Scope & Range of Services

JANE EAKES, CDE
Court Qualified Handwriting Examiner

Script Dynamics, Inc.
PO Box 140510, Nashville, TN 37214
615-883-0635, Fax 615-885-1480
forgeryxmreakes@aol.com

NOTE: Designating Jane Eakes as an expert witness and/or use of this CV/Resume in legal proceedings
or in preparation for legal proceedings without specific approval is prohibited.

CERTIFICATION
Certified by the National Association of Document Examiners (NADE). Met all qualifications and was Re-Certified by NADE as of January 1, 2006.

PROFICIENCY TESTING
Continuing participation in Handwriting Skill Validation Trial conducted by LaTrobe University, Victoria, Australia

SPECIALIZED TRAINING
I have met all requirements and passed both written and oral examinations to receive the designation “Certified Document Examiner” by NADE. I have participated in 12 annual training conferences by NADE since 1993 including pre-conference classes. I have also participated in 10 additional training conferences sponsored by WADE, ABFE, AFDE, IAQDE and NBDE since 1986. I worked one on one with Mrs. Pat Fuller, prominent document examiner in Nashville. Mrs. Fuller (now deceased) was accepted in court over 125 times and acted as my mentor for over 10 years. I have studied the Advanced Studies Course in Extended Training in QD Problems by Andrew Bradley, former FBI examiner. Because of rapidly changing technology I am constantly studying and am currently studying the Document Examination Course by Katherine Koppenhaver.

COURT QUALIFICATIONS - Have always been recognized as Expert Witness.
U. S. District Court, Augusta, GA Gen. Sessions Court, Davidson County, TN
Chancery Court, Cheatham County, TN Gen. Sessions Court, Wilson County, TN
Chancery Court, Davidson County, TN Circuit Court, Coffee County, TN
Chancery Court, Sumner County, TN Circuit Court, Rutherford County, TN
Chancery Court, Coffee County, TN Criminal Court, Davidson County, TN
Chancery Court, Maury County, TN Union Arbitration, Rutherford County, TN
Chancery Court, DeKalb County, TN Bd. Professional Responsibility, State of TN
Probate Court, Davidson County, TN U. S. District Court, Gwinnett County, GA
Juvenile Court, Nashville, TN

CLIENTS
Insurance Companies Credit Unions
Banks Private Investigators
Manufacturers F.B.I.
Retail Stores Universities
Investigative Agencies State of Tennessee
Oil Companies Title Companies
Transportation Companies Numerous Attorneys and Individuals

TYPES OF CASES
I have given my professional opinion on cases involving disputed wills, contracts, altered checks, beneficiary changes on insurance policies, disputed insurance applications, graffiti, product sabotage threats, death threat letters to company executives, falsified company records, disputed delivery records, bank cards/embezzlement, typewriter alteration and/or additions, harassment letters, altered medical records, etc.

LABORATORY
I maintain the necessary laboratory equipment needed to practice my profession. This includes:
American Optical Stereo Star Zoom Microscope 0.7x to 3.0x
Konica Minolta Bizhub 250 photocopier (enlarges and reduces)
Lighting devices (including 2 light boxes)
Numerous optical aids and measuring instruments
Ultra Violet Light JMK 1191
Sirchie Portable Infrared Viewer
Dell Computer
OpticPro Flatbed Scanner
Dell Printer
Macroscope 25
Polaroid Spectra SE Camera w/light lock non contact close-up Lens w/stand
Pentax Optio S50 digital camera

REFERENCE LIBRARY
My library includes over 15 volumes of the recognized books on document examination, including Osborn, Hilton, Harrison, Conway, Sulner and Huber & Headrick.

LECTURES AND CLASSES TAUGHT
Vanderbilt University Owen School of Business, Nashville, TN
Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN
Wilson & Wilson, Contemporary Professional Seminars
Annual Fraud Conference, Institute of Internal Auditors and Certified Fraud Examiners, Nashville, TN
Annual Fraud Conference, Nashville Chapter Institute of Management Accounts and Middle Tennessee
Chapter of Certified Fraud Examiners

PUBLISHED
“Running Headlong Into Rule 26”, Journal of The National Association of Document Examiners, Inc., Expert Notes, Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring 2000

ORGANIZATIONS
National Association of Document ExaminersCurrently serving as Chairman of Re-Certification for NADE
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Austin, TX