Expert Details
Handwriting Expert | Document Examination | Expert Witness | Consultant
ID: 730530
California, USA
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2008 | Degree: BS | Subject: Criminal Justice Administration | Institution: University of Phoenix |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2008 to 2010 | Employer: Alliance Forensic Services | Title: Intern | Department: |
Responsibilities:Interned for 30 months while obtaining her training in Forensic Document Examination. This training conformed to the requirements set down by the Scientific Working Group for Forensic Document Examiners and was the basis for her expert designation. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2011 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Principle | Department: |
Responsibilities:Currently in private practice as a Forensic Document Examiner. With offices in Los Angeles, Riverside and San Diego Counties, she is available to serve all of Southern California.Much of what a document examiner does involves identifying or authenticating handwriting when it is being disputed. There are also many other document-related examinations that can be performed to provide an overall answer to your question...is this valid? Ink differentiation, page insertion, obliterations, over-writing, erasures, and indented writing are a few of the adjunct analyses that she uses to help find your answer. She is also available for court testimony or consulting in pretrial preparations, and testimony as a rebuttal witness. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| SWAFDE - Southwestern Assoc. of FDE's ABFDE - Diplomate Member AAFS - American Academy of Forensic Sciences (Fellow) ASQDE - American Society of Questioned Document Examiners |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Certified by the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners 2014 |
| Professional Appointments |
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| AAFS - Secretary of the Questioned Document Section 2020-2022 |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Ordway Hilton Award for Contributions to the Profession Distinguished Service Award from MOPH (2 years) |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| A Blind Study on the Reliability of Hand Printing Identification by the FDE The Forensic Significance of Handwriting Biometrics |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| As an expert witness in handwriting and document examining, Expert has testified in Superior, Federal and Small Claims Courts in San Diego and Los Angeles Counties. She uses her graphic arts skills to produce informative and pleasing power point presentations to support her testimony. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Expert provides continuing education (MCLE) presentations specially geared for legal professionals including lawyers, paralegals, legal secretaries, private investigators, fraud examiners and law enforcement to understand the role the document examiner plays in the justice system. She can provide seminars lasting 45 minutes to 6 hours, depending on the needs of the organization. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Expert has a particular interest in computer-generated documents as well as a strong background in health care. This combination of interests is applied well in the field of medical malpractice cases and complicated documents cases requiring a working knowledge of digital output. |