Being currently court-qualified at the state and federal levels, I have consulted on cases involving the questioned handwriting of Ted Williams, the Anthrax Letters to Tom Brokaw & Senator Daschle, forgeries/forged letters from JFK to Marilyn Monroe and have appeared on local, regional and national television discussing forged documents and document examination. 

        In 2003 I was asked by the FOX Network to review and discuss several questioned documents, now called the TANG memorandae, from the 1970's regarding George W. Bush's military service as there were concerns of forgery. I was also asked to forward a detailed report to the senior campaign strategist for the presidential campaign of George W. Bush. Most recently I was retained to review the ransom note of Jon Benet Ramsey as new handwriting evidence has surfaced raising questions about its authorship.      

       I currently have the distinction of being the WORLD's only practicing physician certified and court-qualified in Questioned Document Examination with Board Certification in both Internal & Geriatric Medicine. Most cases of forgery are medically related (questioned signatures on wills, erasures or errors on prescriptions/medical records) and frequently involve elderly individuals.   Along with forgery detection and behavior profiling, as a Board Certified Geriatrician I specialize in the evaluation of questioned/forged signatures of elderly individuals (wills, deeds and forged checks) and medical malpractice (including erasures, overwriting, tracings and sequential entries).

         In  addition to an analysis of the writing/printing a medical opinion as to the condition of the person at the time of authorship is often necessary to prove forgery. As a geriatrician I can give an expert opinion and testify on someone's physical status at any point during a hospitalization and the medical condition of the person during the alleged signing, which contributes significantly to an opinion of authenticity or forgery.

        With over 20 years in practice, I support my opinion through experience, by analysis of nurses and doctors' notes, consultant notes, laboratory and X-ray data, notes from therapists (respiratory, physical or occupational therapists) and interviewing the family members or visitors.

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FYI: Handwriting analysis and the art of forgery detection have many names, including document examination, questioned document examination, questioned writing analysis, handwriting evaluation, questioned handwriting examination, questioned signature verification, forgery evaluation, forgery analysis. A handwriting examiner is also referred to as a document examiner, handwriting expert, handwriting specialist, handprinting examiner, handprinting expert or a specialist in forgery detection. Questioned document examination and forgery detection differ from graphology also called behavior profiling in that a questioned document examiner is concerned about authenticating the writing through comparison with know samples, as compared to evaluating the psychological and personality traits of the author.