Forensic Document Examination, A Strategy for Legal Professionals

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Government agency approved lists:
  1. Los Angeles County Superior Court Expert Witness Panel
  2. Riverside County Public Defender
  3. San Diego County Public Defender and District Attorney
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As a civil and criminal court qualified document examiner, my mission is to assist clients in understanding the evidence that is presented in questioned documents of all types. The evidence speaks the truth without regard to bias or undue influence from the document examiner.

Mike Wakshull is a civil and criminal court-qualified document examiner who partners with legal clients to dissect the evidence presented in handwritten and computer-generated questioned documents. He has provided forensic expert witness services in San Diego, Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles Counties in California.

Wakshull applies his scientific training to examine questioned documents­ - a court requirement. His valid approach produces winning arguments. He uses generally accepted practices such as ASTM standards. His laboratory is well-equipped and he has built a large forensic reference library.

Wakshull is skilled at explaining complex evidence with clear exhibits, easy-to-understand "jury speak" language and descriptive pictures. His courtroom approach teaches and engages the trial participants—attorneys, judge and jury.

Located in Temecula, California, Q9 Consulting is strategically located to provide document examiner and handwriting services to the legal community in Riverside, San Diego, San Bernardino and Orange Counties as well as all other Southern California areas. We accept document examination work from outside of these areas.

If you are not familiar with our company and your first contact  is online, we would be pleased to hear from you! Please let us know your needs and questions.

Forensic document examination is the scientific study and analysis by the document examiner of examining questioned documents and handwriting to determine authenticity for legal purposes.

A document is any material that contains marks, symbols or signs.

A document may be on paper, a wall, a sidewalk, on a bottle or any other surface on which the marks were made. It may be created by hand or electronically with a printer, fax machine or other mechanical device. A document may also be created with a computer. This web page is a document.

• What is the origin of a document?
• Who wrote a document? (signature verification)
• Is it a forged signature? (Unless the document examiner is also a lawyer the opinion can only say that the purported writer did not write the signature rather than a forgery.)
• Is it an altered document?
• Is the document an original document?
• What was originally on an obliterated document?

Forensic handwriting examination is the scientific study of a questioned document for legal purposes by the document examiner to determine whether a suspected writer either wrote or did not write the questioned document. Forensic handwriting examination is used to resolve disputes as to the writer of wills, contracts, deeds, checks and many other forms of written documents.