Riley Welch LaPorte & Associates Forensic Laboratories

Riley Welch LaPorte Forensic Laboratories is an internationally recognized forensic laboratory employing a Forensic Chemist with a Masters Degree in Forensic Science, four forensic document examiners, one fingerprint specialist, one forensic firearms & tool marks examiner, one forensic biologist & DNA examiner, and in association with Forensic Document Examiner Sandra Ramsey Lines. Riley Welch LaPorte & Associates Forensic Laboratories travel worldwide. Our business associate Ms. Sandra Ramsey Lines' office is located in Arizona.

Services

Riley Welch LaPorte Forensic Laboratories offers the following services:

Forensic Document Examination, ink dating, ESDA, typewriter, handwriting examination, forgeries, counterfeits, alterations, obliterations, restoration of documents, ink chemistry, ink dating, ink age determination, latent fingerprint development and examinations, toxicological consultations, along with any other forensic examination in the areas of Questioned Documents, Ink Chemistry, Latent Fingerprints, Firearms & Toolmarks or Forensic Biology/DNA.

Litigation Support Services

We provide support to litigation in the form of forensic document examinations, latent print examinations, firearms and toolmark examinations and expert witness services associated with these disciplines. We are able to educate the litigators on the value and necessary qualifications of these forensic disciplines and their associated evidence.

Areas of Expertise

Additional Expertise:

ESDA

Profile

Our company employs active or retired law enforcement forensic laboratory staff that are highly respected leaders in their particular disciplines with a vast array of experience in a wide variety of cases. Criminal cases cannot be undertaken within Michigan, but we are available in other states for criminal cases. We are required to avoid cases that would pose a conflict of interest to the employees still actively employed in state government (affecting criminal cases in Michigan and Minnesota only). This company was formed to provide the highest level of forensic examination, consultation, testimony and guidance to the legal community.

Consulting Practice

All States & worldwide

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Professional Experience

Ink Chemistry & determination of the age of ink, handwriting examination for the identification or elimination of handwriting and/or hand printing, typewriter examinations and comparisons, font examinations and comparisons, medical record examinations for alterations, indented writing examinations, photocopy & facsimile examinations, printing processes, dating of documents and their production, recover obliterated/faded/or other damaged entries, examine multi-page documents to determine if pages have been substituted, examinations of Last Will & Testament, including signatures, examinations of Deeds for Property, stock certificates, or any other document that has come into dispute.

We offer latent fingerprint examinations worldwide (in Michigan, non-criminal cases only) and consultations regarding fingerprint evidence.

We offer firearms and toolmark examinations worldwide (in Minnesota, non-criminal cases only).

We offer forensic biology and DNA examinations & consultations worldwide (in Michigan, non-criminal cases only).

Licenses

Diplomates of the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners (3); Member of the Association of Firearms and Toolmarks(1).

Legal Experience & Services

Our laboratories are full-service forensic document, latent print, firearms & toolmark laboratories. We specialize in all evidence and problems within these respective disciplines.

We offer complete examinations of questioned documents and consultation regarding all types of problems involving documentary evidence. In the forensic disciplines we currently provide services (Documents, Ink Chemistry, Latent Prints, Crime Scene Reconstruction), we provide written reports of findings, demonstrative displays of evidence for court purposes, and court testimony (at the request of the client).

We have conducted case examinations around the world and take pride in our providing our client with sound forensic opinions.

If there is a service we do not provide, we would be glad to assist you in finding qualified and credible individuals to assist you with your case needs.

Affiliations

American Society of Questioned Document Examiners
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
American Board of Forensic Document Examiners
Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists
American Society for Testing and Materials
International Association for Identification
Association of Firearms & Toolmark Examiners
Innocence Project of Minnesota - Advisory Board

Qualifications

Experts in handwriting examinations for the identification or elimination of handwriting and hand printing, ink dating or ink age determination, typewriting, impressions or indentations of writing, E.S.D.A., paper, fax or facsimile, copy machines, election or ballot fraud, or any other types of document evidence. Court qualified expert witnesses in local, state and federal courts, along with administrative law hearings, arbitration hearings, or other legal proceedings.

An expert in latent fingerprint processes, identification or elimination.

An expert in firearms examination, identification or elimination, along with toolmark examinations, comparisons and identification or elimination.

An expert in forensic biology and DNA

Awards & Honors

Complete CVs are available upon request.

Seminars & Training

Complete CVs are available upon request.

Publications

Gerald M. LaPorte is the author of many research papers on various topics within the forensic sciences, including "An Evaluation of Matching Unknown Writing Inks with the United States International Ink Library," published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences, along with other papers on ink and printing technology. He has also published in the Journal of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, the Journal of Forensic Identification, and the Journal of Ecology. A full list of Mr. LaPorte's publications are available with his CV.

Thomas P. Riley has published two research articles in the International Journal for Forensic Document Examiners.

Numerous research articles presented by members of this firm to national and regional forensic science professional organizations.

Professional References

Available upon request.

Education

Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners, Inc. (5)
Master of Science in Forensic Science - 1994 (1)
Master of Science - Biology (1)
Bachelor of Science - Double Major - Criminalistics and Chemistry (1)
Bachelor of Science - Magna Cum Laude - Chemistry 1981 (1)
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice - 1988 (1)
Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice - 1986 (1)
Bachelor of Science - Biology (1)