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16th Largest Verdict in 2001

Heiress wins big in court - 15 July 2023
Forensic chemist testifies on signature dates - 8 December 2014

2011 Anthrax Probe

Wall Street Journal – The Anthrax Probe Ranges Far and Wide As Investigators Scour Tips, Quotes & Research Trash for Leads - 26 March 2015

2013 City of Detroit Absentee Ballot Fraud

Handwriting experts see differences in Detroit absentee ballots from August - 8 December 2014

2014 Larry Currington Assault Case

Sexual assaults that began in Old Town Saginaw mirror suspect’s 1983 rape case, records show - 31 March 2015
Witnesses recall fake eye of man charged in sexual assaults that began in Old Town Saginaw - 31 March 2015
Man who served 30 years for rape charged in sexual assaults that began in Old Town Saginaw - 31 March 2015
DNA expert approved for man charged in sexual assaults that began in Old Town Saginaw - 31 March 2015

2017 Flint Michigan Mayoral Recall

Flint police officer buys recall petition copies with check from mayor’s campaign - 3 August 2017

2019 Aretha Franklin Estate Will Examination

The Fight Over Aretha Franklin’s Handwritten Wills Takes New Turn - 25 February 2020
Handwriting expert to examine Franklin will - 25 February 2020
At testy Aretha Franklin estate hearing, family divisions are exposed - 25 February 2020
Handwriting expert to examine wills found in Aretha Franklin’s couch cushions - 25 February 2020

Appliance Trader Limited Pension Fraud

Which Former Executive Implicated Sandals In TCI Corruption? - 8 December 2014
Phipps finds going tough at ATL pension fraud trial - 8 December 2014
Tough day for Knight ATL prosecution overshadows attorney - 8 December 2014
Expert found that forged letters were stacked together and signed - 8 December 2014
Defence now cries foul; says prosecution causing delays - 8 December 2014

Aptix Case

American Laywer October 2004 – The American Lawyer - 10 December 2014
Court accuses Aptix president of fraud - 10 December 2014
Mentor Graphics loses latest court clash with Quickturn - 10 December 2014
Forensic Testing Provides Key in Infringement Case - 8 December 2014
Ex-Aptix exec gets 17 years in patent case tied to murder plot - 8 December 2014

Barack Obama 2008 Presidential Election Fraud Indiana

South Bend Tribune – Witness says Morgan told him to copy signatures - 31 March 2015
South Bend Tribune – Primary Forged? - 31 March 2015
South Bend Tribune – Obama signatures might have fallen short - 26 March 2015
South Bend Tribune – Dem chair rejects call to resign - 25 February 2015
South Bend Tribune – Vote worker tied to fake petitions - 24 February 2015

Chemistry

What the 5-Hour Energy Counterfeit Matter Shows About Forensic Chemistry - 29 June 2026

Claude McCollum Lawsuit

Original trial: McCollum, defendant in LCC slaying takes the stand - 8 December 2014
Guilty until proven innocent: The system can improve - 8 December 2014
McCollum suit seeks damages 50 pages detail allegations against LCC, city, prosecutors - 8 December 2014

Counterfeit 5 Hour Energy Case

What the 5-Hour Energy Counterfeit Matter Shows About Forensic Chemistry - 29 June 2026
5-Hour Energy maker raids major counterfeit operation - 17 December 2014

Crime Scene Investigation

Officer-Involved Shootings: Why Independent Crime Scene Reconstruction Matters - 22 September 2026
Bullet Trajectory Analysis: How Investigators Reconstruct a Shooting Scene - 8 September 2026
Gunshot Residue and Shooting Distance: What GSR Can and Cannot Prove - 25 August 2026
Chain of Custody: How Evidence Handling Errors Create Reasonable Doubt - 11 August 2026
The CSI Effect: What TV Gets Wrong About Real Crime Scene Investigation - 28 July 2026
Ghost Guns at the Crime Scene: What Investigators and Attorneys Need to Know - 14 July 2026

Daily Blog

Michael Sinke, Forensic Expert: A Career Led by Physical Evidence - 9 September 2026
What Court Opinions Can Show About Credible Document Expertise - 26 June 2026
The Role Of Ink Dating And Paper Analysis In Legal Cases - 16 August 2024
Detecting Record Falsification In Medical And Business Records - 16 August 2024
The Art And Science Of Forgery Detection - 16 August 2024
Trace Evidence Toxocology OWI DUI Lab Experts - 27 March 2017
Arson Fire Investigation Forensics - 8 March 2017
Trace Evidence Toxocology OWI DUI Lab Experts - 14 February 2017
Arson Fire Investigation Forensics - 3 February 2017
Arson Fire Investigation Forensics - 16 January 2017
Trace Evidence Toxocology OWI DUI Lab Experts - 5 January 2017
Arson Fire Investigation Forensics - 3 January 2017
Trace Evidence Toxocology OWI DUI Lab Experts - 15 December 2016
Ink Dating Experts - 27 April 2016
Scientific Papers – The Dating Of Writing Inks Through 2-Phenoxyethanol - 24 June 2015
The Speckin Forensic Laboratories Staff - 1 June 2015
Read About Our Success – Speckin Forensics - 27 May 2015
From the Speckin Forensic FAQ’s – Is it possible to determine when a questioned document was produced? - 21 May 2015
Gauging the Value of Evidence – Crime Scene Investigation - 15 May 2015
A Simplified Guide to Crime Scene Investigation – Principles of Crime Scene Investigation – Speckin Forensics - 14 May 2015
Social Media Spotlight for May 11 thru May 15 – Crime Scene Investigation - 7 May 2015
Alterations, Additions & Rewritings of Medical and Business Records - 6 May 2015
From the Speckin Forensics FAQ Archive – Is it possible to determine when a questioned document was produced? - 5 May 2015
From the Speckin Forensics Archive – 2013 City of Detroit Absentee Ballot Fraud - 28 April 2015
More forensic solutions to help attorney in litigation - 20 April 2015
How Do Forensic Chemists Detect ‘Record Tampering’ - 16 April 2015
What is PCR Testing? - 14 April 2015
The Speckin Forensic Laboratories Staff - 13 April 2015
From the Speckin Forensics Archive – Speckin Forensic laboratory experts weigh in on evidence of “Kennedy Letters” - 31 March 2015
Ink Dating Expert Witness – Document and Handwriting Experts - 10 March 2015

Data Ink And Paper Analysis

The Role Of Ink Dating And Paper Analysis In Legal Cases - 16 August 2024

Detecting Record Falsification

Detecting Record Falsification In Medical And Business Records - 16 August 2024

Documents Forensics

Why Every Attorney Should Know a Professional Forensic Document Examiner Like Erich Speckin - 4 June 2026

Expert Witness

How Indigo Dye Can Complicate Forensic DNA Testing - 13 July 2026

Fingerprint & Palm Print Examination

Fingerprint Powder, Chemical Development, and Light: Why Method Selection Matters - 17 August 2026
Can Fingerprints Be Erased? Cleaning, Smearing, and Surface Damage - 14 August 2026
Can Gloves Prevent Fingerprints? What Investigators Actually Look For - 11 August 2026
How Chain of Custody Affects Fingerprint Evidence - 8 August 2026
When Fingerprint Evidence Is Not Enough by Itself - 5 August 2026
What Is AFIS? How Fingerprint Databases Help and What They Do Not Prove - 2 August 2026
Palm Prints in Forensic Cases: Why They Are Not Just Larger Fingerprints - 30 July 2026
Fingerprints on Metal, Plastic, and Wood: Why the Surface Can Decide the Strategy - 27 July 2026
Can Fingerprints Be Found on Glass After Cleaning? What Usually Changes - 24 July 2026
Latent, Patent, and Plastic Fingerprints: Three Print Types, Three Different Problems - 21 July 2026
Partial Fingerprints: When a Small Print Can Still Matter in a Case - 18 July 2026
What Makes a Fingerprint Comparison Reliable? Ridge Detail, Clarity, and Verification - 15 July 2026
What the Killer Clown Case Shows About Cold Case Forensics - 13 July 2026
How Long Do Fingerprints Last? Surface Type, Handling, and Environment Matter - 12 July 2026
Can Fingerprints Be Lifted From Paper? Why Porous Surfaces Change the Answer - 9 July 2026
What Is a Latent Fingerprint? What Attorneys Should Know Before Relying on One - 6 July 2026

Forensic Document Examination

What Signature Disputes Can Teach About Document Credibility - 27 June 2026
What Court Opinions Can Show About Credible Document Expertise - 26 June 2026
What the Warner Bros. Forged-Documents Dispute Shows About Document Scrutiny - 24 June 2026
What Publications and Training Can Show About Questioned-Document Expertise - 22 June 2026
What High-Stakes Cases Show About Forensic Ink Analysis - 16 June 2026
What Disputed Signature Dates Can Mean in Commercial Litigation - 16 June 2026

Forensic Evidence

Original Documents vs Copies: Why Physical Paper Still Matters - 4 October 2026
Indented Writing: How Pressure Marks Can Reveal Hidden Document History - 1 October 2026
Document Alteration: Signs a Record May Have Been Changed After Signing - 28 September 2026
Sequencing of Entries: Which Came First on a Document? - 25 September 2026
Different Inks on One Document: What That Can Mean and What It Cannot - 22 September 2026
Can Ink Dating Prove the Exact Day a Document Was Written? - 19 September 2026
What Is Ink Dating? What It Can Tell You in a Document Dispute - 16 September 2026
What Is a Questioned Document? A Practical Guide for Legal Disputes - 20 August 2026
Fingerprint Powder, Chemical Development, and Light: Why Method Selection Matters - 17 August 2026
Can Fingerprints Be Erased? Cleaning, Smearing, and Surface Damage - 14 August 2026
Can Gloves Prevent Fingerprints? What Investigators Actually Look For - 11 August 2026
How Chain of Custody Affects Fingerprint Evidence - 8 August 2026
When Fingerprint Evidence Is Not Enough by Itself - 5 August 2026
What Is AFIS? How Fingerprint Databases Help and What They Do Not Prove - 2 August 2026
Palm Prints in Forensic Cases: Why They Are Not Just Larger Fingerprints - 30 July 2026
Fingerprints on Metal, Plastic, and Wood: Why the Surface Can Decide the Strategy - 27 July 2026
Can Fingerprints Be Found on Glass After Cleaning? What Usually Changes - 24 July 2026
Latent, Patent, and Plastic Fingerprints: Three Print Types, Three Different Problems - 21 July 2026
Partial Fingerprints: When a Small Print Can Still Matter in a Case - 18 July 2026
What Makes a Fingerprint Comparison Reliable? Ridge Detail, Clarity, and Verification - 15 July 2026
How Indigo Dye Can Complicate Forensic DNA Testing - 13 July 2026
The Winnie the Pooh Lawsuit and the Forensics of Copied Documents - 13 July 2026
What the Killer Clown Case Shows About Cold Case Forensics - 13 July 2026
How Long Do Fingerprints Last? Surface Type, Handling, and Environment Matter - 12 July 2026
Can Fingerprints Be Lifted From Paper? Why Porous Surfaces Change the Answer - 9 July 2026
What Is a Latent Fingerprint? What Attorneys Should Know Before Relying on One - 6 July 2026

Forensic Ink Dating

Ink Doesn’t Lie: How Forensic Science Exposed Backdated Pension Letters in the ATL Fraud Trial - 8 June 2026

Forgery Detection

The Art And Science Of Forgery Detection - 16 August 2024

Handwriting & Forgery Examination

Notarized but Questioned: Why a Notary Stamp Does Not End a Forgery Dispute - 13 September 2026
Contract Signature Disputes: What a Forensic Review Can Actually Answer - 10 September 2026
Handwritten Wills: Why Estate Disputes Often Need Document Examination - 7 September 2026
Traced Forgery: Why Slow, Careful Lines Can Be Suspicious - 4 September 2026
Natural Variation in Signatures: Why Real Signatures Are Not Identical - 1 September 2026
Known Writing Samples: What Attorneys Should Gather Before a Handwriting Review - 29 August 2026
Can a Signature Be Forged Even If It Looks Similar? - 26 August 2026
Signature Verification vs Forensic Handwriting Examination: The Difference Matters - 23 August 2026
What Disputed Affidavits Can and Cannot Prove: Forensic Lessons from the Diddy-Linked Claim - 13 July 2026
What Signature Disputes Can Teach About Document Credibility - 27 June 2026
When Documents Become Evidence: The Work of Erich J. Speckin and Speckin Forensics - 19 June 2026
Why Checks, Wills, and Property Deeds Are Frequent Targets of Forgery - 5 June 2026
How Can a Handwriting Expert Like Erich Speckin Help Prove Potential Forgery? - 2 June 2026

Henry Cuellar Ciro Rodriguez Voter Fraud

RODRIGUEZ v. CUELLAR - 8 December 2014
Count ’em again. Judge orders re-recount, rejects fraud allegations - 8 December 2014
Recount narrows Cuellar’s lead to 58 votes - 8 December 2014
Rodriguez has 1 more chance; Ruling means he has to go to appeals court. - 8 December 2014
Judge rules for Cuellar in voter fraud case - 8 December 2014
Henry Cuellar Asks Appeals Court for New Hearing in TX Congressional Primary - 8 December 2014

Ink Dating

Sequencing of Entries: Which Came First on a Document? - 25 September 2026
Different Inks on One Document: What That Can Mean and What It Cannot - 22 September 2026
Can Ink Dating Prove the Exact Day a Document Was Written? - 19 September 2026
What Is Ink Dating? What It Can Tell You in a Document Dispute - 16 September 2026
Can a Diary Prove an Alibi? Forensic Lessons from the 1963 High Priest Diary - 13 July 2026
Fake Lab Notebooks, Patent Disputes, and the Forensics of Inventor Records - 13 July 2026

John F Kennedy Letters

Lawyer’s Son Guilty In Jfk Forgery - 10 December 2014
Guilty Verdict In Fraud Case Involving Jfk Forgeries - 10 December 2014
Forged Monroe-JFK letters sought - 10 December 2014

John Lennon Memorabilia Forgery

John Lennon Sketches are Phony, Collector Says - 31 March 2015

Movie Rights to Trouble with the Curve

Swing and a Dis: Movie-Script Drama Gets Personal - 8 December 2014

NBA Counterfeit Trading Cards

NBA judgment: Jack DeAngelis sold counterfeit trading card sets - 17 December 2014

Questioned Documents

Original Documents vs Copies: Why Physical Paper Still Matters - 4 October 2026
Indented Writing: How Pressure Marks Can Reveal Hidden Document History - 1 October 2026
Document Alteration: Signs a Record May Have Been Changed After Signing - 28 September 2026
Sequencing of Entries: Which Came First on a Document? - 25 September 2026
Different Inks on One Document: What That Can Mean and What It Cannot - 22 September 2026
Can Ink Dating Prove the Exact Day a Document Was Written? - 19 September 2026
What Is Ink Dating? What It Can Tell You in a Document Dispute - 16 September 2026
Notarized but Questioned: Why a Notary Stamp Does Not End a Forgery Dispute - 13 September 2026
Contract Signature Disputes: What a Forensic Review Can Actually Answer - 10 September 2026
Handwritten Wills: Why Estate Disputes Often Need Document Examination - 7 September 2026
Traced Forgery: Why Slow, Careful Lines Can Be Suspicious - 4 September 2026
Natural Variation in Signatures: Why Real Signatures Are Not Identical - 1 September 2026
Known Writing Samples: What Attorneys Should Gather Before a Handwriting Review - 29 August 2026
Can a Signature Be Forged Even If It Looks Similar? - 26 August 2026
Signature Verification vs Forensic Handwriting Examination: The Difference Matters - 23 August 2026
What Is a Questioned Document? A Practical Guide for Legal Disputes - 20 August 2026
Can a Diary Prove an Alibi? Forensic Lessons from the 1963 High Priest Diary - 13 July 2026
The Winnie the Pooh Lawsuit and the Forensics of Copied Documents - 13 July 2026
Fake Lab Notebooks, Patent Disputes, and the Forensics of Inventor Records - 13 July 2026
What Disputed Affidavits Can and Cannot Prove: Forensic Lessons from the Diddy-Linked Claim - 13 July 2026

Testimonials

Conti Enterprises, Inc. v. U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service - 26 February 2015
Marcus Moats-Com, etc. v. Janie Zart, M.D. - 26 February 2015
Burke v. Samaritan Health Services, Inc. et al. - 26 February 2015

The Jon Benet Ramsey Case

The Ransom Note Probability The key to understanding the Jon Benét Ramsey murder case - 8 December 2014

Uncategorized

What Anthrax Mailings Show About Careful Document Analysis - 16 June 2026
Read Our Archives – Dr. Julie Howenstine – Doggies Pardoned on Death Row - 1 June 2017

United States vs. Martha Stewart

In Corporate Crimes, Paper Trail Often Leads to Ink Analysts’ Door - 8 December 2014

Veterans Dogs Pardoned from Death Row

New trial ordered in Ionia County dog case - 29 May 2017
Iraq War vet fighting to save his dogs from death row - 29 May 2017

Warner Bros. Rights Lawsuit Over 'Last Samurai'

What the Warner Bros. Forged-Documents Dispute Shows About Document Scrutiny - 24 June 2026

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