Curriculum Vitae

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: C. L. Baggett, Texas; Bart Baggett, California; and Don Lehew, Texas.

Forensic Examination Provided For:

Disputed documents or signatures including: wills, checks, contracts, deeds, account ledgers, and medical records.  Investigation and analysis including: questioned signatures, suspect documents, forgeries, identity theft, anonymous letters, alterations, obliterations, erasures, typewritten documents, altered medical records, graffiti, handwritten numbers, and computerized and handwritten documents.

Education:

Handwriting University, Dallas, Texas
International School of Forensics, Los Angeles, California
Twelve Years Legal Assistance and Trial Preparation

Further Qualifications:

I have testified in the district court, Salt Lake City, Utah and I have reviewed numerous 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., and Quebec and British Columbia, Canada. I have also examined documents and rendered opinions in cases written in Chinese, Korean and Arabic 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

Library:

Numerous forensic document examination books and other handwriting reference materials.