Forensic Document Examiner Expert Witness

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Master of Forensic Sciences, National University, San Diego, CA 2005
Bachelor of Science - University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies 1984

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Diploma in Document Examination - Forensic Science Society (United Kingdom) 1996
Diplomate - American Board of Forensic Document Examiners 1998

TRAINING (Document Examination)

Dec. 1986 -: Dec. 1988: Two year training period at the Trinidad and Tobago Forensic Science Center, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Mr. Robert Fawcett (Staff Sergeant [retired], Royal Canadian Mounted Police) conducted the training which included the examination of: signatures, handwriting, typewriting, machine printing, commercial printing, photocopies, hand stamps, inks, paper, indented impressions, binding materials, alterations, and obliterations. The training also included photography and court testimony.

WORK EXPERIENCE (Document Examination)

1997, Private Document Examination Firm, San Diego, CA.
Forensic Document Examiner, Owner

1996, San Diego County Sheriff's Crime Laboratory, San Diego, CA.
Forensic Document Examiner, Senior Forensic Document Examiner (2002- )

1993 - 1996: Laboratory of the Government Chemist, England. Higher Scientific Officer (Document Examination)

1992 - 1993: Caribbean Institute of Forensic Investigations Ltd., Trinidad, West Indies.
Forensic Document Examiner, marketing

1989 - 1992: Trinidad and Tobago Forensic Science Center, Trinidad, West Indies.
Scientific Officer 1 (Document Examination)

TESTIMONY

Testified 85 + times

San Diego, CA - Superior Courts (Downtown, El Cajon, South Bay, Vista, Probate)
England - Crown Courts, Magistrates Courts
Trinidad & Tobago, St. Vincent - Courts of Law, Administrative Hearing
Civil Depositions - California, Alaska.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

1991, American Society of Questioned Document Examiners 49th Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida
Canon Fax Workshop
Deposition Testimony Workshop
Expert Witness Workshop
Signature Comparison Workshop

1992, American Society of Questioned Document Examiners 50th Annual Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Signature Workshop

1993, American Society of Questioned Document Examiners 51st Annual Conference, Ottawa, Canada
Laser Printer Workshop
Miscellaneous Document Examination Workshop

1997, American Society of Questioned Document Examiners 55th Annual Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona
Handwriting Workshop

1997, California Criminalistics Institute, Sacramento, California, 1997
Courtroom Presentation of Evidence

1997, Canadian Society of Forensic Science 44th Annual Conference, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Digital Image Processing Workshop

1998, American Board of Forensic Document Examiners, Las Vegas, Nevada
Examination Techniques in Handwriting & Rubber Stamp Cases Seminar

1999, Southwestern Association of Forensic Document Examiners, Las Vegas, Nevada
Typewriter Examination & Classification Workshop

2000, American Board of Forensic Document Examiners, Norcross, Georgia
Canon Photocopier and Facsimile Training Workshop

2000, California Criminalistics Institute, Sacramento, California
Special Topics in Questioned Documents

2002, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Printing Process Identification and Image Analysis for Forensic Document Examiners

2002, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Chicago, IL
Note Taking for Forensic Document Examiners Workshop

2005, California Criminalistics Institute, Sacramento, CA
Technical Writing for Criminalists

2005, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, LA
State of the Art Infrared and Ultraviolet Examinations of Documents by the Video
Spectral Comparator

2006, Southeastern Association of Forensic Document Examiners, Atlanta, GA
Signature Disguise and Forgery Workshop

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Available upon request.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Academy of Forensic Sciences
American Society of Questioned Document Examiners (ASQDE)
American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) [Subcommittees E30 and E0.02]
Canadian Society of Forensic Science
Forensic Science Society
Southwestern Association of Forensic Document Examiners (SWAFDE)

KEYWORDS

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