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Subject: Handwriting Expert Witness Needed
Category: Relationships and Society > Law
Asked by: benfranklin-ga
List Price: $50.00
Posted: 28 Jun 2003 18:35 PDT
Expires: 28 Jul 2003 18:35 PDT
Question ID: 223001
I need an handwriting expert witness who can testify regarding handwriting
samples.  The objective is to identify handwritten journal entries
compared to known samples from other written materials.  The expert
must be able to complete a report on this subject by July 18, and must
be available to testify at a trial if needed at the end of July, or
beginning of August.  The closer to Pittsburgh, PA the better.
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Subject: Re: Handwriting Expert Witness Needed
Answered By: hummer-ga on 28 Jun 2003 20:59 PDT
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
Hi benfranklin,

I have located four Forensic Document Examiners in Pennsylvannia who
are qualified to analyze handwriting and serve as expert witnesses.

Pennsylvania Handwriting Experts, Expert Witnesses & Consultants -
Expert Pages.
"Experts in the identification of handwriting, hand printing and
signatures to determine authorship. Serve as expert witnesses and
forensic consultants in Pennsylvania legal matters, and provide expert
reports and testimony for judges, attorneys, lawyers, law firms,
insurance companies and government agencies in Federal and state court
trials and arbitrations in Pennsylvania."
http://expertpages.com/experts.php/handwriting_experts_pennsylvania.htm

1) Document Consultants - Carolyn Kurtz
Southampton, PA 18966-3338
Tel: 215-357-3083
Certified and court-qualified Forensic Document Examiner, specializing
in Signatures, Handwriting Identification, Medical Records, Anonymous
Letters, Wills, Deeds, Typewriter Comparison, Deciphering Text, and
related services.

American Board of Forensic Document Examiners: Pennsylvannia:

2) Rodger J. Gregorich  
rodgerg@adelphia.net

3) Gus R. Lesnevich 
lesnevich@aol.com

http://www.abfde.org/pennsylvania.htm

4) Certified and court-qualified Forensic Document Examiner,
specializing in Signatures, Handwriting Identification, Medical
Records, Anonymous Letters, Wills, Deeds, Typewriter Comparison,
Deciphering Text, and related services.

Allan K. Grim Jr.
Grim, Biehn & Thatcher
104 South 6th Street
PO Box 215
Perkasie, Pennsylvania 18944-0215
Communication Center  
Phone: (215) 257-6811
E-mail: akg@grimlaw.com
Fax: (215) 257-5374
Web site: http://www.grimlaw.com

Additional Links:

Choosing a Document Examiner:
http://www.forensic-documents.com/

Is graphology the same as forensic document examination?
"Graphology or graphoanalysis attempts to predict character traits
from handwriting examination. Forensic document examination involves
the analysis and comparison of questioned documents with known
material in order to identify, whenever possible, the author or origin
of the questioned document. Some graphologists call themselves
handwriting analysts or document examiners and are therefore confused
with FDEs. In U.S. v. Bourgeois 950 F 2d 980 (5th Cir. 1992), the
court rejected the testimony of a proffered handwriting examiner, in
part, because his training was completed through a correspondence
school and strongly emphasized graphoanalysis. But it also pointed out
that the witness was not certified by the ABFDE."
http://www.abfde.org/fde.htm#where 

American Academy of Forensic Sciences:
http://www.aafs.org/

American Society of Questioned Document Examiners:
http://www.asqde.org/

American Board of Forensic Document Examiners
http://www.abfde.org/

If you need to look outside of Pennsylvannia, try here:
http://www.abfde.org/find_expert.htm

I hope this helps and that everything turns out well for you. However,
given it is a  weekend, I will not be able to confirm that any of them
will be available on the dates that you have specified. To increase
your chances of receiving a positive response, it would be better to
ask your attorney to contact them. If you have any questions or if
this hasn't satisfied your request, please post a clarification
request before rating my answer.

Thank you,
hummer

Google Search Terms Used:

"American Board of Forensic Document Examiners"
graphoanalyst pennsylvania
"handwriting expert witness"
"National Association of Document Examiners"
"American Handwriting Analysis Foundation"
certified handwriting analysis

Request for Answer Clarification by benfranklin-ga on 29 Jun 2003 17:59 PDT
Thanks for your answer.  Can you check Cleveland, or West Virginia too?

Clarification of Answer by hummer-ga on 30 Jun 2003 07:02 PDT
Hello benfranklin,

Here you go ...

Ohio:

Ohio Handwriting Experts Expert Witnesses & Consultants - Expert Pages
http://expertpages.com/experts.php/handwriting_experts_ohio.htm

 Vickie L. Willard - Forensic Document Examiner - Board-certified by AFDE.
 Cleveland, OH 
 Tel: 216-520-1520 Fax: 216-642-5772 Toll-Free: 866-837-1521

American Board of Forensic Document Examiners
http://www.abfde.org/ohio.htm

 Philip D. Bouffard 
 pdbouffard@aol.com

 Andrew T. Szymanski  
 aszymanski@lakecountryohio.org

West Virginia:

American Board of Forensic Document Examiners
http://www.abfde.org/west_virginia.htm

 Kenneth W. Blake
 blakekw@mail.wvsc.edu

 Kevin H. McDowell 
 lab@wvsp.state.wv.us

 Richard A. Theis   
 lab@wvsp.state.wv.us

hummer
benfranklin-ga rated this answer:4 out of 5 stars

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