Richard Orsini is a 1969 graduate of Niagara University where he majored in the German language, achieving permanent New York State teaching certification. He also holds a Master of Science degree in business management from the University of Arkansas.       Upon graduation from the Defense Language Institute at Syracuse University, Mr. Orsini served as a Russian translator with the U.S. Air Force in Germany and Turkey from 1970-73 and was awarded the Air Medal with a Presidential Citation. Interest in security and intelligence led to a position as Senior Investigator with the Xerox Corporation followed by 18 years in the commercial and residential security field, starting in sales and ending as president/owner of his own company.

      Mr. Orsini began his formal document examination studies under the personal tutelage of Daniel S. Anthony, who was considered one of the foremost handwriting experts in the country, having taught at the New School for Social Research in New York and the graduate schools of Harvard, Princeton, Rutgers, and NYU. Mr. Anthony was also the handwriting examiner and expert witness for the Attorney General John Mitchell case, Watergate, the Sharon Tate-Charles Manson murder investigation and the Son of Sam case. Prior to his death in 1997, Mr. Anthony's business clientele included AT&T, General Motors, Westinghouse, and over twenty of America's leading insurance companies.

      Continuing his education , Mr. Orsini successfully completed certification training with Andrew Bradley, a thirty plus-year veteran document examiner with the Denver Police Department and Arapaho County Sheriff's Office. Mr. Bradley was a graduate of the FBI Instructor School and the U.S. Secret Service School and has been an instructor with the Colorado Law Enforcement Academy. In 1995, Mr. Orsini completed a college-accredited document examination course at Northern Virginia Community College near Washington, DC conducted by Larry F. Ziegler, a thirty-five year veteran document examiner, formerly with the FBI and the Secret Service.

      Mr. Orsini has completed various courses and seminars held throughout the U.S. dealing with document examination, document photography, and court procedures. He incorporated his business in April 1993 and has been qualified in both state and Federal court as an expert. He is a Life Fellow of the American Board of Forensic Examiners, a Diplomat of the American College of Forensic Examiners, a two-time Vice President of the National Association of Document Examiners, a Certification Board member of the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation, a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, a member of the American Society for Industrial Security, and a member of the forensic document section of the American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM E30.02).

      Mr. Orsini has been a guest speaker/lecturer for over 400 local, regional, and national organizations including the National Association of Legal Investigators, the Orlando College Criminal Justice Department, the University of North Florida, the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, and the Florida Convention of County Court Justices to name just a few.

      As an independent examiner, Mr. Orsini has worked for both plaintiff and defendant and his cases have ranged from misdemeanors to murder, coming from 38 different states and foreign countries.