Below are some of my qualifications. Please contact me for a current CV.

Wendy Carlson, a Forensic Document Examiner, has studied handwriting examination and apprenticed under some of the leading court-qualified Forensic Document Experts in the U.S.A. such as: Bart Baggett, California; Robert Baier, New York and Don Lehew, Texas.

I have testified in multiple states and have reviewed hundreds of signatures and handwritings, examined case documents and rendered an opinion on cases in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Las Vegas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, Washington, Washington D.C., London, England, Quebec and British Columbia, Canada. I have also examined documents and rendered opinions in cases written in Arabic, Chinese, English, Korean and Spanish writing.

Laboratory Equipment used for examination:

Numerous magnifying devices including 10x-40x loupes, Light Tracer light box, protractor, metric measuring devices, slope protractor, handwriting letter slant and comparison plate, digital photography equipment, Canon Z135 Camera, Portable Blacklight, Macintosh G5 Computer and 15 inch flat screen monitor, HP 6310 Scanner, Printer, Copier.

Specific Areas of Training:

Handwriting Identification and Discrimination, Signature Comparison, Techniques for Distinguishing Forged Signatures, Disguised Handwriting, Altered Numbers, Anonymous Writing, Factors that Affect Writing

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