President and Chief Scientific Officer of Federal Forensic Associates, Inc.
Engaged in consultation, examination, training, research and testimony in Forensic
Science, including ink and paper analysis, trace evidence and questioned document
examination.
Qualified trace evidence areas include fire debris, explosives, paint, hair, fiber,
glass and wood.
January 1975 to September 1981
Forensic Chemist, U.S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
National Laboratory Center, Rockville, Maryland.
Engaged in consultation, examination, training, research and testimony as service to
federal and state law enforcement.
Court qualified in federal, state and military courts in over 33 states, U.S. Virgin
Islands, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Malaysia and Singapore.
Instructor at the FBI Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Naval
Investigative Service, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, colleges and universities.
Lecturer at numerous scientific and legal organization meetings to include the American
Academy of Forensic Sciences, American Society of Questioned Documents Examiners,
California Association of Criminalists, International Association of Forensic Scientists.
Comparison of Typewriter Ribbon Inks by Thin Layer Chromatography - Journal of Forensic
Science, 1977
A Scientific Study of Pencil Lead - Journal of Forensic Science, 1978
Analysis of Water Soluble Paper - Journal of Forensic Science, 1980
Comparison of Typewritten Carbon Impressions - Journal of Forensic Science, 1982
Examination of Ball Pen Ink by High Pressure Liquid Chromatography - Journal of Forensic
Science, 1982
Ink Analysis, A Key Element in Questioned Document Examination - Trial, 1983
A High Performance Liquid Chromatographic (HPLC) Study of Seven Common Explosive
Materials - Journal of Forensic Science, 1983
Finding Fraudulent Documents - Family Advocate, 1989
Attempted Determination of Authorship by Ball Pen Line Characteristics - Forensic
Science International, 1990
Analysis of Writing Ink - chapter in book HPLC in Forensic Science, 1982
Contributions to the book Forensic Ink and Paper Examination by Brunelle and
Reed, 1982
Ph.D. Dissertation - Surface Characterization of Polymeric Materials by X-ray
Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry: Biomedical
Materials and Forensic Applications
Honors:
Honorary Assistant Attorney General, State of Alabama
Treasury Award for Outstanding Performance
Honorary Member - Southwestern Association of Forensic Document Examiners
Certification:
Diplomat of the American Board of Criminalistics
Cases of Note:
Mormon Will of the late Howard R. Hughes
Slander trial of CBS, Sixty Minutes and Dan Rather