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From the Desk of Jim Green
Three Decades of Document Examinations
For over 32 years, this document examiner has received a wide variety of cases. The diversity of document issues keeps the work quite interesting for myself and my colleagues. The passing of time has influenced the case types. Initially, I received examinations...
5 Fascinating, Famous Document Forgeries
One principle of handwriting comparisons is handwriting is unique to each person. Because of the individualizing features of each writer, evidence of forgeries is normally present for a document examiner to use to uncover such fabrications. Keep reading to learn the...
5 Reasons Why You Need To Have a Will
Of the many possible resolutions we may think of beginning this new year, it is not likely they would include “writing up my wishes for my estate when I have passed on.” It is more pleasant to consider common options such as losing weight or cleaning out the garage....
Historical Product Inventions
During my initial apprenticeship period, I had the good fortune to train with document examiners at the US Postal Inspection Service in San Bruno, California. A document examiner in the laboratory presented a copy of a postcard to me, postmarked in 1912. She asked if...
Common Document Examinations
As a Forensic Document Examiner, I provide a resource for resolving alleged forged document issues in civil and criminal cases. For clarification, the term 'forgery' is a legal term, used to broadly define the intentional falsification of a signature or document. It...
Handwriting Comparisons
Most document cases for handwriting experts in private practice involve handwriting comparisons. How is hand writing differentiated between people? Initially, writers learn to write by emulating a handwriting system taught in school. As students mature, they quickly...
Opinions Rendered by Document Examiners
Before document examiners can develop an appropriate opinion for his/her client following a signature or handwriting examination, consideration is given to whether the questioned and known specimens relied upon were original or photocopies, the number of known...
Minimizing Signature Forgeries
Signature forgeries are the most common type of issue clients present to the signature expert they hire. Many of the involved signatures are abbreviated and lack a few or many of the individual letters in the name. It is common for people signing their name...
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James A. Green,
Forensic Document Examiner
2456 Suncrest Ave,
Eugene, OR 97405
