Bachelor's Degree from the University of North Texas, Denton, TX.

Mentorship and training in the field of questioned document examination under Allan R. Keown, El Paso, TX, Forensic Document Examiner with over 30 years of experience and certified by Association of Forensic Document Examiners (testing required for certification).

Specialized Training and Continuing Education in Forensic Document Examination

Association of Forensic Document Examiners annual training includes classroom instruction, technical presentations and laboratory work by the State of Arizona Crime Lab, Puerto Rico Institute of Forensic Sciences, the McCrone Institute, and others in the practice of Document Examination and related forensic sciences, in the following (1997-2005):

• identification of individual characteristics and pattern recognition techniques in handwriting

• document photography procedures, including photomicrography
  

• indented writing
  

• typewriter, copier, and computer printer identification/classification
  

• infrared luminescence and ultraviolet lighting techniques
  

• production of demonstrative evidence
  

• courtroom protocols

Instructional technical visits include:

• Marquette University Law School - 1998
  

• McCrone Institute - 2000
  

• Ninth Circuit Supreme Court, Nevada - 2002

• Rochester Institute of Technology - 2004

Professional Affiliations

• Executive Board Member - Association of Forensic Document Examiners, admittance testing required for membership 1997-2005.

• Voting member Committee E30 Forensic Sciences - ASTM International Standards Worldwide - 2002-2005.
  

• Associate Member- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Fort Worth, TX. Chapter - 2003-2005.
  

• Member - Fraud Investigators Association of Texas - 2002-2005.

References

Here is what some of our clients have said about our services:

“Thanks for your invaluable assistance in our case where the jury found the accused not guilty of murder.”
Joseph A. Connors, Attorney, McAllen, TX

“Mr. Weldon, you were an excellent witness.”
Ronald B. Pruitt, Attorney, Houston, TX

“Thanks for your help to my firm. You've been instrumental in the resolution of the cases we've worked on together.”
Brian Chavez, Attorney, Midland, TX

Representative Clients

US Attorneys, National Labor Relations Board, District and Local Courts, Legal Aid Society, insurance companies, banks and financial institutions, law enforcement agencies, personnel directors, retail managers, hospital administrators, corporate security managers, private investigators.

Teaching

• Presented technical paper “Maximizing the Indented Image by Calibration of Latent Image Developer” AFDE Symposium, Las Vegas, NV, 2002.
  
  
• Conducted Fraud Prevention Seminars for businesses, banking and other financial institutions 1995-1998.
  
  
• Criminal Lawyer's Association Presentations: preservation of evidence, courtroom exhibits, and collection of exemplars (1997-2002).
  
  
• Presented courses accredited by the State Bar of Texas on “Forensic Document Examination in the Courtroom” designed to meet the requirements for Continuing Legal Education for attorneys and legal assistants (1999, 2000).
  
  
• Presented session “Vintage, but Bogus Documents,” AFDE Symposium, Rochester, NY, in conjunction with the Rochester Institute of Technology, 2004