Bart A Baggett

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Bart Baggett is a Forensic Document Examiner and an experienced expert witness. He is a skilled authority in handwriting identification and has examined over 15,000 documents as part of over 1,350 cases. He is a court-qualified expert witness in the field of questioned documents across the United States. He has testified over 131 times in both civil and criminal trials, jury and bench trials, and even in Federal Court. He has consulted on cases nationwide and for the nation’s top media personalities, lawyers, and district attorneys. He has been called America's #1 handwriting expert by media and working attorneys. He is the expert trial attorneys call to help win million dollar cases when forgery or fraudulent documents are involved. "Bart Baggett is the best I've ever met or worked with. He is both amazing at Questioned Document Examination and handwriting analysis, but has an excellent personality, resulting in very powerful testimony." Alec Scott Rose, Criminal Defense Attorney. "When you need a professional handwriting expert of the highest standards, hire Bart Baggett. He is honest, quick, direct... and will deliver an objective expert opinion, every time. I recommend him without hesitation." Richard J. Riordan, 39th Mayor of Los Angeles Mr. Baggett is a frequent guest expert for CNN and has appeared on over 1500 Radio/TV shows, including Fox News Network and CBS The Today Show, alongside hosts such as Larry King, Ashleigh Banfield, Paula Zahn, and Nancy Grace. Bart Baggett has worked on cases, lectured, and taught handwriting related classes and lectures for over 25 years, including in the United States, China, Singapore, Poland, and India. Mr. Baggett has a B.A. from Pepperdine University. He is the founder and President of the International School of Forensic Document Examination. He teaches classes and manages the current curriculum for the school. This two-year curriculum has taught, mentored, and certified many working forensic document examiners in countries including the U.S., Canada, Turkey, India, & Australia. He still mentors and peer reviews other working forensic document examiners’ cases. In the last 20 years, Bart’s books, courses, and videos have been published worldwide in the United States, China, India, Australia, and England.