Common Document Examinations

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...
Handwriting Comparisons

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

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

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...
Mortgage Documents

Mortgage Documents

In the recent past, mortgage fraud was a frequent topic in the media and remains a concern of many home owners. Although there were many instances of mortgage fraud in the past, every case submitted to a handwriting expert must obviously stand on its own merits and...