Forensic Document Examiner & Handwriting Expert Witness

Education:

Member, and past President, of the American Society of
Questioned Document Examiners

University of Oregon – Bachelor of Science degree (1992), Sociology

Work experience:

• 2000 – Present: Forensic Document Examiner – private practice
• 1988 – 2000: Forensic Document Examiner – Eugene OR Police Department 1976 – 1988: Sworn officer / detective positions – Eugene OR Police Dept.

Professional memberships:

• American Society of Questioned Document Examiners (ASQDE)
• Life Member – membership beginning in 1997
• Past President – 2012 to 2014
• Other Executive Committee positions – 2004 to 2012
• American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)
• Member since 1995
• Fellow of the Questioned Document Section
• Southwest Association of Forensic Document Examiners (SWAFDE)
• Member since 1994

Certification:

• American Board of Forensic Document Examiners – Certified since 2004.
• Currently serving as the Treasurer for the ABFDE

Training:

Regular attendance at training conferences and workshops of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
American Academy of Forensic Sciences – Questioned Document Section and the Southwest Association of Forensic Document Examiners.
1991: Two-week mentorship at the US Postal Inspection Laboratory, San Bruno, CA.

1989: Attended the two-week USSS Questioned Document Course at the Federal Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, GA.

1988 – 1990: Two and one-half year apprenticeship at the Eugene OR Police Department.

Annual Proficiency Testing:

Collaborative Testing Service, Sterling, VA. 2006 – 2018

Court testimony given in:

Federal Courts:

• California
• Montana
• Oregon
• Washington

State Courts:

• Alaska
• California
• Idaho
• Minnesota
• Montana
• Wyoming
• Oregon
• Texas
• Washington
  

  Foreign Courts:

• British Columbia, Canada
• Testimony given in 127 cases

Publications and Papers presented:

Available on full CV

Training provided:

• Full day seminars to private and government security personnel, sponsored by the Caribbean Institute of Forensic Accounting:
• Port of Spain, Trinidad Castries, St. Lucia
• Workshops were presented several times to the Oregon Association of Licensed Investigators at their annual conferences.