Brenda Petty
Forensic Document
Examiner
PO Box 1234 *
Duncan Oklahoma 73534
Phone/Fax:
580-252-0098
brenda@brendapetty.com
www.ExpertHandwritingExaminer.com
CURRICULUM
VITAE
I am, Brenda
Petty, a Forensic Document Examiner. I
have studied handwriting and have apprenticed under some of the leading
court-qualified Forensic Document Experts in the country such as: C. L. Baggett,
Texas; Bart Baggett, California; and Don Lehew, Texas.
Forensic
Examination Provided For:
Disputed documents
or signatures including: wills, checks, contracts, deeds,
account ledgers, medical records, and autograph authentication.
Investigation and analysis including:
questioned signatures, suspect documents, forgeries, identity theft, anonymous
letters, alterations, obliterations, erasures, typewritten documents, altered
medical records, graffiti, handwritten numbers, and computerized and handwritten
documents.
Education
- School of Forensic Document
Examination, Dallas, TX; Forensic Document Examination
Associate of Handwriting Services International
American Institute
of Applied Science
Further
Qualifications:
I have reviewed
numerous signatures and handwritings, examined case documents and rendered
opinions on approximately 100 cases throughout the United
States.
Laboratory
Equipment used for examination:
Numerous magnifying
devices including 30x, 20x and 10x loupes, light box,
protractor, calipers, metric measuring devices, slope
protractor, digital photography equipment, Dell Computer, a high
resolution printer, scanner, facsimile machine, copy machine,
and transparencies. I have access
to a microscope.
Specific Areas of
Training:
Handwriting
Identification and Discrimination
Signature
Comparison
Techniques for
Distinguishing Forged Signatures
Disguised
Handwriting
Altered
Numbers
Anonymous
Writing
Laboratory
Procedures
Forensic Microscopy
and Forensic Photography
Identifying
Printing Methods
Papers and
Watermarks
Factors that Affect
Writing
Demonstrative
Evidence Training
Demonstrative
Evidence in the High-Tech World
Forgery Detection
Techniques
Detection of Forged
Checks
Document Image
Enhancement
Graphic Basis for
Handwriting Comparison
Ethics in Business
and the Legal System
Mock Courtroom
Trials
Library
Numerous forensic
document examination titles and other handwriting reference
materials, including but not limited to: Handwriting
Identification: Facts and Fundamentals by Roy A. Huber and
A.M. Headrick; and The Document Examiner's Guide To The
Justice System
by Ray Walker.
Conferences
Attended
- 20 hours: School of Forensic Document Examination
Training Conference, Dallas, TX
20 hours: Advanced Handwriting Training Conference, Dallas, TX
Professional
Affiliations
I choose to not
join any fee-based document examiner
organizations.
