Handwriting and           Document Examination Expert Witnessing Teaching and Speaking Qualifications
 

Experienced and Qualified

Designating Hannah McFarland as an expert witness and/or use of this resume in legal proceedings without specific approval is prohibited.

Certifications

Office Holder

I serve on the Executive Board of Directors for NADE.

Court-Qualified

As an expert witness 30 times.

Washington State Superior Courts:

  • Cowlitz County
  • King County
  • Lewis County
  • Pierce County
  • Snohomish County
  • Spokane County
  • Thurston County
  • Mason County

Alaska State Superior Court:

  • Third Judicial District at Anchorage
  • Matanuska-Susitna County

Oregon State Circuit Court:

  • Malheur County

National Association of Securities Dealers
Seattle Arbitration

Court-Appointed

Federal and State courts in WA, AK, MO and OR

Specialized Training

2006 — American Academy of Forensic Science 58rd Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA

  • Questioned Documents Section

2005 — Adobe Photoshop and document examination, intensive two day workshop by Gary Herbertson, Berkeley, CA.

1999, 2001 - 2005 — National Association of Document Examiners Conferences

2001 – National Questioned Document Association Conference, Dallas, Texas

2001 – American Academy of Forensic Science 53rd Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA

  • Questioned Documents Section
  • General Session - Jurisprudence
  • Workshop – The Testifying Expert

2000 — Northwest Fraud Investigators Association Conference, Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia

1997 – Forensic Document Examination Course and private instruction by Andrew Bradley and Associates of Denver, CO.

1997 – Vanguard Conference, Handwriting Physiology and Writer’s Cramp

1995-1997 – Private instruction with Roger Rubin of New York City who has over thirty years experience.

Education

  • 1980 – University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Psychology
  • 1979 – University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI; Music

Legislative Consultant

2005 — I was a consultant for the Washington State Legislature. My work shaped the section regarding comparing signatures on ballots in election reform bill 5499.

Publications

  • 2005

    Comparing signatures is a science, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Vol. 142, No. 261
     
  • 2003

    My work on the Black Dahlia murder case is published in the book Black Dahlia Avenger by Steve Hodel.
     
  • 2001 

    What Law School Never Taught About Forgery, Alaska Bar Rag, Alaska Bar Association, Vol. 25, No. 5
     
  • 2000 

    Read Between the Lines of Documents Trial News, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, Vol. 36, Number 3

    Handwriting Analysis—What is Required? Bar Bulletin, King County Bar Association, Vol.18, Issue 7

Proficiency Testing

  • Certified by the Handwriting Identification proficiency-testing program of the Forensic Expertise Profiling Laboratory at Latrobe University in Australia. Results available upon request (2004).

Teaching

  • 2008 - Washington State Office of Special Investigations Conference.
  • 2002 to 2005 - I have been an instructor for the Pan American Institute of Forensic Science and Technology in Monterrey, Mexico .
  • May 8, 2002, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico.

Continuing Legal Education

  • March 30, 2001 — Washington State Bar Association 6th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute
  • 2001 — Society of Counsel Representing Accused Persons – Seattle and Kent
  • 2000 — Associated Counsel for Accused Persons – Seattle and Kent
  • June 23, 2000 — Northwest Defenders Association

Memberships

  Last updated Jan 21, 2008

 

Hannah McFarland
2023 E. Sims Way, Ste 263
Port Townsend, WA 98368

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or (360) 379-4062

hannah@writeexam.com


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