John Paul Osborn is a Forensic Document Examiner, commonly termed a handwriting and typewriting identification expert, and maintains offices in Union, New Jersey. He has been qualified as an expert and has testified on the subject of disputed documents on numerous occasions in civil and criminal courts, and before various arbitration associations.
He has studied the leading books on the subject, collected reference materials, conducted experiments and has worked on a full time basis in the field since 1982. This includes the examination of handwriting, typewriting, graffiti, inks, paper, writing instruments, photocopies, photocopy mechanisms, determination of the sequence of writing, as well as many other questions related to documents. His office maintains files of national systems of handwriting as well as many foreign systems, maintains records of typewriters, printers and type fonts. His office also maintains records of various inks and paper manufacturers, as well as a good deal of other reference material including current articles and publications on the subject.
He was trained under the supervision of his father and current associate, Paul A. Osborn, as a member of the office founded by his great grandfather, Albert S. Osborn, around 1910. He holds a bachelor's degree from Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Osborn is currently an active regular member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists the New Jersey Association for Forensic Scientists and the American Society for Testing and Materials. He has been a member of the FBI/National Institute of Justice sponsored Scientific Working Group for Document Examination subcommittee for protocol development in the field. Mr. Osborn has been tested and certified by the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners.
He maintains all of the necessary equipment and instruments used in this work, including different types of magnification devices, microscopes, type measuring plates, lighting instruments, projectors, electrostatic detection apparatus, video spectral equipment, a variety of photographic equipment, as well as other instruments.
Mr. Osborn has been retained by the United States Attorney's Office in the District of NJ and the Eastern & Southern Districts of NY, District Attorneys' Offices in New York State, the state Attorney General's Office in New Jersey, a number of large corporations, brokerage houses, commodity exchanges, insurance companies and well recognized law firms. He also has been retained in matters for the Legal Aid Society of New York and other non-profit legal service groups and agencies, as well as in Federal CJA and New York 18B matters.
