* San Francisco 415-441-0273

Handwriting and forgery expert Ann Mahony is Court Qualified with over 25 years of experience in all aspects of forgery including wills, trusts, medical and insurance records, elder fraud, real estate, hate mail and graffiti, watermarks, white-out, computer records and more.

She provides research, second opinions, reports and exhibits, testimony, deposition questions for opposing experts and research of complex cases. In addition, she has associates who specialize in Computer Fraud.

Clients include Bank of America, Federal Express, Hewlett Packard, Coldwell Banker, Chicago Title, State Farm, Kaiser Permanente, Macys and others, in addition to major law firms worldwide.

Ann has provided lectures and/or training for the California Judges Assn., State Bar of Calif, Safeway Stores, Pacific Bell, Calif. Assn of Police Training, Northern Calif Fraud Investigators and others.

Ann will provide an in-house MCLE accredited program for 10 attorneys or more. Call for details.

Ann maintains professional memberships in numerous organizations, participating in their continuing education regularly.

Background

Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
A: Board Certified Document Examiner through written and oral testing, NADE

American Institute of Applied Science Certificate in Document Examination

Proficiency Tested by Collaborative Testing Services

Bachelor of Science, University of Cincinnati

Certificate in Marketing, UC Berkeley

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: National Association of Document Examiners
Northern Calif Fraud Investigators Association
Forensic Expert Witness Association
American Society of Testing and Materials
Technical Advisory Service to Attorneys


Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: 2009 NADE Determining an Author from Initials (includes range of variation &
exemplars needed)
2008 NADE Strokes and their Effect on Handwriting
2007 IL State BarSmall Business Practitioners
2005 NADE - Bar Code dating to determine authenticity of Documents
1994 ACFEI, formerly ABFE - Pen Computing and Digital Signatures
1993 NADE - Assisted, Guided, and Inert-Hand signatures
1993 WADE - Simple Signature, Guided Hand Signature, Bar Code I.D.
1990 Pacific Bell, Internal Employee Theft
1990 Safeway Stores - forged & stolen checks
1989 State Bar of California Annual Convention
1989 Northern California Fraud Investigators Association - forgery basics
1982 California Association of Police Training - forgery basics


Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No

Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: 850+

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Documents include: wills and trusts, Power of Attorney, medical & insurance records, anonymous letters & postcards, graffiti, numerous real estate documents, tax returns, marriage licenses, birth certificates, pre and post-nup agreements, corporate, personal, and travelers checks, employee evaluation forms, job applications, calendars, diaries, work logs, emails, and more.
Areas examined include, but are not limited to handwriting, hand printing, signatures, initials, numerals, dates, indented writing, white-out obliterations, watermarks, ink comparison, computer generated documents, and more

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: I don't keep a record. I've been retained by both.


Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: I don't keep a record. I've been retained by both.

Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: around 2 dozen

Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: 2009

Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: around 30

Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: around 30

Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 29

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Examination of questioned documents and handwriting in a wide range of areas, including on site inspection, infrared and ultraviolet testing, ESDA testting, preparation of reports, courtroom exhibits,and
court testimony. Preparation of deposition questions for opposing expert and research of complex cases.

Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: $250

Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: $250

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: $300 per hour, four hour minimum

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: $300

Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Designation as an expert, travel, lodging and meal expenses, FedEx,or other shipping services, messenger and copy services, exhibit preparation.

References

Steve Wolan
Paton, Wolan & Boxer
80 Grand Ave #650
Oakland, CA 94612
510/987-7500
Debra Bogaards
Pave & Bogaards
601 Montgomery St #1210
San Francisco, CA 94111
415/979-0480 X113

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