The moment you retain a handwriting expert, the most important thing you can do is start gathering evidence. And that evidence can come in the form of a box of papers and documents, or Christmas cards, or an email where you upload a bunch of scans to Google Drive, Dropbox, or something similar. But either way, most cases involve an original or a copy of the original, such as a scan, a PDF, or the documents themselves.

What Counts as Usable Evidence

You could simply take photos of the evidence with your phone, as long as it has a good resolution. The only suggestion I would make, whether you’re hiring me, my firm, or one of our experts, is that our testimony would perform better if you provided better evidence. Strong evidence doesn’t just support our findings. It also equips us to withstand any challenge from a cross-examining attorney.

You might assume that sending more documents would increase your costs, but it doesn’t. We don’t charge any more if you send us 100 or 5. Our pricing is based on the number of questioned documents in your case, not on the number of comparison samples you send us.

Here’s a concrete example of what evidence gathering looks like. Let’s say it’s your grandmother and she’s no longer with us. Dig through boxes, attic storage, and old files. Look for birthday cards, letters, checks, anything she signed or wrote while she was alive. The more samples you can find, the stronger our analysis will be.

How to Get Your Evidence to Us

We want the best evidence available, and we’ll get it the best way we can. Whether you upload it digitally or send it via FedEx, getting the evidence into our hands quickly is what moves your case forward. If you need us to come and look at something, absolutely, our experts can do that. It’s just going to cost you more money because time is money.

Send us the documents, email them, mail them, send them by horse, send them by pigeon. Just get us lots of evidence.

My name is Bart Baggett. I’m glad to help you.