Jacqueline A. Joseph, D-BFDE is a Board Certified Examiner of Documents and Handwriting. She will evaluate your evidence and consult from suspicion to testimony. She has been a practicing forensic examiner since 1992, and is state/federal court qualified. Additionally, she has published 23 papers in peer reviewed and legal journals. Her knowledge on a wide variety of topics (Including:
Handwriting Disguise, Document Alterations, Signature Disputes, and Expert Opinions) has led to Ms. Joseph being asked to lecture in the Criminology Department at Portland State University, and to various groups throughout America and Canada.
Ms. Joseph has given expert witness testimony in courts, arbitrations and depositions, and maintains professional memberships in legal and forensic associations.
Services Include:
- Forgery Detection and Defense
- Court-Qualified Testimony
- Signature Investigations
- Trial Consulting
- Forensic Laboratory
- Civil and Criminal Cases
- Forensic Document Examination
Among her offered services, Ms. Joseph's expertise also includes:
Anonymous Notes, Embezzlement, Altered Records (Med / Dental / Legal / Wills / Contracts), Internal Crimes, Fraudulent Handwriting Disputes, Threatening Notes and Graffiti.
Learn About My World of Forensic Investigations
Handwriting and document forensics have been my specialty and passion for 20 years. I continue to be fascinated by this work...no two cases are ever alike!
Document Examiner Investigates Vintage Sports Memorabilia - Honus Wagner Baseball Card
Authenticating sports memorabilia, historical papers such as bonds, mineral rights certificates, foreign currency or vintage paper artifacts (in one case: an allegedly authentic White Star Line calendar from 1911 featuring the Titanic maiden voyage,) sometimes includes a simple flip of the switch of my handheld lab lamp with ultraviolet (black light) bulbs to illuminate the item.
Suspicious Feature Alerts
If you have a suspicious document or handwriting, any of these clues should alert you to the need for a document examiner:
Red Flags When Evaluating Medical Records
When you have a suspicious record or handwritten entries, the following clues should alert you to the need for a document examiner and/or handwriting expert:...
How to Depose the Denial of a Suspicious Signature: A Checklist for Taking the Deposition
That’s not my signature", claims the deponent in a case involving a disputed signature. "I always use my middle initial," "I don’t write that way," "It doesn’t even look like my signature," "Somebody traced it
The Unidentifiable Handwriting: An Anonymous Note
In an anonymous note case, the first step in the investigation was an examination of the cash register receipt upon which the message was written. The fact that the note was written on paper not manufactured for writing created significant features which prevented identification
11/11/2011
Jacqueline A. Joseph, CDE, presented at the second annual World Congress of Forensics in Chongquing, China
2/11/2011
Jacqueline A. Joseph, CDE, awarded accredited certification by the Board of Forensic Document Examiners (BFDE)
9/21/2010
Jacqueline A. Joseph, CDE presents a full day workshop: Handwriting Expert Discovers "Who done it" by Finding Out "Who wrote it." - Seattle, WA, Sat September 25, 2010 at The 2100 Building
4/28/2010
National Association of Document Examiners Conference in Portland, Oregon Tues. May 4 at – Fri. May 7, 2010 at the Embassy Suites in Downtown Portland
