EXPERT TESTIMONY LAST 4 YEARS

MICHAEL ALAN PRIMEAU, CFVE, CFVT, MCE

AUDIO, VIDEO AND IMAGE FORENSIC EXPERT

1703 Star Batt Dr. Rochester Hills, MI 48309 | Phone: 800-647-4281 Email: mike@primeaucompanies.com | Website: www.primeauforensics.com Revised: 4/21/2026

EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY

1. State of Indiana v. Johnney B. Hester IV

Attorney Megan Scheuler – Counsel for the Defendant | State of Indiana | Case No. 60C01-2110-F1-617
In Person – April 9, 2026

Video authentication methodology related to a deleted video file, recovered via a Google search warrant.
Testified during trial as an expert witness and a rebuttal witness.

2. People of The State of Michigan v. Peter Nwoke

Attorney Allison Kriger | State of Michigan, County of Wayne Third Judicial County Court
In Person – April 1, 2026

Acquisition of VMS system, video recovery of proprietary format for date of incident.
Expert opinions offered regarding allegations of tampering to NVR, destruction of evidence.
Testified during trial as expert witness.

3. People of The State of Michigan v. Marcus Davis Clark

Attorney Erin Wilmoth | State of Michigan, County of Wayne Third Judicial County Court | Case No. 25-001823-01-FC
In Person – April 6, 2026

Forensic audio clarification methodology of signals from CCTV surveillance camera.
Testified during trial as expert witness.

4. Tahan v. Kinyar

Attorney Don McGuigan | State of Michigan, Oakland County 6th Judicial Circuit Court | Docket No. 2026-541641-PP
In Person – March 31, 2026

Acquisition of 2TB NVR, video recovery scanning and log file examination.
Expert opinions regarding evidence of initialization of internal HDD and recoverable information.
Testified during PPO (personal protection order) extension hearing as expert witness.

5. Cannabis Regulatory Agency v. Hicloud, LLC

Attorney David Rudoi | State of Michigan, Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules | Docket No. 24-0303011
Zoom – December 5, 2025

Acquisition of 32TB DVR, produce raw video, clarified, and multi-cam exhibits.
Expert opinions regarding allegations of tampering to NVR, power loss, etc.
Testified during last day of trial as expert witness.

6. State of Wisconsin v. Kirk Drury

Attorney Keli Thompson | Docket No. 24-0303011
Zoom – September 25, 2025

Photographic image comparison investigation and report.
Offered as expert in image comparison.
Testified at Daubert hearing regarding rebuttal testimony of investigation completed by LE.

7. Maddox v. Francemone

Attorney Ryan Poplawksi – Counsel for the Defendant | State of New York, Northern District of New York
In Person – May 22, 2025

Forensic video clarification, image comparison, gunshot analysis.
Expert opinions regarding identification of suspect from surveillance imagery.
Testified during last day of trial as expert witness.

8. United States of America v. Charles Crawford

Attorney Joshua Barber – Counsel for the Defendant | State of Nebraska, District Court for District of Nebraska (Federal Court)
In Person – April 29, 2025

Forensic video analysis, video authentication.
Expert opinions regarding the authentication of several digital video recordings produced from body worn camera.
Testified during supplemental hearing on motion to suppress.

9. State of Indiana v. Johnney Burlie Franklin Hester

Attorney Megan Schueler – Counsel for the Defendant | State of Indiana, Owen County Circuit Court
Zoom – November 4, 2024

Forensic video analysis, video authentication.
Expert opinions regarding authentication of one digital video recording recovered via Google search warrant.
Testified during motion hearing to exclude video evidence under silent witness theory.

10. Lyndsay Sanik v. Mitchell Sanik

Attorney Keli Isles-Hernandez – Counsel for the Defendant | State of New York, Family Court Erie County
In Person – July 26, 2024

Forensic Video Analysis.
Expert opinions regarding the methodology in forensic video analysis to make determinations about the source of human sounds in a video recording captured by a mobile device, iPhone 12 Pro.
Testified during trial as an expert in digital multimedia forensics.

11. State of Kansas v. Timothy Hugo

Attorney Carissa Leffler – Counsel for the Defendant | Tenth Judicial District of Kansas Public Defender Office
In Person – July 24, 2024

Forensic Video Authentication.
Expert opinions regarding the authenticity of video recordings, source identification of the camera, and exemplar testing using a Samsung Galaxy S10.
Testified during trial as an expert in digital forensics.

12. R v. Najmuddin

Mr. Christien Levien – Counsel for the Defendant | Ontario Central West Region Court of Justice
Zoom – May 7, 2024

Forensic Audio, Video and Image Authentication.
Expert opinions regarding the authenticity of audio, video and image recordings created on multiple mobile devices, including a Samsung device.
Testified during the trial as an expert in forensic audio, video, and image analysis.

13. State v. Cesaire Rice

Attorney Mark Hampton – Counsel for the Defendant
Zoom – March 12, 2024

Forensic video clarification and synchronization.
Testified to the accuracy of the synchronized demonstrative exhibit and audio analysis rendering opinions about gunshot count and timing.

14. State of New Mexico v. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed

Attorney Kari Morrissey – Counsel for the Prosecution | District Court | Case No. D-101-CR2023-00040
In Person – March 4, 2024

Forensic Image Analysis methodology and forensic image/video enhancement.
Expert opinions regarding the tonality of pixels depicting ammunition casings.
Testified during the trial as an expert in forensic audio, video, and image analysis.

15. The People of the State of Colorado v. Yoseph Yadessa Kenno

Client Joseph Kenno – Counsel for the Plaintiff | Civil
Online – March 25, 2024

Audio authentication analysis.
Testified at an evidentiary hearing.

16. Zepure Rose Rizik — Superior Court of the State of Arizona

Attorney Alex Poulos – Counsel for the Defendant | Juvenile Court | Case No. JS519752
Online – July 3, 2023

Video authentication methodology.
Testified at a status conference as an expert in forensic video analysis.

17. The People of the State of Michigan v. Lance Delorean Hardon

Attorney Donald Sheldon – Counsel for the Defendant | Criminal
In Person – July 20, 2023

Photographic image comparison.
Testified at trial as an expert witness.
Presented methodology for comparison using chart and report for the jury.

18. People v. Austin Martin Batzer — Daubert Hearing

Attorney Jordan Zuppke – Counsel for the Defendant | Criminal
In Person – March 30–31, 2023

Forensic Video Analysis: accuracy of forensic tools and opinions offered from those tools.
Testified as an expert witness.

19. Garcia v. State of New York — Claim No. 137472

Attorney Philip Dillon – Attorney General of the State of New York, Defense
Zoom – March 10, 2023

Forensic Video Analysis: consulting agreement as rebuttal witness.
Testified at trial as a fact witness.
Presented methodology for crop and resize of a video surveillance recording depicting a traffic collision.

20. Firmus Centro, LLC v. ATX Self Storage, LLC.

Attorney Sara Clark – Counsel for the Defendant | Civil | 419th Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas
In Person – December 15, 2022

Forensic Video Analysis: video frame extraction.
Testified at trial as a fact witness.
Presented methodology for analysis of 8 weeks of video surveillance and extraction of single frames for evaluation of blocking to an easement property.

21. People v. Matthew Rademacher

Attorney Frank Stanley – Counsel for the Defendant | Criminal | Ionia County Circuit Court, Michigan
In Person – December 1, 2022

Forensic Video Analysis: Video authentication.
Testified about possible explanations for video notifications missing in the Wansview iOS application.
Testified about potential additional information through Cellebrite full file system collection.

22. Borchardt v. Quinto

Attorney Jo Ardalan – Counsel for the Defendant | Civil | Superior Court of California, East Van Nuys, Dept. C
Zoom – November 11, 2022

Digital Image Authentication.
Testified at trial about the methodology for authenticating three images and the conclusion that the images were manipulated using Adobe Lightroom.

23. KMZ Veronika v. Swurve Media Corporation

Attorney Michael Edison – Counsel for the Defendant | Civil | Case No. 19-004584-CI | 6th Judicial Circuit for Pinellas County Florida
Zoom – October 17, 2022

Digital Image Authentication.
Testified at evidentiary hearing about the methodology for authenticating screenshots contained within PDFs and the conclusion that the images weren’t reliable.

24. State of Ohio v. Dean E. Catherman

Attorney Jeff Kellogg – Counsel for the Defendant | Criminal | Municipal Court Holmes County, Ohio
In Person – September 6, 2022

Forensic Video Analysis.
Testified at trial about the methodology for analyzing an in-car dash camera video recording to discern if the defendant’s vehicle had its headlights engaged.

25. Commonwealth v. Alexander Lavrentios

Attorney Joseph Cataldo – Counsel for the Defendant | Criminal | Boston Municipal Court, Massachusetts
In Person – August 24, 2022

Digital video enhancement.
Testified about the methodology for enhancing the video and presented a demonstrative exhibit to the Jury.

EXPERT WITNESS DEPOSITION TESTIMONY

1. Jamar Lee George Gray v. 22930 Woodward, LLC d/b/a The Bosco Lounge and Reginald Devon Burks, Jr.

Attorney David Shiener | Civil: Defense
Zoom – April 4, 2025
Testified in a deposition in the area of methodology and experience in video recovery and spoliation motion.

2. Donald Riley Anderson, Shellie Morgan Anderson and James Robert Watson v. City of Camilla, Randall Pool and George Baker Aviation, Inc.

Attorney Matthew Cook | Civil: Plaintiff
Zoom – February 27, 2025
Testified in a deposition in the area of methodology and experience in video clarification.

3. Rachelle Isabel Scott v. Lycoming Engines, Wayman Aviation, LLC, American Flight Training, LLC, Piper Aircraft, Inc., Delaware Trust Co Trustee

Attorney Michael Schofield | Civil: Defense
Zoom – December 10, 2024
Testified in a deposition in the area of methodology and experience in video clarification.

4. Marlon J. Brown v. MSC Ship Management, LTD., MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co., and Meridian 7 LTD.

Attorney Lucas Bradley | Civil: Defense
Zoom – August 8, 2024
Testified in a deposition in the area of methodology and experience in video clarification.

5. State of New Mexico v. Alexander Baldwin

Attorney Kari Morrissey | Criminal: Prosecution
Zoom – April 26, 2024

Testified in a pre interview in the area of forensic video analysis and image clarification methodology.
Offered opinions rendered from a previous investigation for a co-defendant.

6. State of New Mexico v. Hannah Guitierrez

Attorney Kari Morrissey | Criminal: Prosecution
Zoom – January 26, 2024

Testified in a pre interview in the area of forensic video analysis and image clarification methodology.
Offered opinions regarding the reliability of enhanced imagery for identification and comparison of pixels of ammunition.

7. Ortiz v. Burlein

Attorney Terry Lenamon | Civil: Defense
Zoom – January 29, 2024

Testified in a deposition regarding a site inspection and gunshot recreation using Ring cloud surveillance technology.
Also provided audio enhancement, video enhancement and video authentication.
Offered opinions regarding the reliability of the system to record dialogue and gunshots.

8. State of Missouri v. Clifton Brown — Case No. 22CF-CR00466

Attorney Herman Guetersloh | Criminal: Defense
Zoom – October 27, 2023

Medex methodology and video authentication.
Testified in a deposition in the area of methodology and experience with video authentication.

9. KMZ Veronika v. Swurve Media Corporation — Case No. 19-004584-CI

Attorney Michael Edison | Civil: Defense
Zoom – April 27, 2022

Digital image authentication of PDFs.
Testified in a deposition in the area of methodology and experience in this area.

10. Hodder v. Delzell, FBM Logistics LLC, V-Line Logistics LLC and Cogency Global — Case No. 20-07030-NI

Attorney Cameron Getto | Civil: Defense
In Person – April 20, 2022

Forensic video analysis of surveillance video evidence, frame timing estimation.
Expert rebuttal witness; site inspection of intersection where accident occurred.
Testified in a deposition around methodology and experience in this area.

11. Little v. City of Chicago

Attorney Barbara Burke | Civil: Defense
Zoom – March 25, 2022

Forensic audio analysis, SPL samples generated using a binaural headset.
Forensic video analysis, surveillance, and in-car video camera evidence.
Site inspection of law enforcement vehicle.
Testified in a deposition around methodology and experience in this area.