Farrell C. Shiver,
Forensic Document Examiner
Certification
Certified by the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners
(ABFDE)
Training
Graduate of the two-year resident
training program in Forensic Document Examination conducted by the U.S. Army
Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL), Fort Gillem,
Georgia.
Attendance at numerous
courses, workshops, and seminars in Forensic Document
Examination including:
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U. S. Secret Service
Questioned Document Course
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FBI Fundamentals of
Document Examination for Laboratory Personnel School
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FBI Advanced Techniques of
Document Examination for Laboratory Personnel -
Typewriters and Other Printing Devices
Education
Master of Science and Bachelor
of Science degrees
Professional Organizations
Past-President, American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
(ASQDE)
Member, Questioned Documents Section, American Academy of Forensic
Sciences (AAFS)
Member, Southeastern Association of Forensic Document Examiners
(SAFDE)
Member, Committee E30 on
Forensic Sciences and the Questioned Documents Subcommittee,
ASTM International.
Experience
Former Chief of the Questioned
Documents Division, Forensic Document Examiner - U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
(USACIL)
Former primary instructor for
the USACIL's two-year resident
training program in Forensic Document Examination
Testified as expert witness in
forensic document examination in courts, hearings, and
depositions on more than 150 occasions
Previous Chairman of the
Scientific Working Group for Forensic Document Examination
Subcommittee on Standard Operating Procedures and
Terminology (SWGDOC)
Retired Special Agent, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command
(USACIDC)
Publications
and Papers
Previously Editor, Journal of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
(JASQDE)
Author of numerous papers and articles on the subject of Forensic Document
Examination