Curtis Baggett is a
forensic document
examiner and
experienced expert
witness. He is a
skilled authority in
handwriting
identification and
has completed almost
5,000 cases since
1990. Curt has
examined
documents and/or
testified in court
cases as a
handwriting expert
in all 50 states
Washington D.C., the
Bahamas, Brazil,
Canada, Chile,
England, Ireland,
Mexico, Pakistan,
Puerto Rico,
Thailand,
the Netherlands, and
New Zealand.
He has been a
consultant as a
forensic document
examiner for the #1
rated television
show, "CSI:
Crime Scene
Investigation",
and has appeared as
a handwriting expert
on CNN, CNBC, INSIDE
EDITION,
CBS, NBC, FOX, JUDGE
ALEX and "TEXAS
JUSTICE". He is
the co-author of
"The
Handwriting Analysis
Certification Home
Study Course"
and has been a guest
on various locan and
national
television /radio
programs discussing
handwriting and
forensic document
examination.
In addition to
lecturing and
teaching document
examination, Mr.
Baggett has analyzed
handwriting for over
30 years. He has
been qualified as an
expert witness in
various courts;
Justice of the
Peace, Municipal,
District, State,
U.S. District, and
Federal
Bankruptcy.
His education and
training in document
examination and
psychology include
the following: US
Army, Military
Police Officer's
School, B.A. and
M.Ed. from McNeese
State University,
Lake Charles,
Louisiana,
and postgraduate
studies at the
University of
Houston, Houston,
Texas.
Mr. Baggett holds
credentials by the
American Bureau of
Document Examiners,
and by Ray Walker as
a forensic
questioned document
examiner. Dr. Walker's
qualifications have
been affirmed in the
Court of
Appeals, Fifth
District of Texas at
Dallas with
historical rulings
in his favor. A
leading authority in
the field of
handwriting analysis
and document
examination, Dr.
Walker is the author
of textbook
The Questioned
Document Examiner
and the Justice
System.
Curt Baggett's
library is extensive
and includes
literature on
questioned document
examination,
forensic handwriting
analysis, and
behavior profiling.
Laboratory equipment
used for examination
consists
of a Stereo Star
Zoom American
Optical 7x - 30x
twin microscope;
Micronta illuminated
30x microscope;
stereo microscope
S/ST series;
universal
DigiScoping adapter;
numerous magnifying
devices; protractor
and metric measuring
devices; Pentax ME
camera; Pentax macro
1.4, 50mm flat copy
lens; overhead
projector; light
table, and
transparencies.
