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Howard C. Rile, Jr. and A. Frank Hicks |
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Forensic Document Examiners |
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100 Oceangate, Suite 670 |
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Rile & Hicks |
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Howard C. Rile, Jr. and A. Frank Hicks |
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Forensic Document Examiners |
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100 Oceangate, Suite 670 |
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e-mail: HCRQDE@aol.com |
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Howard C. Rile, Jr.
Curriculum
Vitae
I graduated from California State
University at Los Angeles in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Chemistry. From 1968 to 1972, I worked as a chemist at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Since 1972, I have devoted full time to the
study and examination of problems relating to disputed handwriting, signatures,
typewriting, and identification of photocopiers, ink, and papers.
From 1972 to 1974, I was employed and
trained at the firm of Harris and Harris, Examiners of Questioned Documents, at
Los Angeles, California. Between 1974 and 1979, I was employed by the Los
Angeles County Auditor-Controller as a document examiner; and from 1979 to 1983,
I was the questioned document examiner for the State of Colorado at the Colorado
Bureau of Investigation in Denver. Since 1983 I have been an independent,
private examiner; I was affiliated with Harris and Harris until 1996.
I am certified by and past president
(1997-1999) of the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners, Inc. I am also
a member of and currently serve (2006-2008) as President on the Executive Board
of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, Inc. I am a member and
ex-Membership/Credentials Chairman of the Southwestern Association of Forensic
Document Examiners. I am a member of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science;
and the Document Section of the American Academy of Forensic Science, and the
ASTM. I revised a chapter on signatures in Scientific Examination of
Questioned Documents, 2nd Edition.
I have qualified and testified as an
expert witness in my specialty in more than 500 cases involving criminal and
civil matters in federal and/or state courts in California, Arizona, Colorado,
Nevada, Hawaii, Kansas, New York, and Wyoming.
Our office and laboratory are
equipped with microscopes, cameras, a digital and photographic darkroom, ESDA, a
Video Scanning Comparator (VSC-4), measuring devices, and other specialized
instruments. We maintain a library and extensive reference files.
References and a listing of cases in which I have testified are available upon request.
Phone, Fax and e-mail inquiries are welcome.
