Thursday, October 1, 2009

Gregory Chandler - FBI Crime Lab

An attorney contacted me earlier this year for assistance. I was informed that the attorney's client was going through a nasty divorce. The client's wife (soon to be ex-wife) alleged that documents concerning the marriage were forgeries.

I have trained at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. As a result, I have an awareness of how common the wife's forgery allegations are. My personal and professional experience also tells me that most forgery allegations can be disposed of by hiring a questioned documents examiner.

A competent examiner of questioned documents will have training in handwriting analysis, hand printing, typewriting, printing, erasures, and alterations. The FBI trains individuals in these areas of expertise.

In the mentioned case, I retained a questioned documents examiner for the divorce case. The questioned documents examiner analyzed several signatures of the wife. The analysis concluded that the forgery allegations are without merit. The gist of the analysis is that the wife--like most individuals--rarely execute the same signature everytime.

The bottom line is that when documents are questioned, a questioned documents examiner is helpful. A questioned documents examiner is needed by the accuser,the accused, and other interested individuals or entities.


GREGORY CHANDLER, Attorney at Law

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