Qualifications

Certifications:

• National Association of Document Examiners: Board Certified Document Examiner
• National Questioned Document Association: Forensic Document Examination Course
• National Questioned Document Association: Certified Document Examiner

Certificate of Completion:

• American Institute of Applied Science: Police Photography, Questioned Documents
• American Institute of Applied Science: Forensic Science
• North Central Texas Council of Governments: Regional Police Academy Basic Instructor Course

Apprenticeship/Hands-On Internship:

• Lab/Microscopes/Photography/Court Exhibits/Fax Machines/Printers/Copiers
• Lab/Document Cases/Technique/Court Procedures/Preparation/Testifying

Court Experience: Ms. James has met and been qualified under the Daubert/duPont guidelines.

Instructor:

• Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies
• Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• First Instructor/National Questioned Document Association Document Examination Course

Given Authorization to Use Course Materials for Instruction:

• American Institute of Applied Science/Questioned Document Section

Publications:

• National Association of Document Examiner Journal/Examination of Faxed Documents
• National Association of Document Examiner Journal/Document Manipulation
• National Association of Document Examiner Journal/The Silent Witness

Board Positions:

• Board of Director, By-Laws Chairman of National Association of Document Examiners
• Board Certifying Committee, National Association of Document Examiners
• Secretary of Association Certified Fraud Examiners, Dallas, Texas
• Associate Director of Association Certified Fraud Examiners, Dallas, Texas

Seminars Attended:

• AICPA National Conference on Fraud & Litigation Services, Dallas, Texas
• 64th TIAI Annual Education Conference, Digital Photography, Bob May (FBI), Arlington, Texas
• National Association of Document Examiners Conference, Crawley, England
• National Questioned Document Association Educational Conference, Dallas, Texas
• National Association of Document Examiners Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• National Questioned Document Association Educational Conference, Dallas, Texas
• Deloitte & Touche, Cybercrime & Computer Forensics/FBI Special Agents, U.S. Attorney, CFE
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Proving Fraud/ Master Peace Officer James D. Ratley
• Criminal Justice Training Manager, Don Rabon, ACFE Fraud Examiner's Seminar, Dallas, TX
• Secret Service Trained Handwriting Examiner, Chief Deputy, Denton County, TX
• The Forgery Investigator's Association of Texas, Georgetown, Texas
• National Questioned Document Association, Dallas, Texas
• National Association of Document Examiners, Baltimore, Maryland
• FBI Examiner, Larry Ziegler Professional Development Seminar/Court Testimony/, Maryland
• Statement Analysis, Interviewing, & Interrogation Seminar, Dallas, Texas
• ACJS Professional Development Seminar/Technocrimes/August Bequia, Las Vegas, Nevada
• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada
• American Academy of Forensic Sciences (48th Annual Meeting), Nashville, Tennessee
• National Association of Document Examiners, San Antonio, Texas
• National Questioned Document Association, Dallas, Texas
• Content Analysis Seminar, Dallas, Texas
• American Board of Forensic Examiners, Branson, Missouri
• National Questioned Document Association, Kansas City, Missouri
• National Questioned Document Association, Dallas, Texas
• National Questioned Document Association, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• National Questioned Document Association, Dallas, Texas

Appointments:

• Dallas County Criminal District Court, United States District Court, Dallas Division, Bell County District Court
• Paris Texas County Criminal Court, Collin County Criminal Court, Practicum Supervisor/Prescott College/Master of Arts Program

Professional Affiliations:

• The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
• The National Association of Document Examiners
• Texas Division-Intl. Association for Identification
• The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• The National Questioned Document Association
• The Forgery Investigator's Association of Texas
• The International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts, Inc.

Office and Laboratory Equipment:

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