Curriculum Vitae
Below are some of Wendy’s qualifications and credentials:
Wendy Carlson is a Court Qualified Forensic Document Examiner. She has studied handwriting and document examination and apprenticed under some of the leading court-qualified Forensic Document Experts in the U.S.A. Wendy has been retained by U.S. Departments of Army and Air Force, police departments, prosecutors, public defenders, and various other government agencies across the United States and Canada.
Wendy has testified in multiple states and foreign countries. She has reviewed thousands of documents, signatures and handwritings, examined case documents and rendered an opinion on cases in more than 45 states, Washington D.C., and more than a dozen countries. She has also examined documents and rendered opinions in cases written in Arabic, Chinese, English, Korean and Spanish writing. Wendy’s expertise has been featured in CNN, Dallas Morning News, Discovery Channel, History Channel, The Denver Post and The Houston Chronicle, as well as investigative reports by ABC’s The Denver Channel, CBS4 in Denver, Colorado, and Time-Warner Cable, Austin, Texas
Laboratory Equipment used for examination:
Stereo Microscope, 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, digital photography equipment, Portable Blacklight, Macintosh G5 Computer and 27 inch flat screen monitor, various scanner, printers and copiers.
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, Suicide Notes
Memberships:
International Association of Document Examiners (2019-present)
Scientific Association of Forensic Examiners (2015-2017)
Forensic Expert Witness Association (2010-present)
American College of Forensic Examiners Institute (2010-2017)
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