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How to Always Get Paid to Be An Expert Witness
HOW TO GET PAID FOR EXPERT SERVICES When I started teaching and training individuals about how to become handwriting experts and document examiner experts I quickly realized that one could learn everything about analyzing, comparing, evaluating, peer reviewing, and testifying and still be a failure in the business of being an expert witness. The […]
Do elections really get rigged in America through Forged Petitions?
If you thought the recent George Clooney movie “Ides of March” made the political process seem a bit less than “ethical”… you should read about the reality of forged ballots in Indiana. The signatures of dozens, if not hundreds, of northern Indiana residents were faked on petitions used to place presidential candidates on the state […]
Allegations of faked will, crumbling finances dog prominent Mobile lawyer
MOBILE, Ala. — The death last year of colorful Mobile County lawyer Joseph Brunson touched off a legal fight that has included accusations that another prominent local attorney helped create a phony will. In a little more than a month, Mobile lawyer Richard Horne was repudiated by a jury reviewing the will; was hit with a $159,000 […]
Forgery bedevils the Kerouac estate
A forged will sends Jack Kerouac scholars, fans, collectors, literary executors, and lawyers on the warpath. When Jack Kerouac died, wallowing in alcohol and obscurity, the bank estimated his estate’s value at $91. He left everything to his mother, and when she died, she left it to Kerouac’s third wife, Stella Sampas—or so everyone believed. A […]
Radio Interview about Mortgage Crisis And Handwriting Experts
The U.S. real estate market is in a downward spiral of foreclosures, fraud and government bailouts. This is affecting economies across the world, and it’s affecting individuals in the business of forensic document examination. How it affects us is the topic of today’s interview. Today I interviewed a man named Steve Vondren, who is an attorney […]
Tremors, MS, and Disease in Forgeries
I came across this article today. I think you’ll find it fascinating. It’s a discussion of how MS affects a prominent weather man up in New York. It’s actually good to watch. He has a good sense of humor, but he talks about the symptoms of shakiness in his hands…one hand more than the other. […]
Couple Says Dealership Forged Their Signatures
You know, forgery is in the news all the time, but this article is different because it involves one of our graduates from the International School. Wendy Carlson was hired to analyze the handwriting of some signatures involved in a dealership scandal in the town of Littleton, Colorado where some signatures were forged. At least […]
Lawyer commits forgery too!
I came across this article in a Las Vegas Newspaper, and it just reminds me of all the times in my career that I’ve seen notaries and attorneys involved in fraudulent documents. This case is about an attorney who intentionally stole $200,000 from someone’s estate who trusted him to manage it after he died. Can you imagine trusting someone […]
Are electronic signatures valid in court? (digital signature law)
This article extremely relevant to cases involving electronic pen pads, such as visa, mastercard transactions using a stylo instead of pen and paper. Original article found here. http://library.findlaw.com/1999/Jan/1/241481.html Electronic Signature Legislation Electronic Signature Legislation By Thomas J. Smedinghoff and Ruth Hill Bro of Baker & McKenzie LLP This article explores some of the questions we […]
Celebrity Handwriting In the News
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