Emily J. Will, D-BFDE

Certification:

•Passed a 240 item cognitive examination and an 8 item performance examination and was awarded board certification by the Board of Forensic Document Examiners in 2003. Recertified 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2023. 

•Passed written and oral examinations; awarded certification by the National Association of Document Examiners in 1997. Recertified 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2025

Experience:

•Private practice for 40 years examining cases from North Carolina and 42 other states, and internationally. Accepted as an expert witness and testified in state civil/criminal courts in eleven states, and in federal court; appointed by state and federal courts

Proficiency:

•1998-2000, 2005-2013, 2018, 2025 participated successfully in proficiency testing in Handwriting Examination or Document Examination. Collaborative Testing Services of Herndon, VA

•2001-2008 participated successfully in the Handwriting Identification Proficiency- testing program of the Forensic Expertise Profiling Laboratory at Latrobe University in Australia.

•Results available upon request.

Professional Associations:

•Member and Past President, of the Association of Forensic Document Examiners (AFDE). Also Editorial Board member for the Journal of Forensic Document Examination (AFDE Journal) from 2005 — present.

•Secretary, Board of Forensic Document Examiners, 2007 — 2012. Treasurer, 2015 — present

•Member of the International Graphonomics Society (IGS) — a society for the science and technology of handwriting and other graphic skills.

•Member of the National Association of Document Examiners (NADE). Also Editor of the Journal of the National Association of Document Examiners from 1999-2004.

•Director, Forensic Specialties Accreditation Board (FSAB), 2008-present, Secretary FSAB 2015-2017, Vice-President 2017 — 2023

•Member, NIST Human Factors Expert Working Group for Handwriting Examination — 2015-2018