About Kathy Carlson
Curriculum Vitae
Kathy Carlson, a Forensic Document Examiner, has studied handwriting examination and apprenticed under some of the leading court-qualified Forensic Experts at International School of Forensic Document Examination, California.
Forensic Examination provided for:
Disputed documents or signatures including: contracts, income tax fraud, warranty deeds, poison pen writings, wills, checks, transfer agreements, child support disputes and divorce disputes.
Investigation and analysis including: questioned signatures, suspect documents, alterations and handwritten numbers.
Education:
International School of Forensics, Los Angeles, California
Training in handwriting and document examination include:
A 2 year apprenticeship with International School of Forensic Document Examination, a leading authority in the field of handwriting analysis and document examination. Bart Baggett is the President and Professor at International School of Forensics.
5/2009 through 3/2010
Handwriting Analysis v. The Questioned Document Examiner, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Special Instruments and Your Lab, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Preparing the Notarized Report, Instructor: Teresa DeBerry
Test Grade: 100%
Displaying Your Evidence In Court, Instructor: Teresa Deberry
Test Grade: 100%
The Attorney, Instructor: Teresa DeBerry
Test Grade: 100%
Making Your Case The Document Examiner's Guide to the Justice System, Instructor: Teresa DeBerry
Test Grade: 100%
Legal and Court Procedure, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
The Judge and Our Court System, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
History of Handwriting, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
American Writing Systems, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Handwriting Basics, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Altered Numbers, Instructor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Exemplars, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Identifying Types and Characteristics, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Individual Characteristics, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Letter Forms, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Printscripts and Numbers, Host: Beth Chrisman
Test Grade: 100%
Factors Affecting Handwriting, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Comparison of Writings
Test Grade: 100%
Exhibits as Demonstrative evidence, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 94%
The Labratory, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Photography
Test Grade: 100%
Alterations of Documents, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Forgery
Test Grade: 100%
Anonymouns Writing, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Ink and Writing Instruments, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Typewriters
Test Grade: 100%
Photocopier, Facsimile and Other Duplicators, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Computer Generated Documents and the Printer, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 95%
Requirements of Document Examination, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Going it Alone, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Future of Document Examination, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 90%
The Court and The Expert Witness, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 95%
The Deposition, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 90%
The History of Questioned Document Examination - Handwriting Identification, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Handwriting Compendium for Document Examiners from Handwriting Identification, Professor: Bart
Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
The Discrimination of Handwriting from Handwriting Identification, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
The Premises for the Identification of Handwriting, Instructor: Bob Baier
The Fundamentals of the Identification Process, Instructor: Joe Alexander
The Discrimination and Identification of Writing, Instructor: Richard Roth
Test Grade: 95%
Special Problems in the Discrimination and Identification of Writing, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 96%
The Extrinsical Factors Influencing Handwriting, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 94%
The Intrinsical Variables of Handwriting, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 93%
The Requirements and the Results, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
The Diagnosis of Writing Identification, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 81%
The Scope of Document Examination, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 95%
The Sources of Document Examiners, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Cases that I have examined, rendered opinions on and attended lectures for:
05/12/09 Case 107 Contract - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 130 IRS - Instructor: Bob Baier
05/29/09 Case 103 Contract - Instructor: C. Baggett
Case 800 Document - Instructor: Bob Baier
06/09/09 Case 110 Loan - Instructor: C. Baggett
Case 105 Letter - Instructor: C. Baggett
06/23/09 Case 112 Will - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 106 Bill of Sale: Instructor: Bob Baier
07/07/09 Case 109 Deed - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 115 Will - Instrustor: Bob Baier
07/21/09 Case 325 Pre-Nuptial - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 410 IRA - Instructor: C. Baggett
09/22/09 Case 104 Will - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 118 Stock Transfer - Instructor: Bob Baier
10/06/09 Case 108 Poison Pen Letter - Instructor: Don Lehew
Case 120 Insurance - Instructor: Bob Baier
10/20/09 Case 122 Beneficiary - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 125 Contract - Instructor: Bob Baier
11/03/09 Case 126 Child Support - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 811 Will - Instructor: Bart Baggett
11/17/09 Case 163 Check Fraud - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 161 Check Fraud - Instructor: Bob Baier
12/08/09 Case 119 Poison Pen Letter - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 111 Stipulation for Judgement - Instructor: Bob Baier
01/12/10 Case 117 Check Fraud - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 501 Holographic Will - Instructor: Bart Baggett
01/19/10 Case 805 Real Estate Deed - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 807 Contract - Instructor: Bart Baggett
01/26/10 Case 132 Document - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 137 Praternity Document - Instructor: C. Baggett
02/02/10 Case 809 Codicil to Will - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 810 Anonymous Letter - Instructor: Bart Baggett
02/09/10 Case 138 Adoption Petition - Instructor: C. Baggett
Case 144 Letter - Instructor: Bart Baggett
02/16/10 Case 145 Grant Deed - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 135 Life Will - Instructor: Bart Baggett
02/23/10 Case 813 Real Estate Contract - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 814 Life Insurance Policy - Instructor: Bart Baggett
03/02/10 Case 136 Statement - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 141 Resignation Statement - Instructor: C. Baggett
03/09/10 Case 815 Will - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 816 Altered Document - Instructor: Bart Baggett
03/16/10 Case 143 Loan - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 116 Anonymous Writing - Instructor: Bob Baier
03/23/10 Case 819 Bank Letter - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
American Writing Systems, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Handwriting Basics, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Altered Numbers, Instructor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Exemplars, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Identifying Types and Characteristics, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Individual Characteristics, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Letter Forms, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Printscripts and Numbers, Host: Beth Chrisman
Test Grade: 100%
Factors Affecting Handwriting, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Comparison of Writings
Test Grade: 100%
Exhibits as Demonstrative evidence, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 94%
The Labratory, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Photography
Test Grade: 100%
Alterations of Documents, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Forgery
Test Grade: 100%
Anonymouns Writing, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Ink and Writing Instruments, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Typewriters
Test Grade: 100%
Photocopier, Facsimile and Other Duplicators, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Computer Generated Documents and the Printer, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 95%
Requirements of Document Examination, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Going it Alone, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Future of Document Examination, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 90%
The Court and The Expert Witness, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 95%
The Deposition, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 90%
The History of Questioned Document Examination - Handwriting Identification, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Handwriting Compendium for Document Examiners from Handwriting Identification, Professor: Bart
Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
The Discrimination of Handwriting from Handwriting Identification, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
The Premises for the Identification of Handwriting, Instructor: Bob Baier
The Fundamentals of the Identification Process, Instructor: Joe Alexander
The Discrimination and Identification of Writing, Instructor: Richard Roth
Test Grade: 95%
Special Problems in the Discrimination and Identification of Writing, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 96%
The Extrinsical Factors Influencing Handwriting, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 94%
The Intrinsical Variables of Handwriting, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 93%
The Requirements and the Results, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
The Diagnosis of Writing Identification, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 81%
The Scope of Document Examination, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 95%
The Sources of Document Examiners, Professor: Bart Baggett
Test Grade: 100%
Cases that I have examined, rendered opinions on and attended lectures for:
05/12/09 Case 107 Contract - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 130 IRS - Instructor: Bob Baier
05/29/09 Case 103 Contract - Instructor: C. Baggett
Case 800 Document - Instructor: Bob Baier
06/09/09 Case 110 Loan - Instructor: C. Baggett
Case 105 Letter - Instructor: C. Baggett
06/23/09 Case 112 Will - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 106 Bill of Sale: Instructor: Bob Baier
07/07/09 Case 109 Deed - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 115 Will - Instrustor: Bob Baier
07/21/09 Case 325 Pre-Nuptial - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 410 IRA - Instructor: C. Baggett
09/22/09 Case 104 Will - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 118 Stock Transfer - Instructor: Bob Baier
10/06/09 Case 108 Poison Pen Letter - Instructor: Don Lehew
Case 120 Insurance - Instructor: Bob Baier
10/20/09 Case 122 Beneficiary - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 125 Contract - Instructor: Bob Baier
11/03/09 Case 126 Child Support - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 811 Will - Instructor: Bart Baggett
11/17/09 Case 163 Check Fraud - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 161 Check Fraud - Instructor: Bob Baier
12/08/09 Case 119 Poison Pen Letter - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 111 Stipulation for Judgement - Instructor: Bob Baier
01/12/10 Case 117 Check Fraud - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 501 Holographic Will - Instructor: Bart Baggett
01/19/10 Case 805 Real Estate Deed - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 807 Contract - Instructor: Bart Baggett
01/26/10 Case 132 Document - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 137 Praternity Document - Instructor: C. Baggett
02/02/10 Case 809 Codicil to Will - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 810 Anonymous Letter - Instructor: Bart Baggett
02/09/10 Case 138 Adoption Petition - Instructor: C. Baggett
Case 144 Letter - Instructor: Bart Baggett
02/16/10 Case 145 Grant Deed - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 135 Life Will - Instructor: Bart Baggett
02/23/10 Case 813 Real Estate Contract - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 814 Life Insurance Policy - Instructor: Bart Baggett
03/02/10 Case 136 Statement - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 141 Resignation Statement - Instructor: C. Baggett
03/09/10 Case 815 Will - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 816 Altered Document - Instructor: Bart Baggett
03/16/10 Case 143 Loan - Instructor: Bob Baier
Case 116 Anonymous Writing - Instructor: Bob Baier
03/23/10 Case 819 Bank Letter - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 820 Holographic Will - Instructor: Bart Baggett
03/30/10 Case 808 Will - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 812 Estate Transfer - Instructor: Bart Baggett
05//11/10 Case 134 Anonymous writing - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 139 Money Transfer - Instructor: Bart Baggett
05/25/10 Case 140 Warranty Deed - Instructor: Bart Baggett
06/08/10 Case 165 Letter - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 201 Anonymous writing - Instructor: Bart Baggett
06/22/10 Case 802 Agreement - Instructor: Bart Baggett
07/06/10 Case 133 Bank Application - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Case 803 Credit Card Application - Instructor: Bart Baggett
07/20/10 Case 804 Buyer Contract - Instructor: Bart Baggett
Further Qualifications:
Personal Cases that I have examined and rendered opinions on include:
10/27/09 Case 1001 Bill of Sale - Florida
11/13/09 Case 1002 Employment Safety Sign Off - Colorado
11/21/09 Case 1003 Grant Application - Colorado
11/24/09 Case 1004 Contract - Arizona
12/28/09 Case 1005 Employment Letter - Colorado
01/20/10 Case 1006 School Enrollment Application - Florida
01/21/10 Case 1007 Warranty Deed - Utah
01/23/10 Case 1008 Non-Compete Agreement - Utah
02/22/10 Case 1009 Contract - Colorado
03/03/10 Case 1010 Anonymouns Letter - Utah
03/18/10 Case 1011 Change of Benificiary - Colorado
03/09/10 Case 1012 Home Loan Application - Utah
03/20/10 Case 1013 Life Insurance Policy - Colorado
03/20/10 Case 1014 Altered Documents - Utah
03/23/10 Case 1015 Anonymous Writing - Utah
04/16/10 Case 1016 Anonymous Writing - Colorado
04/23/10 Case 1017 Contract - Cypress
06/17/10 Case 1018 Quitclaim Deed - Colorado
06/24/10 Case 1019 Anonymous Letters - Colorado
07/29/10 Case 2020 Subcontractor Agreements - Colorado
I have examined numerous signatures and rendered opinions on cases in Alabama, California, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, South Carolina, Florida, Utah, Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Colorado, Arizona, Washington D.C. and Illinois.
Laboratory Equipment used for examinations:
Numerous magnifying devices, light box, various measuring devices, computer and 1X to 30X AmScope Microscope with 3 megapixel camera attached.
Specific Areas of Training:
Handwriting Identification and Discrimination, Signature Comparison, Techniques for Distinguishing Forged Signatures, Disguised Handwriting, Altered Numbers, Anonymous, Factors that Affect Writing.
Library:
Numerous forensic document examination books and other handwriting reference materials.
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