J. Wright Leonard, BCFE, CDE

Certified Document/Handwriting Examiner

Federal, State and Local Courts

E-Mail: JWL@ForgeryID.com
Telephone: 215-735-4000
Fax: 215-735-4022

 

WHAT IS
DOCUMENT
EXAMINATION?

The analysis, examination and comparison of documents in order to establish the authority of  handwriting or the integrity of documents or parts of documents in question. Both oral and written reports are available, and convincing expert testimony is rendered under oath in civil and criminal proceedings

 

WHAT ARE THE 
SERVICES
OFFERED?

  • Case Evaluation 
  • Handwriting and Document Examination 
  • Oral and Written Reporting 
  • Court Testimony 
  • Exhibit Preparation 
  • Review of Documents Held by Adverse Parties 
  • ESDA testing for electro-static development of indented writing impressions
  • Depositions and Arbitrations 
  • Lectures
  • Document Photography
  • Presentations to Clients
  • Taking of Requested Writings
  • Autograph Authentication
  • Differentiation of inks using Foster & Freeman Video Spectra Comparator.

 

WHAT ARE THE
QUALIFICATIONS
OF J WRIGHT LEONARD?

  Board Certified by: THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DOCUMENT EXAMINERS and  THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FORENSIC EXAMINERS
Also Tested by: COLLABORATIVE TESTING SERVICES, INC
., which conducts Proficiency Testing in 55 countries worldwide.

LaTROBE UNIVERSITY, Forensic Expertise Profiling Laboratory Melbourne, Australia. Proficiency testing in 8 countries worldwide.

Court qualified since 1983. Court appointed Document Examiner, Federal Court (E.D. PA)

Document Examiner for the Police Department of Evesham Township, New Jersey

Testified in civil and criminal matters in the United States District Court/Eastern Dist. PA;Commonwealth Court of PA; Immigration Court, a Federal Administrative Agency of the U.S. Dept. of Justice; the Courts of Common Pleas, including the Orphans' Court Divisions, in Pennsylvania; the Superior Court and Municipal Courts in New Jersey; New Jersey Wage & Hour Board; Municipal Courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and the PA Dept. of Labor/Industry, PA Unemployment Comp. Board of Review. Rendered opinions and expert testimony in forgery, handwriting identification, and document alteration matters involving wills, deeds, checks, anonymous letters, divorce papers, affidavits, receipts, applications, powers of attorney, contracts, insurance forms, medical records, police records, leases, etc.

 

REPRESENTATIVE
CLIENTELE
LIST
  • Court Appointed Document Examiner Đ U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA
  •   The Associated Press (NY)
  • Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul (PA) 
  • BMW of North America (NJ)
  • ABC News (Philadelphia, PA) 
  • Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen (PA)
  • Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads (NJ/PA) 
  • LŐAbbate Balkan Colavita & Contini (NJ)
  • The Hardford Insurance Company (PA) 
  • Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin (PA)
  • Gruccio Pepper Giovinazzi DeSanto & Farnoly (NJ) 
  • Public Defender - Delaware and New Jersey 
  • Reed Smith (PA) 
  • Roberrt J. Casey, Jr., & Associates (PA)
  • Blank Rome (PA) 
  • Struble Ragno Petrie Orolio (NJ) 
  • Michael F. X. Gillin & Associates (PA)
  •   Comm. of PA, District AttorneysŐ Offices, Phila., Montgomery & Delaware Counties, PA
  •  Ford & Harrison, L.L.P. (Wash. DC)
  • State Farm Insurance Company (PA)
  •  Kemper Insurance Company (NJ) Rogers & Wells (NYC)
  • "The Philadelphia Inquirer" Morgan Lewis & Bockius (PA)
  •  DeCotiis Fitzpatrick & Gluck (NJ)
  • Philadelphia Housing Authority (PA)
  •  Schnader Harrison (PA)
  • United Parcel Service (PA)
  •  White & Williams (PA)
  • The Federal Defender (PA)
  • Royal Bank of PA
  • Chester County, PA
  •  Pepper Hamilton (PA)
  • Richard Ducote, Esq. (LA)
  • Kanter Bernstein & Kardon (PA)
  •  Memorial Health Alliance (NJ)
  • Kroll Lindquist Avey, Forensic Accountants (PA)

 

SPECIALIZED
TRAINING
AND 
ONGOING
PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION

 

  • Rochester Institute of Technology, Image Analysis and Process Identification, Rochester, NY
  •   American Institute of Applied Science, Questioned Document Program, Youngsville, NC
  •   Document Examination workshop instruction by Larry F. Zeigler, Retired U.S. Government
  • Document Examiner (FBI, Secret Service, ATF & Immigration/Naturalization Service) and
  •   Professor, George Washington University, Forensic Sciences Program.
  •   Workshop of LaTrobe University, The Handwriting Analysis and Research Laboratory,
  •   School of Human Biosciences, Melbourne, Australia, Presented in MD & NM, 1996 & 2000
  • Instruction under the tutelage of Felix Klein, Internationally Recognized Expert in
  • Document Examination, Consultant to the United Nations, and Founder of the National
  • Bureau of Document Examiners, NYC, NY, 1979-82 Completion of Felix KleinŐs
  • Advanced Course in Document Examination, 1982 (Individual personal instruction).
  • Continuing Specialized Training through Attendance at Meetings/Seminars/Workshops:
  • National Association of Document Examiners, Locations Nationwide, 1982, 94-, 98-2001
  • MidAltantic Association of Forensic Scientists, Annual Conference, Atlantic. City, NJ, 1997
  • International Association for Identification, 41st Annual Conference, Atlantic. City, NJ, 1997
  • Association of Forensic Document Examiners, Annual Conference, San Juan, PR, 1997
  • Evidence Photographers International Council, Phoenix, Arizona, 1996
  • Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Phila., PA, Ongoing Bi-Monthly Seminars.
  • American College of Forensic Examiners, Annual Conference, Springfield, MO, 1995
  • National Bureau of Document Examiners, NYC, NY, Various Quarterly Seminars, 1980Ős
MEMBERSHIPS
  • NATL. ASSOC. OF DOCUMENT EXAMINERS, Board of Directors & Journal Editorial Board
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR IDENTIFICATION, NY STATE DIVISION
  • ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINERS
  • AMERICAN COLLEGE OF FORENSIC EXAMINERS (DIPLOMATE STATUS)
  • EVIDENCE PHOTOGRAPHERS INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL
  • LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF FORENSIC EXAMINERS
PUBLISHED
RESEARCH 
  • "Digital Development of Indented Writing," Journal of the National Association of Document Examiners, Summer 2001, Vol. 24, No. 1
LECTURES 
  • Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, "Detecting Forgery."
  • American Dental Association, "Altered Documents." Also Civic Organizations (Rotary Intl. etc.)
LABORATORY

Foster & Freeman Video Spectra Comparator, stereoscopic wide-field microscope, monocular microscope, Kinderprint Indentation materializer, a wide variety of magnifying devices & lamps, light transmission tables, ultraviolet & infrared equipment, filters, 35mm camera with macro attachments, Sony Mavica 88 Digital Camera with 8x Optical Zoom and 16x Digital Zoom, copy stand/tripod, copy enlargement equipment and various measuring devices.