Sector Specific Secure Case Review & Intake
Zero-Knowledge Custody • Objective Forensic Analysis
To initiate our engagement and begin the investigative process, all clients must execute our master legal agreements and fund their initial case retainer. I strictly handle digital and archival datasets only—never physical biological specimens or wet-lab law enforcement evidence.
Retainer & Replenishment Directives
All specialized casework and litigation projects require an upfront, non-refundable retainer prior to case commencement.
Initial Retainer Baseline
$5,000.00 upfront deposit is required to initiate active casework and secure biological asset procurement. (Discounted flat-rate packages are exempt from this baseline).
Billing Increments
All professional services are meticulously tracked and billed in 0.1-hour (6-minute) increments.
Replenishment Threshold
When the retainer balance falls to 20% ($1,000.00), an automated replenishment invoice is issued. Active casework will pause if replenishment is not completed within 7 business days.
Sector-Specific Service Packages
Bespoke investigative genetic genealogy, expert witness consultation, and agency support tiers.
Private Families & Personal Genealogy
For private individuals seeking to resolve unknown parentage, adoptions, or historical brick walls.
Includes initial DNA kit ingestion
Preliminary autosomal triangulation
Foundational hypothesis report
Ongoing work post-Alpha phase billed at discounted $150.00 / hour
Attorneys (Litigation & Expert Witness)
Comprehensive forensic analysis, bioinformatic cross-examination review, and courtroom testimony.
Initial retainer baseline: $5,000.00
Case File Review / Research: $325.00 / hour
Deposition & Trial Testimony: $525.00 / hour
Minimum 4-hour billing block for testimony appearance
Law Enforcement (Cold Cases & UHR)
Dedicated Forensic Genetic Genealogy (FGG) operational deployments for violent crimes and unidentified remains.
FGG Operational Package covers up to 50 active hours
Consulting / Overflow: $225.00 / hour
$210.00 / hr overflow rate tier
Rigorous chain-of-custody & Bayesian likelihood ratios
Private Investigators & Probate
Specialized support for licensed investigators, trust attorneys, and estate administrators.
Prepaid PI Phase-Based Block: $3,700.00 (20-Hour Block)
Estate Lineage Analysis: $240.00 / hour
Comprehensive Heirship Reports: Fixed tier starting at $4,500.00
Court-ready documentation adhering to GPS standards
Whole Genome Sequencing & Deconvolution
End-to-end air-gapped computational processing for severely degraded, low-template (<1 ng), or complex mixed-source biological datasets.
High-depth WGS / Exome BAM/CRAM ingestion & variant calling
MixDeR computational mixture deconvolution & scGPT allele imputation
Multi-modal concordance (STR, mtDNA, Y-DNA & autosomal SNPs)
Air-gapped processing with SHA-512 cryptographic chain-of-custody
Expert Witness Agreements & Testimony
Formal Rule 26 expert disclosures, Daubert/Frye admissibility defense, bioinformatic cross-examination strategy, and sworn courtroom or deposition testimony.
Sworn Deposition & Trial Testimony: $525.00 / hour
Mandatory 4-hour minimum billing block per appearance
Rule 26 Expert Reports & Trial Exhibits: $325.00 / hour
Pre-testimony retainer replenishment & travel escrow required
Bioinformatics & Infrastructure
Advanced Genomics & Secure Pipelines for biotech partners and institutional clients requiring bespoke computational frameworks.
Whole Genome / Exome Sequencing Processing
Per sample high-depth variant calling, BAM/CRAM ingestion, and multi-modal concordance verification.
Bespoke Bioinformatics Consulting
Custom algorithmic pipelines, kinship matrix computations, and proprietary genomic database structuring.
Air-Gapped Vault Deployment
Implementation fee for dedicated, physically isolated, zero-knowledge computational environments with full sovereignty.
The Handoff: Zero-Knowledge Custody
CRITICAL PROTOCOL: Upon execution of your agreements and retainer funding, you will receive a secure, time-expiring, end-to-end encrypted upload link. Do not transmit unredacted legal files or raw genomic data via standard email. Standard email transmissions will be immediately purged, unanalyzed, to prevent chain-of-custody breaches.
Direct Stripe Retainer & Deposit Portal
Select your authorized tier below to remit initial deposits, flat-fee baselines, or 20% ($1,000.00) retainer replenishments via Stripe.
Zero-Knowledge Tresorit Ingestion Links
For clients with active, funded retainers cleared by Roger Alvarez. Transmit raw genomic data (BAM/CRAM/VCF) and unredacted legal discovery exclusively via your designated end-to-end encrypted Tresorit link.
Tier 07 • Specialized Forensic Backlog & Justice Initiative
Specialized Forensic Backlog & SAK Remediation
High-throughput, zero-knowledge bioinformatic resolution of untested or complex mixed-source sexual assault kits (SAKs), SAECK evidence, and low-template biological files.
Target Stakeholders & Taskforces
Inter-Agency Taskforces & Cold Case Remediation
Engineered specifically for Special Victims Units (SVU), State Attorney General Cold Case Divisions, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Programs, Innocence Projects, and Systemic Backlog Remediation Taskforces requiring air-gapped, zero-knowledge computational processing.
Batch Evidentiary Baseline
Multi-Profile Casework Block
$14,200.00
per evidentiary batch or casework block
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Batch Ingestion & Deconvolution Block (Covers up to 40 complex mixed-profile items or low-template extracts)
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Air-gapped AOS computation with SHA-512 cryptographic hash manifests
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Full concordance cross-validation across STR, mtDNA, Y-STR, and autosomal SNP markers
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Court-admissible Daubert/Frye compliant expert analytical disclosures
Hourly Rates & Testimonial Tiers
Advisory, Review & Court Appearances
Consulting / Expert Review
$225.00 / hr
Secondary technical advisory, inter-agency case review, biological file validation, and complex deconvolution audits.
Courtroom & Expert Testimony
$525.00 / hr
Deposition, pre-trial evidentiary hearings, and courtroom expert witness testimony (Mandatory 4-hour minimum billing block per appearance, matching Tier 02/06 standards).
Out-of-Band Coordination
Included
Direct coordination with submitting prosecutors, crime labs, and custodial law enforcement officers under strict NDA.
Core Technical Deliverables
What Alvarez Forensics LLC Provides
Scientifically reproducible outputs engineered for high-consequence criminal prosecutions and exonerations.
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Low-Template Mixture Deconvolution
Advanced computational algorithms including MixDeR and statistical allele imputation to resolve complex, multi-contributor DNA profiles from degraded, degraded-epithelial, or trace biological evidence.
MixDeR Modeling
Allele Imputation
Complex Mixtures
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Multi-Modal Concordance Reporting
Rigorous cross-validation across Short Tandem Repeats (STR), mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), Y-STR markers, and autosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to eliminate false associations and isolate suspect components.
STR / Y-STR
mtDNA Sequences
Autosomal SNPs
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Cryptographic Chain-of-Custody
SHA-512 verifiable audit logs ensuring absolute legal defensibility and zero-knowledge data integrity from raw file ingestion to final evidentiary reporting within the permanently air-gapped Alvarez Operating System (AOS).
SHA-512 Manifests
Air-Gapped Isolation
Zero Leakage
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Court-Ready Expert Disclosures
Comprehensive, peer-reviewed forensic reporting structured to satisfy Daubert/Frye admissibility requirements, supporting state and federal prosecutors, grand jury presentations, and post-conviction innocence proceedings.
Daubert / Frye Standard
Expert Witness Affidavits
Grand Jury Ready
Initiate Backlog Review or Request Municipal Procurement
Coordinate SAK batch ingestion under formal inter-agency chain-of-custody protocols or remit retainer funding directly via encrypted escrow.
Zero-Knowledge Ingestion • Tiers 01–07
Encrypted Tresorit Upload Portals
To maintain an unbroken, legally defensible chain of custody, all digital case files, raw genomic data, and evidentiary documentation must be transferred exclusively through the designated end-to-end encrypted Tresorit enclave for your authorized service tier.
Tier 01
Private Families & Personal Genealogy
Funded family clients may access the Tier 01 encrypted Tresorit upload portal to transmit pedigree charts, historical vitals, and raw autosomal DNA kit files under zero-knowledge security.
Tier 02
Attorneys & Expert Witness Litigation
Retaining legal counsel may access the Tier 02 encrypted Tresorit upload portal to transfer confidential case discovery, deposition transcripts, and court filings directly to expert witness review.
Tier 03
Law Enforcement Cold Cases & UHR
Authorized law enforcement agencies and investigators may access the Tier 03 encrypted Tresorit upload portal to securely ingest violent crime case files, forensic evidence manifests, and unidentified human remains (UHR) records.
Tier 04
Private Investigators & Estate Probate
Licensed private investigators and estate fiduciaries may access the Tier 04 encrypted Tresorit upload portal to upload kinship documents, probate pleadings, and genealogical heirship affidavits.
Tier 05
Whole Genome & Exome Sequencing
Accredited sequencing facilities and institutional partners may access the Tier 05 encrypted Tresorit upload portal to transmit high-depth BAM, CRAM, and WGS FASTQ alignment datasets into our air-gapped pipeline.
Tier 06
Bespoke Bioinformatics Consulting
Biotech research teams and genomic consultants may access the Tier 06 encrypted Tresorit upload portal to securely deliver proprietary variant pipelines, kinship matrices, and algorithmic code packages.
Tier 07
Forensic Backlog & Justice Initiative
Special Victims Units, SANE programs, and backlog taskforces may access the Tier 07 encrypted Tresorit upload portal to transfer complex mixed-source SAK/SAECK profiles, low-template extracts, and chain-of-custody documentation.
Financial Operations • Retainer Replenishment & Custom Escrow
Retainer Replenishment & Custom Escrow
Automated threshold reconciliation and custom escrow allocations engineered for continuous, uninterrupted forensic casework and chain-of-custody integrity.
Target Stakeholders & Protocol Mandate
Continuous Operations for Active Retainer Portfolios
Designed for active agency partners, litigation counsel, ongoing forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) clients, and institutions operating under milestone-based retainer agreements requiring automated balance maintenance and escrow security.
Threshold Directive
20% Balance Replenishment Trigger
Triggered automatically or manually when active casework retainer reserves fall to 20% ($1,000.00 baseline against initial $5,000.00 deposit). Automated notice is issued immediately upon threshold detection.
Compliance Directive
7-Day Casework Pause Policy
Active computational, bioinformatic, and investigative pipelines pause if retainer replenishment is not completed within 7 business days of invoice issuance, safeguarding client funds and resource allocations.
Accounting Standard
0.1-Hour (6-Minute) Billing Increments
All professional services, bioinformatic compute blocks, and expert consultation are tracked in strict 0.1-hour increments with itemized cryptographic accounting provided on every statement.
Deliverables & Financial Transparency
What Alvarez Forensics LLC Provides
Real-Time Ledger Reconciliation
Itemized accounting of active casework hours, algorithmic processing blocks, and expert consultation milestones attached to each replenishment billing cycle.
Secure Stripe Payment Processing
Fully encrypted 256-bit Stripe transaction routing for custom milestone escrow deposits, automatic replenish triggers, and municipal purchase orders.
Unbroken Chain-of-Custody Continuity
Immediate automatic reactivation of air-gapped AOS computational pipelines and secure Tresorit file ingress upon escrow clearance with zero operational delay.
Execute Replenishment or Milestone Deposit
Remit the standard $1,000.00 replenishment trigger or structure a custom milestone escrow allocation for complex, multi-jurisdiction forensic investigations.