| MANNY GONZALES, BS, FCLS, CPI, CFE
CURRICULUM VITAE
Manny has over 30 years of professional experience involving most aspects of forensic document examination. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Professional Investigator (CPI), retired U. S. Marine Corps Officer (law enforcement), Former Certified Forensic Sciences Instructor (California Department of Consumer Affairs) and Fraud Claim Law Specialist (FCLS). He acquired this experience in both the private and public sectors, including a stint with the San Diego Police Department, where he was employed as a forensic document examiner in the Forensic Sciences Unit of the crime lab.
Manny's experience also includes more than 23 years as a private forensic document examiner, consultant and testifying expert. While employed as a Special Investigator by the Division of Trial Counsel (disciplinary branch) of the State Bar of California, Manny was also a non-compensated Deputy County Clerk in several California counties. He received his apprenticeship in questioned documents, beginning in 1979, at the Riverside County Sheriff's Department while he was employed as a Fraud Investigator (California Peace Officer) by the County of Riverside, DPSS, SIU.
In criminal matters, Manny has been retained on such crimes ranging from theft, prescription forgery to murder. In civil litigation, he has been retained on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants in matters ranging from suspected forged promissory notes of a few thousand dollars to suspected forged documents with values in the millions of dollars. His cases, both criminal and civil, have included high profile or highly publicized figures or incidents. Manny has lectured extensively on questioned documents on a local and international level. He is regarded as an excellent expert witness by those who have retained him to provide expert witness testimony, during which he has provided compelling and pivotal testimony in civil and criminal matters. Manny has also earned the respect of his peers.
- Bachelor of Science Degree, Criminal Justice (Cum Laude)
VENUES WHERE EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY HAS BEEN GIVEN*
- Municipal Courts: San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside and Beverly Hills, CA
- Superior Courts: San Diego, San Bernardino, Kern, Orange Riverside and Los Angeles Counties
- Military Courts-Martial: Eleventh Naval District, San Diego
- Federal Courts: San Diego, Los Angeles, Imperial and Orange Counties
- Arbitrations: San Diego and Marin Counties
- Student Honor Hearing: UCSD, San Diego
- Depositions: San Diego and Los Angeles
- Administrative Law Hearings: San Diego
- Jewish Rabbinical Court: Los Angeles
- Special Master Hearings: San Diego
- State Bar Court: Los Angeles
- DMV Hearings: San Diego
- NASD Hearing: San Diego
- US Naval Board of Inquiry
* Initially qualified and testified as an expert in 1980. Manny has provided sworn testimony on over 150 occasions as an expert. He has consulted and testified for both the prosecution and defense in criminal matters.
EXAMINED DOCUMENTS & RENDERED CONCLUSIONS FOR
- Bossier Parish District Attorney's Office, Benton, Louisiana
- Criminal Investigation Division, U. S. Marine Corps
- San Diego County Office of the Public Defender
- Riverside County Office of the Public Defender
- U. S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- Clark County, NV District Attorney's Office
- City of San Diego, City Attorney's Office
- U. S. Postal Service, Human Resources
- Office of County Counsel, County of San Diego
- Naval Criminal Investigative Services
- California Attorney General's Office
- Office of U. S. Attorney General
- Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- Beverly Hills Police Department
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- U. S. Postal Inspection Service
- San Diego Police Department
- Internal Revenue Service
- Federal Grand Jury
- And numerous private law firms, insurance companies and corporate entities
ACADEMIC & MILITARY HONORS INCLUDE
- B. S. Degree in Criminal Justice, graduated Cum Laude, National University
- Certificate of Achievement. Awarded by Grossmont Community College for "Outstanding Performance as a Teacher"
- Award of Recognition. Selected and named as "One of the Nation's Leading Private Investigators" by PI Magazine because of significant contributions made to the private investigation profession as a forensic document examiner
- Purple Heart Medal. Awarded for "wounds received in action" against communist guerilla forces while serving in the former Republic of South Vietnam with U. S. Marines' lst Force Reconnaissance Co.
- U. S. Army Achievement Medal. Earned for meritorious service while serving as Marine Liaison Officer for Oregon Army National Guard
INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT & INSTRUCTOR
- U. S. Department of Justice (ICITAP). Former chief instructor & consultant. Presented formal questioned document instruction to law enforcement and intelligence agents throughout Central and South America and Caribbean (1989-1994/2004)
HIGHLIGHTS OF SPECIALIZED TRAINING
- Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, FBI Academy - Fundamentals of Document Examination for Laboratory Personnel, Quantico, VA (1986)
- U. S. Secret Service, Department of the Treasury - Questioned Document Course, Washington, D. C. (1980)
- Golden West College - Examination of Questioned Documents course, Huntington Beach, CA (1972 & 1980)
- Institute of Applied Science - Scientific Crime Detection, graduate (1980)
- Evidence Photographers International Council - School of Evidence Photography and Imaging, (2003)
- California Department of Justice, Bureau of Forensic Sciences - Symposium on Fluorescence Techniques, (1995)
- Rochester Institute of Technology - Printing Techniques for Questioned Document Examiners, (1986)
- Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department - Forensic Digital Imaging (2005)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- SWAFDE Southwestern Association of Forensic Document Examiners, Inc., Charter Member and Current Board Member
- IAI - International Association for Identification, Questioned Document Section
- AAFS - American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Questioned Document Section
- SDCIA - San Diego County Investigators Association, Past President
- CALI - California Association of Licensed Investigators, Inc.
- ACFE - Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Inc.
- EPIC - Evidence Photographers International Council
- SCLA - Society of Claims Law Associates
- CID Agents Assn. (USMC Associate Member)
LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS
- California Private Investigators' License: Issued by California Department of Consumer Affairs (1970)
- Certified Fraud Examiner: Professional designation awarded by Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (1993)
- Certified Professional Investigator: Professional designation awarded by California Association of Licensed Investigators (1998)
- Professional Certificate in Criminal Justice: Awarded by National University (2000)
- Certified Private Investigation & Forensic Sciences Instructor: Certified by California Department of Consumer Affairs to teach "Private Investigation and Forensic Sciences" pursuant to California Education Code 94915 (2007)
- Fraud Claim Law Specialist: Professional designation earned at the American Educational Institute for completion of a comprehensive course of study in insurance fraud law and defense investigation, a designation recognized by the major insurance carriers' SIUs (2004)
SERVICES OFFERED
- Signature & Handwriting Identification
- Development & Decipherment of Indented Writings
- Photocopier Classification & Identification
- Decipherment of Obliterated Writings
- Document Dating & Anachronism
- Computer-Generated Documents
- Typewriting Identification
- Photocopy Manipulations
- Ink & Paper Analyses
- Counterfeit Detection
- Locate and Retrieve Exemplars from Public Records
- Expert Witness Testimony
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Consultant
AVAILABLE FOR MATTERS INVOLVING
- Real Estate Transactions
- Corporate Investigations
- General Civil Litigation
- Medical Malpractice
- Immigration
- Anonymous Letters
- Sexual Harassment
- Criminal Defense
- Probate
- Insurance Fraud
- Family Law
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