(202) 288-5879 | 3004 Courtside Road, Mitchellville, MD 20721-2525
JOHN HARGETT ASSOCIATES, LLC

Former Chief Document Examiner of the US Secret Service
Forensic Document Examination Services
We provide services concerning: handwriting, signatures, altered documents, page substitutions, and more.
Service Highlights
Signatures / Handwriting
Questioned / Altered Documents
Non-destructive Ink & Paper Examinations

My Experience
I am a former Chief Document Examiner for the U.S. Secret Service and have represented the Secret Service as an expert in over 23 foreign countries. I am also a published author in domestic and international technical journals in the area of handwriting identification/document examination.
I have been recognized as an expert domestically and internationally having testified over 450 times in courts of law, to include twice before a U. S. Congressional sub-committee and at the International Tribunal, The Hague, Netherlands.
I have provided training and technical assistance for eleven years in Eastern Europe and South America as a contract Senior Forensic Advisor for the U. S. Treasury Department, U. S. Justice Department and U. S. State Department.