Handwriting Expert and Forensic Document Examiner

Technical Consultant #1843

Qualified Handwriting Expert and Forensic Document Examiner for various courts.
Investigate typewriting, charred paper and paper history, erased or obliterated writing, inks, the reading of burned or charred paper.
The use of chemicals, ultraviolet radiation, infra-red and color photography and many other processes employed to reveal facts about a document.
Providing testimony in Douglas, Sarpy, Cass, Sanders, Montgomery and Pottawattamie Counties.
Worked with attorneys on State as well as Federal cases.
Worked with fraud and legal departments, attorneys, investigators, government agencies, teachers, insurance companies, universities, banks, business owners, as well as individuals and families concerning many issues regarding handwriting.
Conducted hundreds of examinations and generated reports concerning questioned handwriting and signatures.
Composed and designed questions for deposition and trial that focusing on "outcome specific" results by addressing the details of the case for attorneys.
Participate in proficiency testing research with collaborative testing and with LaTrobe University.

Educator, Lectures and Training

Designed and taught hundreds of students in Forgery Detection and Handwriting.
Analysis, through Metro Community College, Southeast Community College, Clemson University.
Worked directly with Physicians Mutual and Woodmen of the World Legal Department to train hundreds of underwriter's basic forgery "indicators" as well as "teams" from various business organizations, businesses and groups.
Presented "Forgery Red Flags" to numerous groups including the Nebraska Bar Association and Eastern Nebraska Anti-Fraud Association.

Expert Witness Experience

Case types: Law firms, banks, insurance companies, and government.
Types of documents in case studies: Wills, checks, voter registrations, insurance forms, financial documents, mortgage documents, banking forms/disputes, retail contracts, cut and paste documents, deeds of trust, threatening letters, anonymous letters.

Undisclosed Company, President, 1980 - Present

Executing an average of 33 cases per year, resulting in trials, depositions, and arbitration.
Corporate Wellness Provider: Provided Life Coaching and Training for employees of the largest home builder in Nebraska.

Credentials

Certified Neuro Linguistic Practitioner, NLP Comprehensive, Boulder, Colorado
Certified Master Practitioner, NLPCA Comprehensive
NE Office of Dispute Resolution, Omaha, NE
Metropolitan Police Institute, Miami Dade Co., Florida, CEU, Forensic Digital Imaging
NADE National Association of Forensic Documents Examiners Conference, Tucson, AZ
NADE Conference Theory & Skills IR/IU and Indented writing
International Coaching Certification, NLPCA, San Francisco, CA
Prudential Insurance Company of America, Omaha, Nebraska, Special Agent, Life underwriter
Attend forensic seminars and courses.

Document Testing: "Twenty Point Test"

To Establish a questioned signature by a particular person the examination and comparison determining the authenticity are based on the following measures:
Movement
Width
Form
Inclination
Ratio
Arrangement
Skill
Idiosyncrasies
Connections
Speed
T crossings
Terminals
Pressure
Embellishment
Shading
Quiver
System
Size
I dots
Roundness

Academic and Professional Affiliations