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J. WRIGHT LEONARD, BCFE, CDE
CERTIFIED FORENSIC DOCUMENT/HANDWRITING EXAMINER Lynch & Associates, Inc.
FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL COURTS
377 Sicomac Avenue
1500 Walnut Street, Suite M-12, Philadelphia, PA 19102 Wyckoff, NJ 07481-2128
(215) 735-4000 Fax (215) 735-4022 Tel: 201 891-8399
E-Mail: [email protected] Web: ForgeryID.com Fax: 201 891-8398
Email: [email protected]

Document Analysis, examination and comparison of documents in order to establish the authority of
Examination: handwriting or the integrity of documents or parts of documents in question . Both oral Principal: Dr. Richard F. Lynch
and written reports are available and expert testimony is rendered under
oath, upon request, in civil and criminal cases .
Degrees: PhD & MS in Metallurgy and Materials Science, BS in Metallurgical Engineering,
Certification Board-Certified By: THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of DOCUMENT EXAMINERS & Lehigh University. His PhD dissertation focused on the processing, structure and properties of
and Court THE AMERICAN BOARD of FORENSIC EXAMINERS
Qualification: Proficiency Testing: COLLABORATIVE TESTING SERVICES, INC ., which conducts low carbon steel while his Master’s thesis involved research on wrought aluminum alloys.
250+ Testimonies Proficiency Testing in 55 countries worldwide
LaTROBE UNIVERSITY, Forensic Profiling Lab, Melbourne, Australia Specialties: Metallurgical/materials forensic investigations, failure analysis, and test
Court qualified since 1983 . Court Appointed Document Examiner, Federal Court (E .D .PA) . interpretation for the legal profession. Effective court testimony. Diverse background in failure
Testified as Joint Document Expert, U .S . Attorney and the Federal Defender, Philadelphia, PA .
Consulted regarding 2008 & 2012 U .S . Presidential Election Registration Issues in PA . analysis, materials testing, corrosion analysis, material properties, equipment and device failure,
Testified in the 2004 U .S . Presidential Election Petition Matters in Pennsylvania . end product manufacture, metallurgical processing, fabrication, casting, surface treatments,
Consulted by ABC News relating to the Anthrax Letters . metallurgical process licensing, international metals research and market research. Failure
evaluation of equipment, fabricated products, structural materials, large utility pipes, plumbing
Services: • Case Evaluation • Document Examination • Depositions & Arbitrations
• Oral and Written Reports • Document Photography • Lectures components, medical equipment & devices, fasteners, etc. Steel, stainless steel, galvanized
• Court Testimony • Client Presentations • Taking Requested Writings steel, aluminum, brass, zinc, polymer, and composite evaluations.
• Exhibit Preparation • Examination of Documents held by Adverse Parties
• Electro-static development of indented writing impressions Experience: He has 45 years of professional experience in the metallurgy and materials fields.
• Differentiation of inks using Foster & Freeman Video Spectra Comparator
Dr. Lynch has conducted hundreds of forensic failure analyses on a wide range of materials
Professional National Association of Document Examiners, Board of Directors, Trustee, Past Secretary including ferrous and nonferrous metals, polymers, composite materials, ceramics, other non-
Memberships: International Association for Identification, New York State Division metallic materials, and coatings for corrosion protection. Materials/Metallurgical forensic
Association of Forensic Document Examiners, Board of Directors, Past Secretary investigations including both fracture analysis and corrosion. He is experienced in the use and
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Philadelphia Division
Evidence Photographers International Council (Past Member) interpretation of results from stereo microscope, optical metallurgical microscope, SEM (Scanning
American Society of Testing and Materials Electron Microscope), EDS (Electron Dispersive Spectroscopy) and conventional means of
American College of Forensic Examiners - Diplomate Status (Past Member) chemical analysis, micro hardness and hardness determination, metallography, FTIR Infra-red

Specialized Rochester Institute of Technology, Image Analysis & Process Identification, Rochester, NY analysis, mechanical testing (tensile, impact, fatigue, etc.) and other common material laboratory
Training and Hooke College of Applied Sciences, Print Process Identification/Microscopy, Chicago . methods. He has expertise in writing & interpreting standards & specifications for materials and
Ongoing National Institute of Standards and Technology, Standards in Forensic Handwriting Analysis . products and has over 65 technical publications and is a US patent holder. He provides effective
Professional Workshops of LaTrobe University, Handwriting Analysis & Research Laboratory court testimony.
Education: School of Human Biosciences, Melbourne, AU, presented in MD, NM & TX, 1996, 2000 & 2005
American Institute of Applied Science, Questioned Document Program, Youngsville, NC
Instruction under the tutelage of Felix Klein, Internationally Recognized Expert in Document Professional Societies: Dr. Lynch is active in ASTM International where he has served as
Examination, Consultant to the U . N ., and Founder of The Nat’l. Bureau of Document Chairman of Committee B02 on Nonferrous Metals and Alloys, Vice Chairmen of Committee A05
Examiners, NYC, NY 1979-82. Completion of Felix Klein’s Advanced Course in Document on Metallic-Coated Iron & Steel Products, member of B07 on Aluminum, and on Society level
Examination, 1982 (individual personal instruction)
Continuing Education through semi-annual Meetings/Seminars/Workshops, 1983-Present committees. He is active at the local chapter and national levels with ASM International, the
Document Examination ongoing education: Materials Information Society. He received the ASTM International Award of Merit. He is a Fellow
Dr . Huub Hardy, Research Coordinator, Netherlands Forensic Institute of ASTM International and a Fellow of ASM International.
Larry F . Zeigler (Ret .) U .S . Government Document Examiner (FBI, Secret Service, ATF & US patent holder.
Immig ./Nat . Service) & Professor, G . Washington University, Forensic Sciences Program
Gary Herbertson, MSFS, Unit Chief of FBI Lab, Document Section (Ret .) Albuquerque, NM
Larry Stewart, Document Examiner, United States Secret Service, Rochester, NY
Michael Gordon, Special Agent, FBI, New Orleans, LA
John Gorajczyk and John Hsueh, Document Examiners, Phoenix, AZ Police Department

Published “Digital Development of Indented Writing,” NADE Journal, Summer 2001, Vol. 24, No. 1
Papers “Multiple Personality Disorder, a Case of Handwriting ID and Ink Relative Aging Problems,”
and NADE Journal, Spring 2003, Vol . 26, No . 1
Presentations: Association of Forensic Document Examiners, 2006 & 2007; Various Others

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