The Wilkins Consulting Group

Assisting the Courts and Victims of

Fraud, Forgery, or Identity Theft.

Questioned Document Examination

Free Consultation

We are dedicated to providing document examination services in a timely manner to provide you with an expert opinion regarding the authenticity of a signature or questionable document.

Your initial half hour consultation is free and confidential. We can provide you with a verbal opinion within 24-48 hours. If requested, we will provide you with a written letter of opinion. As a result of a document examiner’s letter of opinion, most cases are settled out of court. In the event that your case does go to court, we can provide expert testimony and demonstrate the evidence in your case.

If you or your client is a victim of forgery, altered or questioned document call us at (281) 417-8801 for a FREE CONSULTATION to discuss your case. Remember, the half hour consultation is free. Choosing the right Forensic Document Examiner is as important as choosing the right attorney.

 

 

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A little about Forensic Document Examination:

The term “forensic” means simply, “having to do with the law.” Document Examination, as an established field of scientific study, came into being early in this century as a means of identifying forgery and establishing the authenticity of documents in dispute. It grew out of the need of The Court to be able to correctly evaluate document evidence. It has been stated that “Forgery was practiced from the from the earliest times in every country where writing was the medium of communication” (The Law of Disputed and Forged Documents, J. Newton Baker). It was especially profitable in those earlier times of general public illiteracy. For the reason that most of an examiner’s work involves some form of handwriting problem, the field is sometimes referred to as “Handwriting Identification” and the practitioner as a “Handwriting Expert”. Albert S. Osborn , with the publication of his book Questioned Documents in 1910, is rightfully credited with laying the foundation of this field of forensic examination.

Although, many Handwriting Analysts are Forensic Document Examiners, not all Forensic Document Examiners are Handwriting Analysts.  Handwriting Analysis (Graphology) or graphoanalysis attempts to predict character traits from handwriting examination. Forensic document examination involves the analysis and comparison of questioned documents with known material in order to identify, whenever possible, the author or origin of the questioned document. Some graphologists call themselves handwriting analysts or document examiners and are therefore confused with FDEs. In U.S. v. Bourgeois 950 F 2d 980 (5th Cir. 1992), the court rejected the testimony of a proffered handwriting examiner, in part, because his training was completed through a correspondence school and strongly emphasized graphoanalysis.

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