About Us
Peggy Walla
Forensic Document / Handwriting Examiner, Texas Licensed Private Investigator #A15090
Peggy has studied, trained and holds Certifications in the examination, comparison, analysis and identification of handwriting, discrimination and identification of writing, altered numbers and altered documents, handwriting analysis, trait analysis, including the discipline of examining signatures with over forty-five (45) years practical experience in this field.
She has had training from the School of Forensic Document Examination, the American Institute of Applied Science – Forensic Science Course and the Handwriting University.
She is a member of the Texas Association of Licensed Investigators.
Peggy is qualified for testimony and given evidence in Chancery Courts, Judicial District Courts, Justice County / Precinct Courts, the Federal Southern District US Attorneys Office – Federal Appeals Court, for the Special Prosecutor Caldwell County, Texas and on behalf of the Crown before Justices of the Peace St. Andrew, Jamaica. She has given opinions in numerous States (US), Probate Courts, Khartoum – Sudan, Circuit Court, and Dublin – Ireland.
Training
- 2005 National Association of Document Examination – Certification
- 2011 Advanced Forensic Document Examination (Current Certification 1500 hours)
- Karen Weinberg- on going
- 2011 Participant of ST2AR – Skill Task Assessment – La Trobe University Forensic Expertise Profiling Laboratory
- 2005 National Association of Document Examination – Certification
- 2013 National Institute of Standards & Technology – Certificate of Attendance – Measurement Science & Standards in Forensic Handwriting Analysis
- 2021 Foster+Freeman
- Ask the Experts – Questioned Document Examination
- Evidence Search and Detection: Which Forensic Light Source should I use?
- Best Bits of the Year – Highlights from 2021 Document Examination Webinars
Publications and Presentations
- The Colorado County Citizen – V 146, #22 // V146, #48 // V147, #11
- The Banner Press – V 19, #9
- Extension Education Assoc. – Colorado County – Officer Retreat 9/2004
- Expert witness testimony in deposition and in mock trial courtroom – Forensic Document Examiners Conference – Dallas, Texas * Oct 2004
- Coalition of Handwriting Analysts International – Quarterly Newsletters * 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- 17th Annual Texas Women in Law Enforcement Conference – Lecture – Sugar Land, TX
- Annual Forensic Document Examination – 2005 Training Conference – Expert witness testimony with exhibit display in mock trial courtroom, lectured – *October 2005 – Dallas, Texas
- Star Magazine – (Celebrity Weekly News Magazine) Captioned – May 8, 2006 issue
- Star People – Analysis Luke Perry police complaint statement.
- Forensic Document Examination Annual Conference- 2006 – Lecture – (The Notary Public). Judiciary role in courtroom trial proceedings of testimony.
- Banner Press – V 23, #15 and V 24 #30 – Feature story
- WeTv – F.L.I.P. Mysteries: Women on the Case – 8/6/08 Portrayed self – Quincy, Mass. case work done 4/06
- Women in Crime – “No Justice for Angie” by Donna Weaver. Featured – 7/09, Morgan County, Missouri case work 1/08
- The Texas Investigator – “Handwriting Analysis or Document Examination?” – Vol XIV, Issue 3 Fall 2009
- The Texas Investigator – “Deception Detection Seen in Handwritten Statements” – Vol XIV, Issue 4
Winter 2009 – 2010 - Lectured—Texas Association of Licensed Investigators (Austin) — Forensic Document Examination – Machine Process Systems (participants received 1 CE credit hour) — 10/14/2010
- Lectured—Texas Association of Licensed Investigators (Houston)—Gestalt Analysis – 05/11/2011 (Handwriting Analysis – Use What You Already Know (participants received 1 CE credit hour)
- Lectured—Female Legal Investigative Professionals (Scottsdale, AZ)—Gestalt Analysis-
7/17/2011 (Handwriting Analysis – Use What You Already Know (participants received 4 CE credit hours) - Lectured-Private Investigators Association of Utah (Salt Lake City)- Gestalt Analysis- 9/17/2011 (Handwriting Analysis – Use What You Already Know) An Investigative / interviewing tool
- Lectured-Texas Paralegal Day (Fort Worth) – Mock Voir Dire 10-20-2011 (attendees received 4.5 continuing legal education)
- Peer Review – Case report – Distance participant – Forensic Document Examiners, Inc 2012
Interactive Training Seminar 9-29-2012 - Crime Watch Daily – Cold Case – Faith Hedgepeth murder North Carolina, opinion of handwritten note
left at crime scene – televised 2-6-2016 and video on crimewatchdaily.com - Presentation – Columbus, TX – D.A.R.– “What America Has Lost – 50 years of change” – Oct 2017
- Presentation – Region 4 Austin, Texas – Texas Association of Licensed Investigators – “How to detect deception seen in handwriting” – Oct 2017
- Crime Watch Daily – Manslaughter – Angie Yarnall murder Holts Summit, Missouri, opinion of forged
handwritten post card sent after disappearance – televised 5-2-2018 and video on crimewatchdaily.com - Presentation – Texas Association Licensed Investigators – Annual Conference – “Jury Tampering
Investigation / Document Examination” – Aug 2018 - Presentation – Columbus, TX – D.A.R.– Q & A – May 2019
- Presentation – TALI – via Zoom for CE Credits – May 25, 2020 Deception Detection
- Radaronline – June 6, 2021 – Authenticate 2019 Holographic Will of Larry King estate (Doug Montero)
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