Don Lehew
Personal
Mr. Lehew has been -qualified as handwriting expert and given testimony in various courts, including County Court, State District Court and U.S. District Court. He has accepted as an expert in the following Texas Counties: Dallas, Denton, Tarrant, Johnson, Extor and Bexar. He has given opinions or testified in both civil and criminal cases in Texas, New Mexico and Nevada
Since 1987, Mr. Lehew has given opinions in more than two hundred questioned document cases and has testified in court many times. He has experience in handwriting comparison as well as typewriter identification and time dating of documents. Mr. Lehew maintains an updated professional Library and laboratory for use in questioned or altered documents.
Education
Christian College of the Southwest
North Texas State University
Major: Physical Education
Minor: English
Professional Associations
Current:
Handwriting University international - Currently teaching Questioned Document Courses
2. American Board of Forensic Examiners, Fellow of the Board
3. American Board of Forensic Examiners, Lifetime Member
4. Texas Police Association
Past Affiliations:
1. Forgery investigation Association of Texas
2. National Questioned Document Association
3. National Bureau of Document Examiners
4. The Institute of Graphological Science
Professional Seminars Completed
• The Institute of Graphological Science, Texas State License #3728 (Texas Education Agency) Certificate on October 10, 1987
• The-Institute of Graphological Science, Texas State License #3728 (Texas Education Agency) Completed on March 11, 1988
• Clampitt Paper Company, Inc. - Paper Knowledge. A course in how paper is made. Completed February 11, 1989. Taught by Henry Phillips and Bill Dophid
• The National Bureau of Document Examiners, Manhattan,
New York. Director: Felix Kline.
• The Institute of Graphological Science, Texas State
License #3728 (Texas Education'Agency')
Certificate on October 29, 1989
Taught by: Dr. Mary Lynn Bryden
• The National Questioned Document Association.
Certificate on September 29, 1990.
Taught by Dr. Ray Walker
• Texas Crime Prevention Association, Wichita Falls, Texas
• Texas Crime Prevention Association, Midland Odessa, Texas
• American Academy of Forensic Science, February 1994 American Board of Forensic Examiners, August 1994
• Handwriting University International - Questioned Document Seminars in 2004 in Washington D.C., Los Angeles. CA and Dallas, TX.
NOTE: Mr. Lehew has presented papers and lectured in six of the above noted seminars.
Apprenticeship Served
• One year as apprentice to Jay Larsen during 1983-1984.
• Two years additional training time with Jay Larsen during 1985-1987.
Professional Library Includes the Following:
• Questioned Documents by Albert S. Osborn
• The Problem of Proof by Albert S. Osborn
• Scientific Examination of Questioned Documents by Ordway Hilton
• Criminalistic Survey of Arabian Handwriting by Moh'd Ali Said Alhaidawi
• Principles of Forensic Handwriting Identification and
• Testimony by Edward J. Smith
• Forensic Examination of Ink and Paper by Richard L. Brunelle
• The Dictionary of Paper by The American Paper Institute
• Forensic Document Examination Protocol-and Procedures by Shirley Prentice
• Basics for the Questioned Document Examiner by Dr. Mary Lynn Bryden
• The Questioned Document Examiner and the Justice System by Ray Walker
• Handwriting Identification by Ray Huber and A.M. Headrick
Professional Laboratory Includes the Following:
• A Florescent light table manufactured by Logan Electric Spec., Mfg. Co.
• A copy machine
• A photo stereo 6 Leica Zoom 8X Microscope
• A quantum source double, variable intensity, halogen light with 2-20watt bulbs.
• J.P. 2600 Javelin 480 line high resolution printer.
• Various plastic ruler set in metrics
• Various plastic see-through grid charts used in determining size, shape, spacing and proportion, height and slant of handwriting examples
• Hand-held lighted magnifying glass 8X
• Lighted overhead flexible magnifying lens 4X
• Lighted 30X magnifying glass
• Engineering compass
• Protractor used in determining the slant specifics of handwriting
• 35mm Canon Photographic equipment
Court Testimony
Don Lehew has reviewed over 10,000 signatures and has
testified more than 200 times in court, hearings, and
depositions, He has also qualified through the Federal
Court level and has given testimony in the following
• Texas Counties:
Bexar, Dallas, Denton, Extor, Harris, Johnson, Tarrant
• As well as testifying in cases located in the following states: New Mexico and Nevada
