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USAForensic is a boutique state-of-the-art forensics company with full-time labs in Phoenix, Arizona and Detroit, Michigan. Our booking office is on the east coast. This helps with an earlier start each day and with overseas cases.

Specializing in forensic Audio, Video, Cell Phones, Computers Photography & ”Cell Tower tracking” debunking.  USAForensic is court certified in Federal, US Military, US District, many State and county courts throughout the United States. International cases are not uncommon. Mr. Neumeister has worked in 23 countries over the past 40 years.

Clients range from the largest Law firms to private firms, large corporations, the Department of Defense, government agencies, advocacy groups, the DOJ to the innocence project.

Technology is flying past the court system. We’re here to work with attorneys to understand how to deal with digital or analog evidence, how to challenge it or how to get it admitted into evidence.

We prefer to work in the background assisting attorneys, even writing out Daubert 702 & 902 issues regarding other parties evidence submissions.

In a recent Federal Daubert hearing USAForensic worked with DOD JAG attorneys to get police cell tower tracking ruled inadmissible. The federal judge rule police cell tower tracking as “Garbage in, Garbage out”. 

Not a verifiable science, not peer reviewed, no scientific white-paper to support its use.

Over 600 cases in the past 3 years. From the very highest profile to simple straightforward forensic cell phone extractions or video and audio clarification for court use.

To us Data is Data & takes no side, but it has to be verifiable data.

As a Board-Certified Forensic Document Examiner (D-ABFDE) and Ink Chemist and Document Dating Specialist with over 33 years of experience, both Todd Welch and Gerry Laporte are world leaders in high-profile, extremely complex document cases.

Riley Welch LaPorte & Associates is the leading global forensic document firm, having conducted high-profile, multi-billion-dollar cases in the United Kingdom, France, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Canada, the Netherlands, Hungary, Israel, Switzerland, and Denmark. We are considered a top-tier firm, having conducted work for foreign governments, and are recognized globally by the most prominent law firms in the world for providing the highest level of forensic document examination services to both governmental and private entities.

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Committed to fostering education and promoting justice, both Todd Welch and Gerry Laporte contribute to the advancement of forensic science through leadership roles, including service on the BOD for the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners and American Society of Questioned Document Examiners; served as the 40th President of the Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists (Welch); and served as members of the National Institute of Justice Forensic Science Technology Working Group.

Both Todd Welch and Gerry Laporte have testified as expert witnesses in numerous notable international ICSID cases (ICSID Case No ARB/06/8, ICSID Case No ARB/14/22, PCA Arbitration Case No 2020-21_The Hague) involving forensic document examination, handwriting analysis, ink dating, and forgery detection.

Their litigation support experience includes testifying before government officials, international tribunals, arbitrations, and mediations. Their testimony has been presented in courts worldwide handling a wide variety of legal matters including: defamation, investment law, insurance law, medical malpractice suits, will disputes, estate disputes, contract and patent disputes, trademark disputes, divorce disputes, and trade secrets cases.

Gerry Laporte and Todd Welch have international notoriety and have testified in major courts such as the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) under UNCITRAL Rules, the International Criminal Court (ICC), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and appellate courts in Illinois and Washington, D.C., among others. Their involvement in high-stakes litigation across multiple geographical jurisdictions confirms their reputation and widespread professional acceptance worldwide.

Jennifer L. Naso is a board-certified Forensic Document Examiner with over two decades of experience in forensic science and questioned document examination. She has served as a Forensic Document Examiner with Riley, Welch, LaPorte & Associates since 2011, where she conducts examinations involving handwriting identification, signature authenticity, document alterations, indented writing, obliterations, document authentication, printing processes, and other aspects of forensic document analysis. In addition to conducting casework, she provides technical reviews of examinations completed by other forensic document examiners.

Prior to joining Riley, Welch, LaPorte & Associates, Ms. Naso served as a Document Analyst with the United States Secret Service (USSS), where she successfully completed the agency's rigorous Questioned Document Examiner Training Program. During her tenure with the Secret Service, she conducted examinations in support of criminal investigations involving handwriting, questioned documents, and counterfeit materials. 

Dean S. Molnar, Jr. is a highly trained and exceptionally experienced Firearm and Tool Mark Examiner, Crime Scene and Firearms Trajectory Analyst, and a proven leader in the field of Forensic Science Operations and Quality Assurance. Mr. Molnar has over 25 years of experience as a certified law enforcement officer and State Trooper, and over 17 years of experience serving as a firearm and tool mark examiner, firearms and tool mark unit supervisor, and laboratory director with the Michigan State Police (MSP) Forensic Science Division.

Litigation Support - Mr. Molnar's experience as a forensic firearm and tool mark examiner includes recognized expert testimony in over 140 criminal cases in both state and federal courts involving both firearms and tool mark identification, crime scene investigation, and shooting reconstruction.  He has personally processed over 60 homicide scenes during his career, including scenes involving shooting reconstruction, photography, and documentation.

Areas of Expertise:

• Firearms function, operability, alterations, defects, conversions, modifications, accidental discharge
• Cartridge manufacture and source determination of ammunition components
• Shooting scene (trajectory) reconstruction
• External and/or terminal ballistics calculations and determinations of the projectile’s trajectory, ricochet, penetration, etc
• Distance determinations (muzzle-to-target determinations) from gunshot residue patterns or shot pellet patterns
• Serial number restorations (firearms, motorcycles and other vehicles, bicycles, etc.) – anything with an identifying characters, numbers or markings that have been obliterated either intentionally or by wear or corrosion

Background Experience - Mr. Molnar’s leadership experience has included firearms unit supervisor duties at three different laboratories. He currently serves in a key role as the Laboratory Director at the Michigan State Police-Lansing Laboratory where he is specifically assigned as the operations director for pattern disciplines.

Mr. Molnar also has over seven years of quality assurance experience as an ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) assessor. His years of experience include almost 15 years of ongoing training within an extremely professional and accredited crime scene processing program at MSP, along with even more specialized training in firearms trajectory analysis. Mr. Molnar holds a Bachelor of Science in Fire Science and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Lake Superior State University. He is a long-time member of the Association of Firearms and Tool Mark Examiners (AFTE) and is also a member of the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD).

Robert J. May has a distinguished career spanning more than 30 years, with experience in Forensic Analysis, Executive-level Management, and Quality Assurance. He is a Latent Print Examiner with nearly 25 years of experience and has been a consultant with Riley, Welch, LaPorte and Associates for roughly 20 years.

Litigation Support - Mr. May has conducted latent print casework and technical reviews across the United States and beyond, having been qualified as an expert witness across multiple jurisdictions. He provides clear, accessible expert testimony, affidavits, and consultation to attorneys, investigators, and courts, translating complex latent print, crime scene, and forensic imaging issues into opinions that can be understood and evaluated by judges and juries. Mr. May has never been excluded as an expert or from testifying as an expert witness in any County, State, Federal, Arbitration or Administrative proceeding. 

Areas of Expertise:

• The Use of Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS)
• Fingerprint Comparison and Identification Methodology
• Digital Enhancement Techniques
• Crime Scene Processing
• Evidence Processing and Documentation Using a Variety of Physical and Chemical Techniques
• Latent Print Visualization Using Alternate Light Sources and Lasers
• Subject Matter Expert in Digital Photography (taught crime scene and general photography for multiple agencies)

In addition to technical acumen in his forensic specialties, as a Laboratory Executive, Mr. May is a recognized leader in the forensic community. He has served as a laboratory director across multiple systems, with broad knowledge of lab operations, facility design, policy development, budgeting, human resources, metrics, process evaluation, and more.

Background Experience - Mr. May has a diverse background in both forensics and law enforcement. Prior to his current position as the Crime Lab Manager for the Corpus Christi (TX) Police Department’s Forensic Services Division, Mr. May spent 26 years as a trooper with the Michigan State Police, one of the nation’s premier law-enforcement agencies. Aside from considerable knowledge of general investigations and law-enforcement operations, his deepest expertise, and greatest passion, lies with forensic science. Mr. May spent most of his career within the MSP Forensic Science Division, beginning as a technical expert in latent prints, crime scene investigation, and forensic photography. He rose to the position of supervisor in latent prints and was ultimately promoted to laboratory director at the Sterling Heights Laboratory in Metro Detroit. He retired in 2020 as a decorated command officer with multiple commendations to his name, including awards for professional excellence and lifesaving, among others.

Mike Wakshull is a civil and criminal court-qualified document examiner who partners with legal clients to dissect the evidence presented in handwritten and computer-generated questioned documents. His valid approach often produces winning arguments during the trial. Wakshull applies his scientific training to examine questioned documents which is a court requirement. He uses generally accepted practices such as SWGDOC and ANSI/ASB standards. His laboratory is well-equipped with high powered digital microscopes, VSC80, ESDA, high quality digital scanners, and software. He has built a large forensic reference library. Wakshull is skilled at creating and explaining complex exhibits in easy-to-understand language and pictures. His courtroom approach is to teach and engage the trial participants—opposing attorney, judge and jury.

Mike Wakshull holds a graduate school certificate in Forensic Document Examination. Since 2010 Mr. Wakshull has worked and studied in the science and discipline of Document Examination and Handwriting Analysis. He is one of only a handful of forensic document examiners with graduate school training in the science of forensic document examination. His opinion is always based on sound fundamentals of evidence. Mr. Wakshull has spoken at International and local conferences and seminars and also holds professional certifications that bring unique skills to your case. As a Certified Quality Engineer, Mr. Wakshull studied the science of variability and applied this to the analysis of handwriting and documents. As a Certified Information Systems Auditor, he applies his knowledge of information systems and technology to the analysis of documents.

Q9 Consulting, Inc. Has both an extensive research library and laboratory. Q9 Consulting, Inc. serves Southern California counties of Riverside, San Diego, Orange, San Bernardino, and surrounding regions. Mike has worked cases from 29 states and five countries. Work is accepted from all other locations.

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Long International provides expert engineering and construction claims analysis, expert testimony, project management consulting, and insurance claims analysis services. We focus on projects in the following industries: building and construction; gas, gasification, GTL, LNG, and NGL; industrial and manufacturing; mineral and mineral processing; offshore oil and gas; oil sands; pipelines and utilities; power; refineries, petrochemical, and chemical; transportation; and water, wastewater, dams, and marine. We analyze claims, not limited to, disputed change orders, schedule delay, acceleration, time extensions, liquidated damages, loss of productivity, defective specifications, and deficient project management performance.

Richard J. Long, P.E., P.Eng., Founder of Long International, has over 50 years of U.S. and international consulting experience involving construction contract disputes analysis and resolution, arbitration/litigation support and expert testimony, project management, engineering/construction management, cost and schedule control, and process engineering. As an internationally recognized expert in the analysis and resolution of complex construction disputes for over 35 years, Mr. Long has served as the lead expert on over 300 projects having claims ranging in size from US$100,000 to over US$2 billion. He has presented and published numerous articles on claims analysis, entitlement issues, CPM schedule and damages analyses, cumulative impact claims, and claims prevention.

Rod C. Carter, CCP, PSP is President of Long International and has over 20 years of experience in construction project controls, contract disputes and resolution, negotiations, mediation, arbitration support, and expert testimony on scheduling, loss of productivity, and quantum issues.  He has experience in entitlement, schedule, and damages analyses on over 30 construction disputes ranging in value from US$100,000 to US$7 billion, related to oil and gas, oil refinery, LNG, heavy civil, nuclear, environmental, chemical, power, industrial, commercial, and residential construction projects. Mr. Carter specializes in loss of productivity, cumulative impact, and quantum calculations, and had a lead role in assessing damages on more than a dozen major disputes.  In addition, Mr. Carter has developed cost and schedule risk analysis models using Monte Carlo simulations to address the uncertainty of estimates and claims.

Scott M. Francis, P.E., PSP is a Vice President of Long International and has over 20 years of experience in project management, contract disputes analysis and resolution, CPM schedule preparation, execution, and analysis, productivity analysis, contract administration, design engineering, construction management, and government contracting.  He provides schedule development and assurance services, cost estimating, and claims analysis services on projects for both owners and contractors.  Specific responsibilities include CPM development and reviews, CPM schedule delay and acceleration analyses, change order impact analysis, issue identification, correlation of impacts to schedule activities, and productivity evaluations.