LPR Investigations

Forensic Document Examiner

What do Forensic Document Examiners do? Not all examinations involve legal entities. We assist law enforcement, attorneys, courts, and individuals.

Are you a victim of a forgery? Do you think you are a victim of a forgery? Has someone written you a threatening note? I can help you.

I can guide you through this confusing, sometimes challenging process. I have helped corporations, individuals, and private investigators win their cases based on my expert testimony about a questioned document. Not all examinations involve attorneys.

Finding and knowing the truth about a signature or document can really put your mind at ease.

Forensic Document Examination can determine the:
• Authenticity of documents
• Origin of documents
• If the document has been altered
• Age of a document
• Type of writing instrument used on a document
• Author of a document through comparison writings
What is a document?
• Any material (mostly paper), but can include walls, blackboards, mirrors, etc...
• With writing (written in ink, paint, blood, pen, pencil, carbon paper, indention, lipstick)
• Examples: wills, envelopes, checks, contracts, letters, deeds, time cards, medical records, banking instruments, etc...
WHY are Forensic Document Examiners necessary?
To determine if:
• Documents have been fabricated, embezzled, or counterfeit
• Document contacts were altered / changed / substituted
• Documents are in sequential order
WHEN are Forensic Document Examiners necessary?
• At crime scenes: bank robbery notes, kidnapping notes, hate mail, confessions, blackmail
• Corporate minutes, medical records, legal records, check amounts
• Contested wills, fraud
WHERE am I?
• Location is not an issue to examine most documents - the documents may be sent to me
Forensic Document Examination includes:

Alterations	Bank Robbery Notes
Confessions	Contracts
Counterfeit	Credit Cards
Cut & Paste	Death Threats
Deeds	Diplomas
Disguise	Electronic Alterations
Embezzlement	Gift Certificates
Graffiti	Hate Mail
ID Theft	Industrial Espionage
Indentions	Inserts
Insurance Fraud	Medical Malpractice