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ALM EXPERTS: Southwestern Edition 2020 NON-MEDICAL RESUMES

ALLIANCE FORENSICS LABORATORY & CONSULTANTS

CONTACT: RICHARD ERNEST, B.S. ARKON CONSULTANTS
CONNIE M. HENDRICKSON, PH.D., FAIC
ASCLD-LAB ACCREDITED LABORATORY CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL CHEMIST

6058 E. Lancaster Ave. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 171087, Irving, Texas 75017
Location: 1213 Stewart Street, Irving, Texas 75061
Fort Worth, Texas 76112 972-254-1429 Fax: 972-254-1582 E Mail: [email protected]
Phone (817) 228-6526 Toll Free: (888) 518-3479
E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.allianceforensics.com

Areas of Firearms Identification - Microscopic examinations and comparisons of
Expertise: ammunition/components with suspected firearms Areas of Expert Witness: Experienced in depositions and court testimony
Expertise:
Forensics
Tool mark Identification - Microscopic examinations and comparisons of tool Incident reconstructions NON-MEDICAL RESUMES
marks with suspected tools Foreign material identification in foods
Firearms design, operability, defects, alterations and conversions, modifications and Specialty chemical analysis
accidental discharge Chemical microscopy
Product testing
Ammunition Examinations - Cartridge manufacture and source determination of Laboratory operations and practice
ammunition components Trace evidence identification, microphotography
External/terminal ballistics calculations/determinations (trajectory,
ricochet, penetration, etc.) Professional Ar'kon Consultants, Director and owner, (82-present)
Coordinator, Environmental Technology Program, Brookhaven College, (94-97)
Experience:
Distance determination (range of fire) from GSR deposits or pellet patterns on skin, Rockwood Systems Corporation, Dallas, Chief Chemist, (81 - 82)
clothing, or other objects Texas Wesleyan College, Fort Worth, temporary assistant professor, (80 - 81)
Gunshot residue testing involving the chemical analysis for lead or nitrite residues
Gun Range Consultations - design, safety, etc. Education/ B.A. Chemistry, Louisiana Tech, 1971
Ph.D. Biochemistry, Louisiana State University, 1975
Training:
Examinations of Locks, safes, alarm mechanisms, etc. for signs of tampering, toolmarks, etc. M.Ed. Personnel and Industry Relations, North Texas State, 1984
Shooting Scene Reconstruction University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Clinical Chemistry Fellow, 1978-79
Shooting Accidents Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Research Fellowship, Biophysics Department, 1975-78
Firearms Product Liability Testing Professional Certified Professional Chemist by the National Certification Commission for Chemists and
Computer Animations, Illustrations and Simulations of shooting related incidents Qualifications: Chemical Engineers
Firearms Explosions
Demonstrative Evidence Professional Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists since 1986
Affiliations: Treasurer, 1990; President-Elect, 1996-97; President, 1998-99;
Services: We offer the services of experienced Forensic Scientists for the legal and insurance Board & Chairman, 2000-01
community. National Certification Commission for Chemists and Chemical Engineers,
Chair, 1992-95
NIH DHEW Public Health Service Fellow, 1976-78
Professional Every expert at Alliance has many years of experience in the Forensic New York Academy of Sciences, 1976
Experience: Sciences and courtroom experience in their field of expertise. American Chemical Society, Dallas-Fort Worth Section, Southwest Region
Public Relations Committee, 1985; Public Relations Chair, 1986; Chair Elect/Chair, 1986-87;
Executive Committee, 1988-89; Treasurer of ACS division of Chemical Marketing and
Education/ All consultants at Alliance are college degreed graduates in the physical Economics, 1990-99
Training: sciences. National Panel of Consumer Arbitrators, Senior Arbitrator

Professional American Academy of Forensic Sciences Honors/ "Who's Who in American Men and Women in Science"
Affiliations: Distinguished member, Association of Firearms & Toolmarks Examiners Awards: Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists

EPA Green Chemistry Award, 2006
Southern Association of Forensic Scientists Doherty Award Winner, DFW Section of the ACS, 2007
Southwestern Association of Forensic Scientists
American Society of Crime Lab Directors Comments: References available upon request.

Contact: FOR MORE DETAILED CURRICULA VITAE OR RESUMES CALL OR CONTACT
MR. RICHARD ERNEST, LISTED ABOVE.

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