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WORK
EXPERIENCE
1986
- Present
Self-employed Forensic Document Examiner. As a Document Examiner in private practice I
conduct examinations and comparisons of handwriting,
hand printing, numerals, typewriting, and mechanical
impressions in order to establish if a document is
genuine or forged.
I identify individuals and machines through
documents. Using
state of the art technical equipment, video spectral
comparators (VSC) and electrostatic detection apparatus
(ESDA), I analyze inks, paper, and other recording
material for evidence of genuineness or non-genuineness. I use
different measuring devices including typewriter grids. A stereo-microscope and other magnifiers are also
part of my laboratory equipment.
Consultant
to law firms, brokerage houses, banks, insurance
companies, NY District Attorneys Offices, police
departments in NY and NJ, New Jersey Office of Attorney
Ethics, etc.
Plaintiffs
and defendants retain me in both civil and criminal
matters.
1983
-1986
US treasury Department, Criminal Investigation Division,
Forensic Laboratory, in Chicago, IL. Here I performed all the examinations and
comparisons described above, including chemical testing
of inks to determine their origin.
1981
- 1983
Self-employed Document Examiner.
1977
- 1981
Joseph P. McNally, Forensic Document Examiner, New York,
NY.
TRAINING
March
1986
Document Examination Fundamentals, FBI Academy,
Quantico,
VA. (100
hours, received college credits and certificate of
completion.)
Oct.
1984
Document Examination Cross-Training, US Army Crime Lab,
Fort Gillem, GA. (120
hours, received certificate of completion.)
Aug.
1984
Typewriter Workshop, FBI Headquarters, Washington, DC
(40 hours).
June
1984
Paper Technology, University of Maine at Orono (60
hours).
Dec.
1983
Office Copier Workshop (30 hours).
Dec.
1983
Printing Technology, Printing Institute of Chicago (30
hours, received certificate of completion).
Nov.
1983
Ink Analysis, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms,
Rockville, MD (30 hours).
1977-1980
Joseph P. McNally, former commanding officer of the
document section of the NYC Police Department Crime Lab.
EXPERT
TESTIMONY
Have
testified approximately 200 times as an expert on
documents including testimony in:
Federal courts in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky,
Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Texas, and
California.
NY State Supreme Courts in the New York, Bronx, Kings,
Queens, Richmond, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester,
Rockland, Orange, and Albany counties.
NJ Superior Courts: Monmouth, Essex, Mercer and
Middlesex counties.
Municipal & county courts in New York and New Jersey.
Hearings, arbitrations, etc…
MEMBERSHIPS
American
Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)
American
Society of Questioned Document Examiners (ASQDE)
Certified as a qualified Examiner of Questioned
Documents by the ASQDE.
I attend annual seminars of these organizations to keep
updated on current trends in the field of Document
Examination and present technical papers.
OTHER
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Have
assisted training others in the Field of Document
Examining.
Have
lectured on the subject to US Treasury in-service
courses, financial crime
investigators, and police personnel.
EDUCATION
B.S.
in Criminal Justice, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry,
NY.
REFERENCES
Available
on request
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