James LeRoy Hale

Background

Hale, James LeRoy was born on October 30, 1941 in Prescott, Arizona, United States. Son of James LeRoy Senior and Grace Viola (Nichols) Hale.

Education

Associate of Arts in Police Science, Glendale Community College, 1974; student, Arizona State University, 1974-1978.

Career

Surveyor's aide, United States Bureau Reclamation, Phoenix and Yuma, Arizona, 1964-1965; with, Arizona Highway Patrol, Yuma and Wickenburg, Arizona, 1965-1970; undercover narcotics enforcement agent, Arizona Department Public Safety, 1970-1972; forensic document analyst, Arizona Department Public Safety Questioned Document Laboratory, Phoenix, 1972-1985; forensic document analyst, Northern Arizona Forensic Laboratory, Chino Valley, 1985-1996; forensic document analyst, Northern Arizona Forensic Laboratory, Prescott Valley, since 1996. Consultant and expert witness. Lecturer-instructor American Institute Banking, Phoenix, 1982-1990.

Instructor Arizona law enforcement officer advisory county academics, 1978-1985.

Achievements

• James LeRoy Hale has been listed as a noteworthy Forensic document analyst, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Chino Valley Town Council, 1988-1993. President, board directors Hi-Desert Artists, Chino Valley, 1988-1990, 92-93. Served with United States Army, 1959-1962, Korea.

Member Southwestern Association of Forensic Document Examiners (co-founder, past president, board directors).

Interests

• Avocations: gourmet cooking, oil painting, gardening, landscaping, landscape construction.

Connections

Married Cathy Jo Johnsmiller, February 21, 1951. Children: Kathryn, Lora Ann, Debra Lynn. Married SusanGail Jeffries, July 4, 1964 (divorced September 1974).

Father:

James LeRoy Senior Hale

Mother:

Grace Viola (Nichols) Hale

Spouse:

SusanGail Jeffries

Spouse:

Cathy Jo Johnsmiller

child:

Debra Lynn Hale

child:

Kathryn Hale

child:

Lora Ann Hale