our services

We believe everyone deserves access to the truth. We bring diligence, compassion, and hard-won expertise to every case — because justice isn't a luxury. It's a right.

Explore our range of services designed to help you move forward with confidence. Katharina empowers clients, families, forensic laboratories, the judicial system and outside investigating agencies with expert forensic analysis, laboratory development, crisis management, and education, advocacy & guidance with a deep commitment to justice for all.

“Professional, knowledgeable and reliable are all descriptions that our jurors and judges have used in describing Katharina Babcock’s analysis and testimony in some of Southern New Mexico’s most horrendous homicide cases. Her scientific analyses and professional presentations have assisted our jurors in returning guilty verdicts in some of New Mexico’s most difficult cases.”
— Scot Key, Retired 4 term 12th Judicial District Attorney

    • Firearm/tool mark analysis, serial number restoration and muzzle to garment distance determination

    • Independent technical case review

    • Review of firearm/tool mark examiner analysis to provide objective second opinion development and ensure quality in case work

    • Court testimony: testified in New Mexico Federal Court, including a Daubert Hearing

    • Court testimony: testified in the majority of the 13 New Mexico Judicial Districts

    • Criminal case testimony

    • Civil case testimony

    • Expert witness review and vetting of credentials / qualifications, methodologies and opinions

    • Consultation on expert witness preparation, testimony strategy and case presentation


    • Case review

    • Second opinion development

    • Assistance with case reopening criteria, protocols and documentation

    • Identification of new forensic, technological, or investigative opportunities


    • Supporting lab directors

    • New lab design consulting

    • Agency crisis management and organizational recovery

    • Navigating funding and grants strategies

    • Move-in and staffing development

    • Salary surveys and compensation benchmarking

    • Relocating evidence

    • Expert forensic commentary and analysis of current cases in the media

    • Publication consulting and commentary

    • Fact-checking

    • Expert spokesperson appearances

    • Keynote and private appearances

    • Movie consulting


    Consultant and appeared in the Discovery Channel’s documentary, Jesse James: Legend, Outlaw, Terrorist

    Consultant to author Julia Platt Leonard ‘s book, Cold Case

    • Coaching and orienting rising forensic professionals

    • Student mentorship

    • Specialized training of forensic lab personnel (customized and specific)

  • Individual consultancy:

    I help survivors and their families to navigate the complexities encountered after a violent crime has been committed

    I assisted in authoring New Mexico House Bill 135 (New Mexico Sexual Assault Survivor’s Bill of Rights)

    Multidisciplinary Team for New Mexico Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)

serving:

  • Federal, State, Local and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies

  • Forensic Laboratories

  • District Attorneys and Public Defenders

  • Civil Litigators

  • Private Clients

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justice isn't just an outcome — it's a pursuit 

work with Katharina

With nearly three decades of forensic expertise, we bring the truth to light — for victims, survivors, families, and the systems built to serve them.

Every case deserves the truth. Every person deserves justice. We make both possible.

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Empowering clients, families, the judicial system, forensic laboratories and outside investigating agencies with expert forensic analysis, laboratory development, crisis management, and education, advocacy and guidance with a deep commitment to justice for all.