Forensic Analytical Sciences, Inc., is an independent, full-service criminalistics laboratory located in the San Francisco Bay Area (www.forensica.com/fasc) that serves both prosecutorial and defense agencies as well as insurance companies and investigators. Forensic Analytical Sciences, Inc. offers forensic services worldwide in:

• Crime Scene Investigation / Reconstruction
• Blood Stain Pattern Analysis
• Firearm and Tool Marks
• Fingerprints / Impression Evidence
• Forensic Biology / DNA
• Forensic Pathology
• Toxicology
• Blood Alcohol Analysis / DUI
• Questioned Document Examination
• Trace Evidence / Gunshot Residue Analysis

Few independent laboratories have the unique combination of personnel, experience, facilities, and equipment to provide the wide range and quality of services necessary to address comprehensive forensic issues encountered in complex casework.

Mr. Ries is a qualified Expert Witness in the field of Questioned Documents. He has testified as an expert witness in this field over four hundred fifty times in courts of record. As a Forensic Document Examiner, Mr. Ries has written over five thousand reports pertaining to the examination of questioned documents including reports for law firms and corporate clients.

Areas of Expertise:

Altered Documents

Forgery

Handprinted Examination

Handwritting Examination

Fingerprint Examination

Question Document Examination

Typewriting Examination

Kenneth R. Moses has over forty years of experience in forensic evidence. He established the Crime Scene Investigations Unit of the San Francisco Crime Laboratory in 1983 and was instrumental in the installation of automated fingerprint systems in San Francisco and at the California Department of Justice.

Expert Testimony In:

Latent Fingerprints

Crime Scene Analysis and Reconstruction

Crime Scene Policies and Procedures

Professional Standards

Computer Enhancement of Fingerprints

Automated Fingerprint Systems

Evaluation of Fingerprint Evidence

JDS Criminalistics (JDS) has been providing Forensic Examination and Consulting services since 2004. Jeff Saviano holds a degree in Criminalistics and is is a Certified Forensic Consultant who has been employed in the area of Crime Scene Investigation and Forensic Science since 1985. As a forensic examiner and consultant, he has worked on cases originating in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Nevada, and Washington.

Sought after for his specialized knowledge, Mr. Saviano provides training in the form of classes, seminars, or talks on various crime scene and forensic topics. His current teaching courses include Advanced Crime Scene Investigation, Fingerprinting, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Crime Scene Documentation and Evidence Collection and Preservation.

Certifications:

• Certified Forensic Consultant (American College of Forensic Examiners)
• Level 1 Certified Medical Investigator (American College of Forensic Examiners)

Training & Seminar Topics Include:

• Crime Scene Processing and Investigation
• Evidence Collection and Preservation
• Forensic Photography and Digital Imaging
• Impression Evidence (Fingerprints, Tire Tracks, Shoeprints, etc.)
• Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
• Shooting Incident Investigation
• Crime Scene Reconstruction
• Critical Thinking for the Criminal Investigator

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Mr. V C Misra is a leading Forensic Handwriting, Finger Print and Document Examiner with over 21 years of experience. He has solved and given opinion on thousands of cases in India, UK, USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, Germany, Italy, France, Russia, South Africa and UAE.

Mr. Misra's Expertise Includes:

• Examination of Handwriting, Signatures, Fraudulent Additions and Alterations
• Approximate Age of Documents
• Photo Static and Scanned Transplantations of Signatures
• Traced, Freehand and Impersonation Forgeries
• Denial of Normal or Disguised (Changed) Signatures
• Anonymous Letters
• Body Writings on Account Opening Forms
• Denial of Withdrawal of Money
• Development of Latent Finger or Palm Prints from the Cheques
• Bank Documents by Ninhydrin (Chemical) Method Used for Impression Sweat on Paper
• Opinions on Folds
• Sequence of Strokes and Distinction Between Inks
• Insertion of Typed or Printed Matter
• Fake Currency Notes
• Credit Card Forgeries
• Identification of Computer Typed Documents
• Fake Seals and Rubber Stamps

Mr. Misra's Expert Opinion is Available in the Following Languages: English; French; German; Russian; Spanish; Hindi; Gujarati; Urdu; Marathi; Regional Languages of India or Abroad.

Clients Include:

Air Force Police Bank of Tokyo Bechtel (India) Bennett & Coleman Birla Soft C.R.P.F. Delhi Police Delhi University Duncan Industries Electrolux I.C.I. Fertilizer IIT New Delhi & Kanpur

Industries & MNC's J & K Bank JNU New Delhi L.I.C. Main Detective Agencies Private Parties Punjab National Bank Skanska Standard Chartered Bank State Bank of India U.P. Financial Corporation U.P. Police

Stewart Forensic Consultants, LLC (SFC) is a Forensic Consulting, Laboratory and Investigative Firm offering over 30 years of experience and training in a wide range of forensic science and private investigation disciplines.

Larry Stewart has personally examined tens of thousands of individual items of evidence from sources such as state, local, and federal agencies (e.g. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Central Intelligence Agency, and others), and foreign governments. On several occasions he has examined cases involving international disputes between governments.

Mr. Stewart has testified as an Expert Witness in state, federal and military courts of law, as well as in foreign court systems to include; Austria, Australia, Canada, Germany, Sri Lanka and Thailand. He has also testified at The Hague in the Netherlands and three times as an expert before the U.S. Congress.

Areas of Expertise Include:

Questioned Documents Crime Scene Evaluation Trace Evidence Ink Analysis Age Determination Authenticity Fraud Investigations Fingerprints

Handwriting Daubert and Cold Case (consultant) Investigations Indented Writing Striations Typewriting Erasures Office Machines Tracing