Andrew Sulner, MSFS, JD, D-BFDE, CFE
Andrew Sulner, MSFS, JD, D-BFDE, CFE, is a board certified forensic document examiner, former state prosecutor, and one of the nation’s most respected and sought-after experts when it comes to determining the authenticity of documents. Mr. Sulner has over 30 years of experience in examining questioned and disputed documents on behalf of major law firms, banks, insurance companies and financial institutions, as well as federal and state law enforcement and regulatory agencies. His testimony as a forensic document examiner has been favorably cited in numerous federal and state court decisions, and he has been retained as an expert in many high profile cases. Mr. Sulner’s state-of-the-art forensic laboratory, located in midtown Manhattan, is equipped to handle the most complex issues concerning the authenticity or fraudulent preparation of documentary evidence.
Mr. Sulner is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), and a member of the Association of Forensic Document Examiners, ASTM’s Committee E-30 on Forensic Sciences and Subcommittee E-30.02 on Questioned Documents, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the National District Attorneys Association. He is also a member of the New York, Florida, California and District of Columbia Bars. In addition to being a Diplomate of the Board of Forensic Document Examiners (BFDE), Mr. Sulner currently serves as BFDE Vice-President, Chair of the BFDE Ethics Committee, and Secretary of the Jurisprudence Section of the AAFS. He has appeared as a document expert on many television shows, including ABC’s “20/20” and news shows aired by CBS, NBC, FoxTV and others, and he is a frequent speaker and lecturer at universities and continuing education seminars sponsored by forensic science, legal, and other professional membership associations throughout the United States.
Mr. Sulner received his principal training from his mother, Hanna F. Sulner, an internationally renown document examiner who authored Disputed Documents, a 400-page reference book, and numerous other professional publications. The Sulner name is associated with three generations of document examiners.