Thomas P. Riley, B.S.

Forensic Document Examiner

  • Member -American Society of Questioned Document Examiners (ASQDE), currently serving as a Director on the Executive Committee
  • Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners, Inc. (ABFDE), certificate #283
  • Member - American Academy of Forensic Sciences, QD Section (AAFS)
  • Member - American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
  • Also employed by the Michigan Department of State Police, Forensic Science Division; Unit Supervisor and Statewide Program Coordinator for the Questioned Document Unit
  • Assigned to the Questioned Document Unit of the laboratory as a Questioned Document Examiner, March 1990
  • Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

 

 

Todd W. Welch, B.A.

Forensic Document Examiner

  • Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners, Inc. (ABFDE)
  • Provisional Member - American Society of Questioned Document Examiners (ASQDE)
  • Provisional Member - American Academy of Forensic Sciences, QD Section (AAFS)
  • Member - Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists (MAFS)
  • Member - American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
  • Also employed by the Michigan Department of State Police, Forensic Science Division
  • Assigned to the Questioned Document Unit of the laboratory as a Questioned Document Examiner, March 1993
  • Bachelor of Arts, Major - Criminal Justice, Minor - Sociology, Saginaw Valley State College, Saginaw, Michigan

 

  

Gerald M. LaPorte, M.S.F.S, B.Sc.

Forensic Ink Chemist & Document Specialist

  • Member - American Academy of Forensic Sciences
  • Member - Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists
  • Member - American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
  • Contributing member of the Scientific Working Group for Questioned Document Examiners
  • Also employed full-time as "Chief Forensic Chemist" for a major Federal Governement Laboratory.
  • Guest Reviewer for peer reviewed professional publications
  • Master of Science in Forensic Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama (1994)
  • Bachelor of Commerce - Business Administration, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada (1992)
  • B.Sc., Biology, University of Windsor, Ontario, Cananda (1990)

 

 

Gregoire P. Michaud, B.S.

Latent Print Examiner

  • Member - Michigan Ontario Identification Association
  • Member - International Association for Identification
  • Also employed by the Michigan Department of State Police, Forensic Science Division
  • Statewide Program Coordinator for Latent Prints, overseeing the discipline in all seven laboratories, 2000
  • Promoted to Unit Supervisor of the Latent Print Unit, Lansing Laboratory, 2000
  • Transferred to the East Lansing Laboratory as a Latent Print Examiner, 1994
  • Assigned to the Grand Rapids Laboratory as a Latent Print Examiner, 1990
  • Bachelor of Science - Double Major - Criminalistics and Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
 

 

Felix A. Adatsi, Ph.D.

Toxicologist

  • Diplomate - American College of Forensic Examiners
  • Member - Society of Toxicology, 1986 to present
  • Member - American College of Forensic Examiners, 1995 to present
  • Member - Michigan Regional Society of Toxicology, 1989 to present
  • Certification in Tests for Blood Alcohol Concentration in Highway Safety Programs - Indiana University
  • Certificate Principles and Practice of Mass Spectrometry - American Chemical Society
  • Certificate in Quality Management in the Laboratory - Clemson University
  • Also employed by the Michigan Department of State Police, Forensic Science Division
  • Statewide Program Coordinator for Blood Alcohol Analysis of the MSP Toxicology Unit, 2000
  • Assigned to the Toxicology Unit of the laboratory as a Supervisor of MSP Toxicology and Blood Alcohol, March 1989
  • Ph.D. Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 1986
  • B.S. Chemistry (Magna Cum Laude) Oral Roberts University, 1981
  • Adjunct Faculty - Lansing Community College, 1991 to present
  • Adjunct Professor - University of Detroit, 1993 to 1997

To consult with us regarding your case, please feel free to call

Telephone (517) 394-1512

Fax (517) 882-2767

Our mail address is:

Riley Welch Laporte & Associates Forensic Laboratories
PO Box 80225
Lansing, Michigan 48908-0225

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