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EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS TO HANDWRITING EXPERT ANDREA McNICHOL
March 11, 2012. “Andrea, you were a wonderful witness
and I highly recommended you last night to a very close friend who is a senior
litigation partner at the Piper firm.
He will be contacting you on a matter he has been working on. Here is what I wrote to him, ‘In my 40
years of litigation, Andrea McNichol ranks at
the very top of the list of expert witnesses in her knowledge of the
subject matter and her ability to articulate to the judge or jury the
reasons for her opinion. She may
not believe that the information you have is sufficient for her to
express an opinion on the subject, but if she does believe the
information is sufficient, you may rely on her opinion completely’.” (Expert testimony March 9, 2012, Saks
v. Saks, Case No.: LASC No. BD
401-295, before Judge Holly J. Fujie at Los Angeles Superior
Court at 111 No. Hill Street,
Los Angeles, CA,
Department 87, 8th floor)
--DOUGLAS A. BAGBY, Esq.
LAW OFFICES OF DOUGLAS A. BAGBY
Los Angeles, California
January 5, 2012. “Andrea, thank you for this report for
Homeland Security. The report is
very clear and comprehensive. I
also thank you very much for your extensive efforts throughout and will
certainly contact you again for any needs that we may have in the
future. Thanks,
again.”(Immigration matter of Emmanuel Dizon).
--ALLISON AQUINO, Esq.
AQUINO & LOEW
South Pasadera, California
November 15, 2011. “Andrea, your demeanor was perfect
today in the deposition. You were
fantastic. And although I was not
expecting that your testimony would be videotaped, I’m glad it was. You came across as calm and convincing
while opposing counsel came across as a complete bully. Thank you so much.” “Andrea, I heard from Pete today that
you were fantastic in the deposition yesterday and stood your
ground. Amgen has heard all about
it and of course everyone is very grateful to you. Thanks again!” (Hanks. v. Amgen U.S.A., Inc., Case No: 56-2009-00342748-CU-WT-VTA)
--PETER MILIANTI and DONALD PASULKA, Esqs.
McGuireWoods
LLP
Chicago, IL 60601
September 27, 2011. “Andrea, Of course, I will update you
immediately if this case settles, If it does, it will likely happen in
the next 24 hours (of course, thanks in large part to you!)” September 29, 2011. “Andrea, our case settled! Thank you again for all your help. Parenthetically, we may need your help
again in the future depending on what happens with claims my client wants
to assert against the forger. For
now though, that is all. Thank you
SO MUCH again for your help, skill and expertise. You predicted a settlement once they
heard what you had to say, so you were right! Plus my client got a bit of justice
when the forgery was exposed. I
hope we get to work together again.
If I ever have another case with a questioned document, you will
be the first person I call.” (Avila v. Ernst
& Haas Management Company, Inc.
Case No.: BC 445083)
--CASSANDRA J. ZAPPATERRENO, Esq.
PRATA & DALEY LLP
Los Angeles,
California
“June 2, 2011, Andrea, your
report is great! It is so clear
and easy to understand. The FBI
and HUD will be thrilled and are anxiously awaiting for it. I will make them copies. Thank you for attending to our needs in
such an expedient way.” “June
29, 2011, Andrea, your work led us to discover more of the same and we
are going to need you again. This
case just keeps getting bigger.
Thank you again for all your help”. (Preferred Bank v. JTT LLC, Case
No.: BC 419433)
--ISABEL BIRRUETA, Esq.
OLIVAREZ, GALLAGHER & PADILLA, P.C.
Pasadena, California
“May 25, 2011, Andrea, I have
truly enjoyed working with you these many months and look forward to the
next time. You helped us immensely
and I am writing with mixed feelings to let you know the case settled.”
(Gasper v. AstraZeneca, Case No., BC 420793)
--CONNIE L. MICHAELS, Esq.
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. LLP
Century City, California
“March 29, 2011, Ms. McNichol,
“Our case settled! At the end of a
long evening and after we had settled everything, my opponent asked Judge
Bobb whether your document examination turned up anything. It should please you to know that the
Judge said yes and that there were a number of things you had identified
that could have been used to attack the document. I thank you for providing us with that
and for your professionalism. I
think you contributed significantly to our success and to a very
acceptable settlement. (Estate of Rose Gregorian, Los Angeles Superior Court, Case
No.: BP 123203)
--CORIN L. KAHN, Esq.
Santa Monica,
California
“Ms. McNichol: Thank you for your vital help in our
Franco trial. The jury believed every word of your testimony. We are very grateful for your good
work.” (Expert testimony February
22, 2011, Franco v. Risco, Case No.: BC 387228, Los Angeles, Superior Court, 111 N.
Hill Street, Department 28, 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA, before
Judge Yvette Palazuelos”).
--DAVID B. SHAPIRO Esq.
LEWIS BRISBOI BISGAARD &
SMITH, LLP
Los Angeles, California
February 7, 2011. “Andrea, I thank you so much for your
assistance in this matter. Our
case magically settled Friday afternoon.
Thanks so much for your help on this case.” (Persian News Network v. ABS-CBN
International, San Mateo
Superior Court, Case No. CIV461316)
--GREGORY C CHENG, Esq.
OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK
& STEWART, P.C.
San Francisco,
California
November 19, 2010. “Andrea, your Declaration is
great! Thank you for your amazing
and fast work on this!” January
30, 2011. “Andrea we were
victorious and the D.A. was persuaded by your Declaration and I want to
thank you again for your great work.
You are amazing!” (Kutzer v. Cade, Case No. BC432501)
--ROBERTA J. BURNETTE Esq.
Law Offices of Roberta Burnette
Los Angeles,
Ventura County,
Orange County, California
August 19, 2010. “Andrea, I appreciate your efforts in
this matter and, as such, you helped us in decision making in a way that
we were able to settle the case.
On behalf of my client and myself, we
thank you so very much.” (Goudie v. Marsh, BC
415578)
--STEFAN ROBERT PANCER, Esq.
Law Offices of Stefan Pancer
San
Bernardino, California
June 16, 2010 “Hi Andrea, just wanted to let
you know that we won the case! Thank you so much for all your
help! There’s no way we would have
been able to win our case without you--your testimony was fantastic, and
the judge found it to be completely persuasive. I really hope we get the chance to work
together again and I’ll give you the highest recommendation possible to
anyone looking for a handwriting expert!”
(Expert Court
testimony June 9, 2010, The Drollinger Family
Trust v. Lady Manaog LASC Case No.: YC058467,
Torrance Superior Court 825 Maple Avenue, Torrance, CA 90503, before Judge Cary
R. Nishimoto, Department E, 4th
Floor)
--MATHEW A. SLATER, Esq.
LEE & KAUFMAN, LLP
Los Angeles,
California
May 27, 2010 “I had a great experience with Andrea McNichol.
During trial, we tried to get in evidence that a defendant lied on
the stand when questioned about his own handwriting (lied that it wasn’t
his), when it clearly was. We had
no clue that he would do that, but we got caught because he hadn’t been
deposed on that document and authentication hadn’t been established. We hired Andrea to perform a questioned
document analysis, and several days later she walked me through the whole
analysis that she performed, essentially giving me a Handwriting 101
class. She was fantastic. Unfortunately, after a hearing on the
issue, the judge didn’t let us put this evidence on at this late date so
we didn’t get her on the stand.
She’s a real teacher and her straight-up questioned document
analysis is great. I would not
hesitate to hire Andrea again.”
--KELLY A. KNIGHT, Esq.
LAW OFFICES OF KELLY A. KNIGHT
Los Angeles,
California
May 11, 2010 “Andrea, I just
wanted to let you know that your Declaration did the trick! Both the Judge and opposing counsel
were very impressed with it and as a result we reached a very favorable
settlement which would not otherwise have been possible. Thank you so much for your many months
of dedicated work on this case. I
have another one for you and would like you to forward your retention papers .” (Judge David B. Oberholtzer
Department C-67 County
of San Diego,
Central Division, Case No: 37-2008-00081966-CU-FR-CTL, Michael Tilly, Special Administrator v. Abkar
Samadi, et al.)
--JOSHUA D. TUCKER, Esq.
MCDOUGAL LOVE ECKIS BOEHMER
FOLEY & LOUGH
El Cajon, California
April 22, 2010 “Thanks for all your hard work on our
cases, Andrea Your work is
splendid”
--ERIC MARTINELLI, Esq.
Law Offices of Julia C. McBride
Valencia,
California
May 1, 2010 “Andrea, we
won! Judge Cox singled out your
testimony and said you were completely believable and he found ‘reality’
problems with the opposing expert.
Once again, you have done fantastic work for us. Thank you.” (Estate of David Paul Almquist, Riverside County Superior Court
Case No.: INP021189, expert testimony March 23, 2010 before Judge James
A. Cox Superior
Court of California located at 3255
Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA.)
--PETER M. BOCHNEWICH
SLOVAK BARON & EMPEY LLP
Palm Springs,
California
January 30, 2010 “Andrea,
thank you so much for your excellent report. I very much appreciate your speed,
thoroughness, integrity and sensitivity to the privacy concerns. The report most definitely meets my
satisfaction and I am most grateful to you.”
--MICHELLE H. LICHT, Esq.
Woodland
hills, California
October 8, 2009, “Hi
Andrea. It was such a pleasure to
meet you and I do hope our paths cross again. You made it so easy for me in court
today, just as you promised. I
will let you know how it goes. “
October 15, 2009, “Andrea, we won!!! I’m happy to report that I have not
broken your track record. I can’t
wait to work with you again.”
(Expert Court Testimony 10/8/09 Los Angeles Superior Court, 825 Maple Avenue, Torrance, CA 90503, before Judge Andrew C.
Kauffman, Department “B”, third floor; Case No.” LASC YC056958 Lamas v.
Robles.)
--SHARON FRIEDMAN-CASTIEL, Esq.
KOLETSKY, MANCINI, FELDMAN &
MORROW
Los Angeles, California
“August 25, 2009, Andrea, we
just settled the case ( LAUSD Case No.:
2007-1236) and it had everything to do with your findings and superb work
for us. This is a great relief and
I look forward to working with you yet again.”
--SEVAG DEMIRJIAN, Esq.
ORBACH, HUFF & SUAREZ LLP
Century City, California
August 5, 2009, “Andrea, you
were great today! I will let you
know the Judge’s ruling as soon as we get it.” (Expert Court testimony August 5,
2009, Riverside County Superior Court Case No. INP 022052, Judge James A.
Cox, Courtroom PS-1, 3255
East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262). August 17, 2009, “Andrea, I wanted to
let you know that we got a complete win in our case. The Judge ruled that the opposing
expert had no credibility at all and that you came across very well and
convincingly. It’s a complete
victory for our side. Thank you so
much.”
--PETER M. BOCHNEWICH, Esq.
SLOVAK BARON & EMPEY LLP
Palm Springs,
California
July 1, 2009. “Andrea, I
wanted to thank you today but did not get a chance because I was still
working when you left the courtroom.
I just wanted to tell you that your testimony was great as you
already know, and everybody loved it; the clients loved it; the jury
loved it; the judge loved it; everybody loved it! And, I also wanted to tell you how I am
so grateful to you because you really made this case so easy for me, and
today when I got stuck, all I had to do was go by your exhibits which I
had already figured out and it all tied together so beautifully. And, through it all I knew exactly that
I did not have to worry about anything with you because I knew you would
always give the right answer whether I asked the question or someone else
asked it. Really, it was such a
pleasure so I just wanted to tell you that and thank you so very
much. I will let you know how it
comes out. Please put me down on
your list of admirers and I will definitely use you again if the need
arises. Thank you again for
everything.” July 13, 2009. “Andrea, We won the case! The jury came back 8-0 with a
completely favorable verdict for our clients in less than three
hours! We were totally successful
and I want to thank you again for all your help and support throughout
these many months. We look forward
to working with you again.”
(Expert testimony July 1, 2009, Federal Court House 312 N. Spring
Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, Judge Valerie Baker Fairbank, Courtroom 9, Alcini
v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Case No. CV08-2889 VBF).
--ELLEN K. WOLF, Esq.
WOLF GROUP L.A.
Los Angeles, California
April 5, 2009, “Andrea, thank
you for your outstanding efforts.
You are a gem! Just a note
to say Hi and to tell you that Kenny won the lawsuit against Bijan. Kenny
won on all causes of action. Thank
you for all of your help and assistance.
All the best.” (Expert testimony February 3, 2009 Hakimpoour v. Hakimpour
LASC Case No.: BC367419) at Los Angeles
Superior Court located at 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, California,
Department 20, 3rd Floor, Judge Kevin C. Brazile)
--STEPHEN M. FELDMAN, Esq.
Encino, California
“Andrea, we won! I wanted to let you know
immediately. Your testimony was very
helpful and we are very grateful to you.
The jurors noted that it was your testimony that was most
convincing. Thank you so
much!” (Expert testimony March 3,
2009, Quiiji Cheng v. L.A. Fitness, Inc., et al
Case No. GC 039 296, at Los Angeles Superior Court located at 300 E.
Walnut Street, Pasadena, California, Department S, 2nd Floor,
Judge Joseph F. De Vanon)
--ALICE
L. CHEN, Esq.
YOKA & SMITH, LLP
Los Angeles, California
“May 4, 2009, Andrea, I
am pleased to advise that we settled the captioned case. I want to thank you for rising to the
occasion and for your good work on this case. I am glad I got involved in the case
and had an opportunity to work with you.”
(LASC Case No. SC086679)
--STEVEN C. SHUMAN Esq.
ENGSTROM, LIPSCOMB & LACK
Los Angeles, California
“March 2, 2009, Andrea, we
settled the case! You definitely
were a big part of getting the opposition to settle so favorably to
us. We got everything we wanted
and more. Thanks so much and I
look forward to working with you again.”
(Sylvester vs. Lundah Yuh, et al, Case no: 30-2008-00103942)
--DOUGLAS LEE WEEKS, Esq.
Anaheim, California
“Andrea, we received
the jury’s verdict last Friday and our clients were found “Not Guilty” on
the forgery charge. I am sure the jury
keyed in on your professional presentation as to why there was no
forgery. We and the Aguayos appreciate your hard work.” (Expert testimony August 11, 2008,
People v. Aguayo, LASC Case No., BA 320
295, State Court located at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center 210 W.
Temple Street, Los Angeles, 9th floor Department 108, Judge
Michael Johnson).
--JAMES T. DUFF, Esq.
Los Angeles, California
November 1, 2008 “Andrea, a decision has been
rendered in the arbitration in our case against Chase Manhattan
Bank. I am pleased to inform you
that the arbitrator agreed with your opinion concerning all of the
documents we had claimed to be forged.
Melissa was not held liable for the forgeries. The arbitration award indicated that
the forger is completely lacking in integrity and credibility. Thank you for your expert
testimony. All parties accepted
your credentials by stipulation since there was no point in attempting to
challenge your extensive background and experience. Chase’s attorneys tried to intimidate
and surprise you but you maintained your composure. Chase offered no expert testimony to
counter yours and after hearing your testimony, Chase’s vice-president
agreed under oath that Melissa should not be held responsible for the
forgeries. Your testimony and
report were thorough, authoritative and clear. I would recommend you most highly as an
expert witness in any matter involving signature authenticity. Thank you very much for your expertise
and assistance in this matter.”
(Arbitrator Robert Tessier, Esq.,
September 10, 2008 Union Bank Bldg. 445 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 2700, Los Angeles, CA 90071,
re: Melissa Marie Reider-Demer vs. Chase Manhattan Bank USA, Case 72 148 E 00933 07
JOJO)
--JOSEPH L. DEMER, M.D., Ph.D.
JULES STEIN EYE INSTITTUE
UCLA
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Los Angeles,
California
August 27, 2008, “Ms McNichol, please be advised that the above-entitled
matter has settled (Gurney v. Bleau). Your Declaration was instrumental and
it was a pleasure working with you.
Thank you for your professional assistance with this matter.”
--Gina A. Leago,
Esq.
PARKER MILLS LLP, Los Angeles, California
August 25, 2008, “Andrea, good
news! The case settled! (Padfield v. Cliff View Terrace, etc., et al.) Thank
you so much. I have two other
cases I want to talk to you about.”
--JODY C. MOORE,
Esq.
Oxnard, California
“August 11, 2008. Andrea, I have read your Report, and it
is outstanding. Your opinions are
well thought out, and there is overwhelming support for them. I truly thank you for such impressive
work.” January 23, 2009 “Good luck in doing the same great job for Chuck
that you did for me. Mr. Karam never would have paid the hefty sum he did
without your help.”
--WAYNE GRAJEWSKI, Esq.
BROWN WINFIELD CANZONERI ABRAM,
INC.
Los Angeles, California
“Ms. McNichol,
I want to tell you that the other side in our case just offered us a
miraculous settlement and I have no doubt it had a lot to do with your
deposition testimony the other day.
We cannot thank you enough and very much look forward to working
with you again. “ (Gilbert Mercado v. A & B
Specialty Foods, LLC and La Donna Corporation, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No.: BC
352 285, May 14, 2008).
--MICHAEL J. ARMENTA, Esq.
ANDERSON & ASSOCIATES
Los Angeles,
California
“Andrea, you can add another win to
your resume and another notch on your belt. We won our case. The jury thought your testimony was
very important and persuasive and did not believe the other expert at
all. Congratulations and thank
you so much!” (Expert testimony
February 27, 2008, Rofeh v. Soumekh,
Case No. BC 354765, Judge Jane Johnson, Los Angeles Superior Court, 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, California,
Department 56).
--ROBERT W. WOODS, Esq.
ISAACMAN, KAUFMAN & PAINTER,
P.C.
Los Angeles, California
“Ms. McNichol,
we just received the ruling from the Court on our case (E&N Financial
Services v. Anderson, LASC Case No. LC 074590, Expert testimony 4/20/07,
Judge Stanley Weisberg) and the Court awarded our client, E&N
Financial a judgment against Mark Anderson in the amount of $953,125.00,
the entire amount we sought. Your
expert testimony was very helpful in our case and I believe was an
important factor in our obtaining the favorable judgment. (In the written decision, Judge
Weisberg stated that after going over the two experts’ testimony he found
yours more credible and accepts it.) We were very impressed with the way you
handled yourself on the witness stand and the way you deflected the
cross-examination. Many thanks
again for your contribution.
Should I need an expert in the future, you can be assured that you
will hear from me.”
--William F. Raff, Esq.
Calabasas, California
“Andrea, we just got the decision—we won
on the slander of title cause of action and they have to pay our
attorney’s fees plus the diminution of value to the condo! Thank you again for your good work in
this case!” (Hrieche vs. Miller and Holzer, LASC Case No. BC 334 751, expert testimony
before Judge Victor Chavez, October 31, 2007, Los Angeles Superior Court,
111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, California, Department 96, 5th
Floor, Room 531)
--HELEN WONG, MARTIN SIMONE Esqs.
SIMONE & ROOSE
Los Angeles,
California
December 11, 2007. “Andrea, I want to inform you that we
just received a favorable opinion from the Immigration Review Judge in
the Marquez matter that you worked on for us. (Executive Office for
Immigration Review, 606
South Olive Street, 15th Floor, Los Angeles, California
90014) Our Motion to reopen on Mr. Marquez’s
behalf was granted to a large extent thanks to you and the two very
persuasive reports you wrote.
Thanks so very much for your work on this case.”
--LARRY KATCHER, Law Clerk
LAW OFFICES OF STEVEN R.
ESPINOZA
Whittier,
California
November
28, 2007. “Andrea, just a quick
note to tell you that my client and I thought you were great!! Your testimony was quick and to the
point. I feel pretty confident
we’ll prevail….” December 13,
2007, “Good News! We won the
case! I have another one for you
as soon as you return from your trip.
Thanks again for everything!”
(Thee Aguila, Inc. & Thee Aquila, LLC v Stavros Tscheridis, Case No., 07CC19550, November 26, 2007, Orange Superior
Court, 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, CA 92701, Department C31, Judge Frederick
C. Horn)
--CYNTHIA PUERTAS, Esq.
LAW OFFICES OF CYNTHIA PUERTAS
Arcadia,
California
January 6, 2008, “Try Andrea McNichol at Graphology Consultants
International. I have used her on
a rush basis, and although she was very busy, she made herself available
and provided excellent results.
She has extensive experience working with law enforcement.” (email letter
in response to an attorney request for a respected document examiner). January 11, 2008, “Happy New Year
Andrea! You did such a great job
for me. I would recommend you to
anyone. I hope we can work
together again soon.”
--CHRISTOPHER R. DOYLE Esq.
DOYLEMILLER LLP
Beverly
Hills, California
September 17, 2007 “Andrea,
many thanks for your prompt response to our request for your assistance
in this very important matter.
Your report looks great and we are most grateful.”
--JOHN NYHAN, Esq.
FREDERICKS
PEEBLES & MORGAN LLP
Sacramento,
California
“Andrea, thanks
again for traveling to UCSD
Medical Center
to testify in our medical malpractice case. (UCSD Thornton Hospital, La
Jolla, California before Judge Cary Miller & Medical Panel,
4/30/07.) After 14 grueling
evenings of medical testimony, the members of the Judicial Review
Committee found your testimony both interesting and enlightening.” “Andrea, we won our case! The Committee found the defendant was
not being truthful and with your testimony concluded that the doctor
amended his records after the fact.
Thank you!”
--J. ROBERT LISET, Esq.
MUSICK, PEELER & GARRETT LLP
Los Angeles, California
July 12, 2007, “Andrea, I am
delighted to advise you that the parties in the above-entitled matter ( LASC Case No. BD 426818) have reached a global
settlement of their cases (i.e. the one in the family law court and the
one in federal court). On behalf
of my client, I want to thank you for your invaluable assistance and
professionalism during the time we worked together.”
--BERNA LYNN WARNER, Esq.
Beverly Hills, California
“Ms. McNichol: We
were victorious in the arbitration (9/18/06) in large part thanks to
you. The Arbitrator agreed that
the policy was properly rescinded because the signature of the insured
was proved to be a forgery. It
goes without saying that your testimony on the subject was critical to
that finding. I want to thank you
for reviewing our handwriting samples on such short notice and being so
quick to provide us with your opinions.
Your testimony at arbitration was a pleasure, as your background
experience came across very impressive (which it obviously is). It was clear that you were more than
qualified to render the opinions that you did and that no one was going
to be able to poke any holes in that.
Also, your degree of certainty was way beyond what I expected
possible and you were very strong (yet balanced) in testifying about
that. I wanted to share with you
my appreciation and let you know that it will be a pleasure to work with
you again in the future.”
--JAMES P. LEMIEUX, Esq.
DEMLER, ARMSTRONG, ROWLAND, LLP
Long Beach, California
“Andrea, Commissioner Slawson found your testimony to be wholly convincing
and ruled the disputed contract to be without credibility. His ruling was completely in our favor
and we want to express our gratitude and thanks for all your help.” (Le v. Le, YD 046 380, April 21, 25 and
May 3, 2006 Los Angeles Superior Court SW Division at Torrance Superior
Court 825 Maple Avenue, Torrance, CA 90503, Department H, Commissioner
John A. Slawson)
--BILL KIEFER, Esq.
Riverside,
California
October 4, 2007. “Andrea, I
have reviewed your Declaration and it looks great. Thanks again for making time on such
short notice to complete this work for us. We are very pleased.”
--KAREN L. ROGAN, Esq.
BOOTH, MITCHEL & STRANGE LLP
San Diego, California
Ms. McNichol: The trial scheduled for September 13,
2006 in the above-referenced matter has been vacated. Ms. Hamann
agreed to our terms for settlement.
We believe that it was your report that resulted in Ms. Hamann agreeing to our terms. I will also leave you a voicemail
message to this effect so you may clear your calendar for September 13th
for another matter. Thank you for
your professionalism & assistance in this matter.”
--BECKY RASMASON, Esq.
Windsor, California
“Andrea, the jury came back
with a verdict of $244,027 in our client’s favor. Thanks for all your help.”
(Watson v. Moore, February 27, 2006, Los Angeles
Superior
Court 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, California, Department 20, 3rd
Floor, Room 310, Judge Haley J. Fromholz)
--JOSEPH L. GOLDEN, Esq.
Los Angeles, California
“Andrea, the Judge ruled entirely in our favor on all counts. He singled out your testimony as being terrific
and completely persuasive. He was
really impressed with you. My
client and I want to thank you so much for all your help.” (Kaly Investments, Inc., v. Rafie
Fattal et al.
Los Angeles
Superior Court, NW District Case No. LC071283, December 13, 2005, before
Judge Richard George Kolostian, Jr., Department
H, 3rd Floor, Van Nuys Superior Court located at 6230 Sylmar Avenue, Van Nuys, CA 91410)
----BRUCE KOKOZIAN, Esq.
KOKOZIAN & NOURMAND LLP
Los Angeles, California
“Andrea - -Attached please find the
Trials Digest report for the Lewis v. Appling Case. Please note the entry under Comments
regarding the Court’s statement about you. I can’t thank you enough for your
help.”
May 30, 2005 from Trials
Digest: Los
Angeles Superior Court Bench
Trial No. BC297415, Joseph R. Kalin,
Verdict/judgment: 2/25/2005
$227,000 for Plaintiff. The court
stated: “Plaintiff called Andrea McNichol, a questioned documents examiner with
lengthy and excellent credentials.
She testified that the signatures on the letter dated January 29,
2002 and the stock certificates were forged. She believed the signatures were a
result of a cut and paste procedure.
She was positive these signatures were forged and her reasons were
logical and not impeached by the defendant. She said all of the signatures were
identical which was critical in that two signatures by the same person
are never identical.”
-- JOEL J. LOQUVAM, Esq.
Los
Angeles, California
“Andrea-I just wanted to
thank you for all your help with this case. You were wonderful today (July 8, 2005,
Los Angeles Superior Court, Department 54, Judge Ernest M. Hiroshige, Allred v. Chuang). I
hope to have the pleasure of working with you again. Take care.”
---NAZY DANESH, Esq.
AUGUSTINI & WHEELER
Los Angeles,
California
“Again, my heartfelt thanks for your supreme dedication, and
interest. You were by reason of
your consummate professionalism, charm, intelligence, and more, the
perfect expert in this case that we won so resoundingly. (Michael A. Quero vs. Rosalinda Lopez Quero,
et. al., case no 1158934, related to Estate of Angel G. Quero, case no. 1157391 Santa Barbara Superior Court 1100 Anacapa
Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101,
before Judge James
W. Brown, Department 4, October 11, 2005).”
--A. GEORGE GLASCO, Esq.
Pasadena, California; London, England;
Paris, France
“We are writing to thank you for your incredibly prompt assistance and
testimony that was instrumental in the Judgment in favor of our client.
As you will recall, our client was sued by an attorney based on various
breach of contract theories as a purported guarantor of an
"Employment Agreement" for services related to the practice of
law.
"With little more that forty-eight (48) hours notice before trial
we noticed an issue raising a question whether signatures had been forged
on the contract. We were lucky enough to contact you since on receipt of
the contract at issue you pointed out additional issues not considered.
Since ours was a trial de novo, discovery was virtually
non-existent such that the purported original contract was not available.
Nevertheless, you agreed to act as our expert remaining flexible in the
event an original contract was introduced by the attorney Appellant.
"As it turned out, the original trial date was continued for
approximately thirty (30) days. On the first day of trial before the Los
Angeles Superior Court Judge, the Appellant introduced what was supposed
to be the original contract. Our request that your
testimony be taken out of order was granted and with only a ten (10)
minute break for you to review the "original" contract.
Your superior skill and knowledge allowed you to testify not only about the
inconsistencies between the photocopied contract and what was newly
introduced as the "original" how the "original" had
been signed and dated by the same person and how all of that was entirely
inconsistent with the testimony of the attorney Appellant. Your testimony
was devesting as reflected not only in the
faces of our opponent and his counsel, but also during the
cross-examination, which you handled as a seasoned professional.
"Your fee was very reasonable and the adjustment made for our
client's benefit both generous and appreciated. We certainly feel
fortunate to have contacted you. Little did we know in our initial call
that we had reached the finest profession who is plainly at the top in
her area of practice.
"We look forward to working with you again and will recommend you
to others with confidence. Thank you again for helping us achieve a judgment in favor of our client."
-- J. BRUCE ROBERTSON, Esq.
Los
Angeles, California
"This is to advise you that the jury in the above matter returned
a unanimous verdict in our favor in under 40 minutes! The jury was
fascinated by your testimony concerning the plaintiff's signature on the
Informed Consent documents as well as the other documents bearing the plaintiff's
signature in the doctor's chart. They concluded very quickly that she was
being less than honest in her stance that she did not sign one of the
Informed Consent documents."
--
DAVID J. WEISS, Esq.
Santa Monica, California
"The court found that there was a 'battle of the experts' and
that 'after reviewing the testimony, the reports, and the exemplars
produced' that the signature was that of the decedent. In short, the
court found in our favor. Again, I wish to thank you for your assistance
and professionalism on such short notice. I will call on you again should
I need an expert in the field of questioned documents or handwriting
analysis."
-- STEVEN A. SIMONS, Esq.
Granada
Hills, California
"Your designation as a Diplomate, is limited to a select group of professionals who,
by virtue of their extensive training and expertise, have demonstrated
their outstanding abilities in regard to their forensic specialty. The
rigid requirements for recognition attest to your personal integrity and
professional accomplishments."
-- DR. ROBERT O’BLOCK
Executive
Director and Life Fellow
THE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF FORENSIC EXAMINERS
"My clients and I have truly enjoyed working with you and believe
that you were the key to developing our case and settling this matter in
such a favorable fashion."
-- KIRT J. HOPSON, Esq.
Downey, California
"Once again, I wish to thank you for your assistance and help
throughout this trial. Your guidance and insight while we were preparing
for trial helped me understand the nature of what you do so that I could
effectively cross-examine the adversary's expert. Observing how well
prepared you were at trial, leaving no room for much cross-examination,
made it only easier to find the best places to attack our adversary's
expert. I look forward to working with you again."
-- ANGELA D. ROBLEDO, Esq.
STONE
& HILES
Beverly Hills, California
"Your professionalism, preparedness and extensive knowledge and
understanding of the subject matter, as reflected by your testimony, make
you an outstanding expert witness. I feel that your testimony proved to
be the key factor to our successfully defending this matter."
-- WENDY L. SLAVKIN, Esq.
Los Angeles, California
"On behalf of Mr. Brent Lesjak and
myself I extend to you my sincerest thanks for your professional
expertise given in the above referenced matter. The report of your
findings and conclusions served as the most significant factor in
obtaining the dismissal of the case against Mr. Lesjak."
-- MICHAEL C. CARNEY, Esq.
Los Angeles, California
"I'm speaking for all of us at TIME when I say that we
appreciated your joining us last Wednesday evening in Hartford to meet with some of our
customers and their wives. I was particularly interested in your
observation that your TIME articles in our Behavior Section tended to
build your "credibility." This kind of reaction has broad
implications for our many advertisers. Thanks again for making last
Wednesday a memorable evening for our friends in Hartford."
-- JOHN M. KEEFE
TIME
INC. NEW YORK, NY
"Your presentation to the International Association of Law
Enforcement Intelligence Analysts was informative, entertaining, and
thought-provoking. The feedback we received from all our participants was
so positive, they only wished you had had an eight-hour time slot. We
truly appreciate your time and expertise in helping make our meeting such
a marked success."
-- THOMAS A. BARRETT
Special
Agent, FBI
Sacramento, California
"We wish to thank you for the excellent work you have done for us
in the authentication of the signatures in Republic Bank vs. Simpson et
al. Your report to us was professionally done and presents the facts in
the case in a very clear manner."
-- George B. Warsaw
Vice
President, CONSOLIDATED GENERAL CORP.
Los Angeles, California
"Thank you very much for your expert services in this litigation
and I will keep you in mind in the future. Place me on your list of
satisfied attorneys."
-- Lawrence R. LaPorte, Esq.
LYON
& LYON, Los Angeles,
California
"Thank you for your input and information on the Timothy Lee
Case…We are extremely grateful for your assistance with the case. Your
assistance is the determining factor in this case."
-- Thordie Ashley
NAACP,
Emeryville, California
"The educational program at our conference in Hawaii last month was a whopping
success as evidenced by the evaluation sheets and hearing discussions by
attendees. Thank you for participating and making it one of the best
attended programs ever."
-- Beverly Halpern
Executive
Administrator
AMERICAN
BOARD OF TRIAL ADVOCATES
"On behalf of the American Society for Industrial Security, I
would like to extend our deepest appreciation for your support and
contributions at the ASIS 32nd Annual Seminar and Exhibits. Thank you for
your efforts in helping make this our most successful Seminar to date. I
look forward to working with you again on future educational
endeavors."
-- Lewis C. Schneider
CAE,
Director Education & Seminar Programs
Arlington, Virginia
"Your presentation at Law Guild of Beverly Hills' Membership
Luncheon this afternoon at Mountain Gate was exciting, dynamic and
educational! We have had many speakers, but never one that was so
organized and entertaining."
-- Natalie H. Aran
President,
LAW GUILD OF BEVERLY HILLS
"It was with much enthusiasm that I first heard someone describe
your speaking abilities -- energetic, interesting, informative, and
stimulating. And you certainly lived up to that description!
-- Cheryl Lantz
State
Representative
CALIFORNIA LAW
AUXILIARY
"We would like to thank you for your analysis of the handwriting samples
of Mary and Ann Previtera. Your findings
brought important information to our attention of which we were
previously unaware. We are quite fascinated by the detail which only the
expert eye can see."
-- Sidney Starkman, M.D.
Prof.
of Medicine/Emergency
Medicine,
Neurology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES (UCLA)
"Wanted to say how much we appreciate your help with the recent
thefts at our dealership. The guilty person has been dismissed, and we
feel our organization will be much stronger thanks in large part to your
efforts. Your quick attention to our problem is most appreciated as we
were able to put a fast end to the speculation and rumors."
-- Victoria Gunning
Manassas
Dodge/Daihatsu.
Manassas, Virginia
"I'm very grateful for your help...but under no circumstances are
you even allowed to peek at my signature! God knows what it says!"
-- Jim Hayes
FORTUNE
MAGAZINE
"In a confused sea of accusations, denials, conter-charges
and stalemates, your statements brought insight and clarity to the
current circumstances and focused a number of vague impressions and
unconscious hints into coherent comprehension. Thank you so much."
-- Beth Mackenzie
Producer,
KNBC-TV
"Thank you once again for the immediate attention you paid to
this most crucial matter. Should I, or anyone else, ever need the
services of a questioned document examiner you can be assured that your
name will be at the top of my list."
-- Scott J. Corwin, Esq.
Los Angeles, California
"Our firm would like to thank you again for your expert testimony
and assistance in the above-entitled case. In discussing the case with
the jurors, it was clear that your testimony was very persuasive in
determining the invalidity of the financial documents resulting in the
substantial verdict for my clients."
-- Marc Smith, Esq.
KRANE & SMITH
Encino, California
"I wanted to report back to you on the above noted matter in
which you served so ably as my client's expert witness. Judge Gafkowski
reached his decision on August 19th, 2004. At that time, Judge Gafkowski
noted that there was a natural affection between the decedent and
respondent and that the descendent had on a number of occasions indicated
her desire to pass her property to respondent upon her death. However, based almost entirely upon
your expert testimony, the court concluded that on the date she executed
the deeds, the descendent did not have adequate mental capacity to
lawfully perform that act. As a
result, he ordered the property transferred into the estate, where it
will be passed through in testate succession.
During his decision, Judge Gafkowski, though
he only had your transcript to work with, repeatedly praised your
education, background and experience in dealing with questioned
documents. Without your
significant expertise, I strongly suspect that he would have ruled
against us.
Needless to say, I am extremely pleased with your work and
professionalism. If I may be of
any future assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me."
-- Thomas M. Davis, Esq.
WILSON, BORROR, DUNN & DAVIS
San Bernardino, California
My Client brought an action against another party for forging a deed
We selected our own expert, who agreed the signature on the document was
a forgery. Opposing counsel
selected you to examine the document and our expert forwarded the documents
to you. I researched your office
and your curriculum vitae. I had
read the testimonial section of your website and was preparing for the
usual "battle of the experts".
About a week before trial, opposing counsel called me to concede
the document was "non-authentic". This statement came about three years
after the document was "found" and after the start of the
trial.
I write this letter because I have an extremely strong suspicion that
you gave an evaluation that the document was fictitious to opposing
counsel. At the very least, you
did not make an evaluation that favored the opposing party, which is
evidenced by the fact that the opposing attorney stipulated that the
document was "non-authentic" shortly after you received the
document.
As an attorney you have to face the reality experts will have opposing
views on the same issue. There is
a perception that some experts can be purchased (or rented) for the right
price to say that which will aid in the client's case. It is a credit to your integrity that a
party may (desperately) want you to make an evaluation in their favor,
but you give them the truth.
There is no doubt that the case would have continued longer than
necessary and made the decision of the court uncertain had you given the
opposing counsel even the slightest hint that you could have testified to
the document being authentic or inconclusive. As a legal provisional I appreciate
your integrity and honesty. It's a
credit to you and the professionalism of your field."
-- James T. Raetz, Esq.
COULTER, VERNOFF & PEARSON
Pasadena, California
"I am pleased to inform you that today,
the Honorable Emilie H. Elias granted
defendants Avaya Inc, and Larry Holt's motion
for summary judgment and dismissed the above-referenced action in its
entirety. Thank you so very much
for your assistance at the deposition.
We will maintain your information in our expert files in case we
require your services in the future."
-- Sara N. Trivedi, Esq.
WOLDT
& ASSOCIATES APLC
Torrance, California
"Thank you for your assistance in this matter. We kept NatureWell
in a tough game long enough to accomplish the objective. The case settled today."
-- Benjamin Pavone, Esq.
LAW
OFFICES OF BENJAMIN PAVONE
San Diego, California
"Andrea, you did an AMAZING job on our case! Just wanted to say a huge thanks to
you."
-- Judy Orbach
MARATHON ENTERTAINMENT
Los Angeles, California
"Andrea, just wanted to let you know that
as a result of your analysis, we took another look at (name omitted
here). Last night we set up a
sting to see if she would steal money that was "found" and
turned in to her by a customer (actually our agent) in the store. We caught her leaving the store with
the money at the end of her shift and she admitted that she stole it and
was going to use it to pay bills.
She was arrested last night.
Thanks again for your excellent work!"
-- Moe McKnight
Chief Security Officer
LOWES FOODS
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
"Andrea, guess what? I am
the Chairman (again) for what is now called the American Society for
Industrial Security's Retail Security Council...I still recall, with
pleasure, how you wowed them (especially all those CIA, NSA and FBI guys
and gals) with your presentation."
-- Michael S. Magill, CFE, CPP
MAGILL & ASSOCIATES
Colorado, Springs, Colorado
Copyright 2011 Andrea McNichol
-Forensic Handwriting Expert, Examiner of
Questioned Documents
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