Vickie Willard is Board Certified (BFDE, AFDE) with 28 years of experience examining disputed documents and providing court testimony. Services include: signature verification, writer/printer identification, exposing altered business and medical records and defending the integrity of business/medical records, non-destructive ink comparison, and other aspects of questioned document examinations.
Office Location: 526 Superior Ave., Suite 935, Cleveland, OH 44114
Office: 216-520-1520 or 866-520-1519
Board Certification (testing)
Board of Forensic Document Examiners - 2003
(an FSAB accredited board)
Association of Forensic Document Examiners - 1991
General Certification (testing)
Association of Forensic Document Examiners - 1987
Trial Experience
Testimony has been provided in state courts, U.S. District Courts, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. Tax Court, and arbitration. Testimony has been provided on behalf of plaintiffs, defendants, prosecutors, and criminal defense attorneys.
Clients include attorneys, law enforcement agencies, federal and county public defenders, legal aid societis, financial and medical institutions, corporations, insurance agencies, labor unions, universities, investigation and security firms, and others.
Opinions have been rendered on signatures, handwriting and hand printing issues on: contracts, wills, deeds, POA’s, insurance forms, bank documents, corporate records, medical records, promissory notes, prescriptions, petitions, credit receipts, identifying writer of anonymous letters and graffiti, deciphering illegible writing, claims of guided hand writing, the writer's ability to perform graphic tasks and other issues.
Professional Affiliations
Association of Forensic Document Examiners (AFDE)
An international organization for document examiners
Admittance testing required
Offices held: President, Vice President, Board Member, Membership Director and chair of committees.
Board of Forensic Document Examiners (BFDE)
A certification board that offers testing for forensic document examiners
Offices held: current president
International Graphonomics Society (IGS)
An international research organization for the study of motor control as it is applied to forensic science, biophysics, education, neuropsychology, experimental psychology, paleography, pattern recognition and other facets of handwriting and drawing.
Headquarters: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
A standards development organization whose members work to develop standards for use in commercial, legal, forensic and other professions. Committee: Forensic Science, Committee on Questioned Documents
Ohio Identification Officers Association (OIO)
The Ohio division of the International Association of Identification
Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board (FSAB)
FSAB was established to accredit qualified boards / organizations that certify individual forensic specialists. It was established with a grant from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and support from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). The FSAB board consists of representatives from approximately fifteen forensic specialty boards.
(Board Member)
Professional Development includes regular attendance at continuing education conferences and taking a leading role in activities for the betterment of the profession. Ms. Willard has written articles and spoken at professional conferences.
Professional Papers delivered and panel participant at symposiums sponsored by Association of Forensic Document Examiners. Programs on questioned document examination presented to bar associations and legal associations [CLE credit], law enforcement officers, crime prevention organizations, bank personnel, criminalistic classes and other.
Proficiency Testing: Participant in proficiency testing biennially.
Laboratory facilities for the examination of documents, including specialized lighting, infrared spectral comparison, latent image developing, specialized document photography, digital imaging, and for the preparation of court exhibits.
