 7 provisional patents, and hold most of the major computer industry certifications (MCP, MCT, MCSE, MCAD, MCDBA,MCTS, MCITP, CEH, CHFI,ECSA, CISSP, ISSAP, etc.). Mr. Easttom also worked as a subject matter expert for CompTIA in the creation and revision of four of their certification tests (Server+, Linux+, Security+, and CTT+). He has also been named to Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in American Education. Mr. Easttom has been a guest speaker at many locations including Harvard Computer Society, the ACM Chapter at Columbia University, and the Southern Methodist University Computer Science and Engineering Research Colloquium. You can view his resume/CV resume here.