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FORENSIC CONSULTANTS |
7710 Miller Court
Post Office Box 1177
Pennsauken, New Jersey
08109-0177
800-231-7891 |
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generalwish@erols.com
www.handwritingexperts.net |
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William J. Ries
Forensic Document Examiner |
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Services include the identification of handwriting, typewriting, ink, paper,
writing instruments and relationships of documents. Other problems are the
decipherment of obscure, deleted or damaged parts of documents, altered
documents, etc. The work often includes a study of the information carried
by a document for discovery of evidence of spuriousness, identification of
persons, or to show significant relationships. |
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Mr. Ries began his career as a Forensic Document Examiner with the
Philadelphia Police Department Crime Laboratory, Document Unit, in
1975 until 1982 when he transferred to the Philadelphia District Attorney's
Office as the head of the Technical Services Unit, responsible for the Forensic
Document examinations and the supervision of the Photographic Laboratory
and Graphic Arts section. Mr. Ries retired from the City of Philadelphia
in September, 1988 and joined the firm of Forensic Consultants as a staff
examiner until his appointment in March, 1990 to the State of Ohio, Bureau
of Criminal Investigation Crime Laboratory, as one of three Document
Examiners for the state of Ohio, Attorney General's office. Mr. Ries
continued as a consultant with Forensic Consultants. In June 1991,
Mr. Ries returned to Forensic Consultants as a staff examiner. |
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Mr. Ries has testified as an expert witness in the field of questioned
documents over five hundred fifty times in courts of record. His appearances
and testimony include: |
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United States Federal Courts.
Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Maryland,
Virginia, and New York.
American Arbitration Association.
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.
Pennsylvania Workmen Compensation Hearings.
Numerous civil proceedings and depositions involving wills, contracts,
employment hearings, etc. |
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