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GUNSHOT TRAJECTORY Michael Wakshull, M.S., Member of: National Association of Document
Examiners
CQE Scientific Association of Forensic Examiners
Forensic Document – VP
Richard Ernest, B.S. Examiner International Association of Scientists and
Alliance Forensics Laboratory & Q9 Consulting, Inc. Researchers - Advisory Board
Consultants P .O . Box 892965 Association of Certified Fraud Examiners –
Keller, TX Temecula, CA 92589 Director - Inland Empire
National Speakers Association – prior co-
Phone: (817) 228-6526 Phone: (951) 252-4929 dean of the Speakers Academy
E-mail: rernest01@att .net Fax: (951) 302-1785 ASTM International
E-mail: mikew@quality9 .com American Society for Quality – Senior member
(Please see our resume on page 169 for further Web: https://quality9 .com Former member Forensic Expert Witness
details.)
Association – Past-president San Diego
Degrees/Licenses: Graduate School Chapter
Steven Howard Certificate: Forensic Document Examination;
Steve “The Gun Guru” Howard (Please see our resume on page 192 for further
American Firearms and Munitions B .S . Mathematics; details.)

Consulting M.Sc. Technology Management; Certified
Lansing, MI Quality Engineer; Certified Information
Phone: (517) 374-9000 Systems Auditor; Project Management HANDWRITING ANALYSIS
E-mail: stevethegunguru@gmail .com Professional
(Please see our complete listing under the Profile: Mike Wakshull partners with clients in Theresa Dean
following area of expertise: Expert Categories: civil and criminal cases in the United States, HandwritingForensics.com
Firearms) Bahrain, Canada, Malasia, Mexico and Hong Hendersonville, NC
Kong requiring authentication of handwritten Phone: (828) 891-4263
Jay Jarvis and computer-generated documents . As a E-mail: theresa@handwritingforensics .com
Arma Forensics, LLC state and federal court-qualified document
Armuchee, GA examiner, he dissects the evidence, helping (Please see our resume on page 175 for further
clients learn the strength of their case .
Phone: (706) 331-9971 details.)
E-mail: armaforensics@gmail .com
More than 100 testimonies under oath in Michael Wakshull, M.S., CQE
state and federal courts, arbitrations and
(Please see our resume on page 182 for further depositions . Forensic Document Examiner
details.) Q9 Consulting, Inc.
Working with Wakshull is different: Temecula, CA
Phone: (951) 252-4929
GUNSHOT VELOCITY • He uses the latest video spectral comparator E-mail: mikew@quality9 .com
(VSC80), ESDA, digital microscopes,
Photoshop CC, Acrobat DC, NEGA software, (Please see our resume on page 192 for further
Richard Ernest, B.S. and other quality tools for examinations . details.)
Alliance Forensics Laboratory & • He applies his scientific and engineering
Consultants experience and training to examine questioned EXPERT CATEGORIES
Keller, TX documents and produce verifiable arguments. HANDWRITING
Phone: (817) 228-6526 Although courts require a verifiable, scientific COMPARISON
E-mail: rernest01@att .net approach for expert witness testimony, not all
examiners use this approach .
(Please see our resume on page 169 for further Theresa Dean
details.) • He is meticulous about customer service and HandwritingForensics.com
client communications .
Hendersonville, NC
HANDWRITING & • He employs internet video technology to Phone: (828) 891-4263
E-mail: theresa@handwritingforensics .com
communicate with clients worldwide .
DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• He has built a well-equipped laboratory and a (Please see our resume on page 175 for further
large forensic reference library to enhance his details.)
Theresa Dean research and courtroom testimony .
HandwritingForensics.com • As a former university instructor and member Michael Wakshull, M.S., CQE
Hendersonville, NC of National Speakers Association, Wakshull Forensic Document Examiner
Phone: (828) 891-4263 is skilled at explaining complex evidence with Q9 Consulting, Inc.
E-mail: theresa@handwritingforensics .com clear exhibits, easy-to-understand language Temecula, CA
and descriptive pictures . His courtroom Phone: (951) 252-4929
(Please see our resume on page 175 for further approach teaches and engages all trial E-mail: mikew@quality9 .com
details.) participants—judge, jury and attorneys .
(Please see our resume on page 192 for further
• He uses generally-accepted practices such details.)
as SWGDOC, SAFE, and ASTM standards .

Wakshull is a frequent speaker at local and
international forensics conferences and
attorney conferences . He is a published
author of three books about forensic document
examination . He has developed and teaches
a number of California Bar approved MCLE
seminars .

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