- Graduate of George Washington University
Washington D. C.
Master of Forensic Sciences, 1985 - Undergraduate of Marquette University
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bachelor of Science, 1977
- American Board of Forensic Document
Examiners-Diplomate
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences Questioned Document Section Ordway Hilton Award 2016 In Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Forensic Document Examination
- Forensic Document Examiner, Private Practice,
Milwaukee, WI
2001 - Present - Forensic Document Examiner, Unit Head, Questioned Document Unit,
WI State Crime Laboratory, Milwaukee.
November 1988- December 2011 - Document Examiner, United States Secret Service, Forensic Services Division,
Washington, D. C.
September 1987-October 1988 - Document Analyst, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Washington, D.C.
September 1985-September 1987 - Intern, United States Secret Service, Forensic Services Division,
Washington, D.C.
January 1985-June 1985
- “Initials Value For Identification” Journal of the American Society of
Questioned Document Examiners, 2018, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 39-45. - Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases, Andre A. Moenssens, Betty Layne DesPortes, and Steven D. Benjamin Editors,
- Forensic Document Examination Fundamentals and Current Trends, Jane A. Lewis, Academic Press, published March 27, 2014.
- Forensic Science: Current Issues, Future Directions,
Douglas H. Ubelaker Editor, Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, Chapter 9, “Forensic
Document Examination”, co-author, pp. 224-251. - “Indentation Examination Enhancement”
Journal of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners,
2005, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 65-69. - "Striation Patterns in New and Used Ballpoint Pens"
Journal of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners,
2003, Vol. 6, No.2, pp.67-71. - "Thin-Layer Chromatography of Writing Inks-Quality Control Considerations”
Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1996, 41(5): 874-877.
Foundation Press, 2017, Chapter 5, “Forensic Document Examination”, author of
Sections I, II, III and subsections of 5.16 and 5.19, pp. 197-244.
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences - Questioned Document
Section – Section Secretary 2006-2008, Section Chair 2008-2010,
Director representing the Questioned Document Section 2012-2015, fellow - American Society of Questioned Document Examiners – member
- Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists – member
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) – Forensic Science Section member