Forensic Services

Areas of Focus
Area of specialty is the application of neuropsychology and forensic psychology
Focus Area Overview
Laws / Procedures
Firm / Experience

Areas of focus:

Assessments in Employment, Personal Injury, Family Law and Criminal Domains:

Wide spectrum of Forensic and Clinical Services including employment and workplace issues, personal injury, child custody, criminal and probate. Extensive experience in court testimony in Civil and Criminal trials and arbitrations.

Forensic Assessments in Personal Injury
Expert on Effects of Electrocution and Brain Trauma
Competency to Execute Wills
Effects of Physical and Psychological Trauma and Brain Injury
Child Custody
Expert in Bonding Studies
Assessments for Military Command
- Assessment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Assessment of Battle Trauma
- Assessment of Fitness for Duty Evaluations
- Standard of Core Assessments

Area of specialty is the application of neuropsychology and forensic psychology

Criminal Courts:

Forensic Assessments Pertaining to:

False Confessions
Eyewitness Identifications
Criminal Intent
Effects of Brain Injury on Behavior
Sanity
Competency
Sex Offending Allegations – Analysis of investigative interviews, child memory
Critique of child investigative interviews
Cognitive assessment
Brain pathology and behavior

Family Courts:

Psychological evaluation in Personal Injury Matters
Expert in bonding studies
Custody and visitation recommendations
Second opinion on custody evaluations

Civil Courts:

False memories and recovered memories
Effects of Physical and Psychological Trauma
Competency to execute wills
Effects of physical and psychological trauma
Effects of pornography on minors
Neuropsychological assessment of Brain Injury
Assessment of reliability of child investigative interviews

Law Enforcement:

Fitness of Duty Assessments
Member of Orange County Sheriff, Professional service reserve.
Member of crisis team assisting officers with involuntary holds
Input to Orange County Sheriff in Homeland Security Matters
Assisted officers in field to manage and approach unstable subjects
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Assessment of Employment and Workplace Issues:

Assessment of unlawful termination complaints
Certification
Assessement of Sexual Harrashment

Focus Area Overview:

To provide forensic neuropsychological and clinical assessment in matters of workplace and employment issues, personal injury, criminal, physical and psychological trauma. Firm foundations of the science utilized relating to criminal, family law, civil matters and personal injury. Professional presentation of scientific data to fact finders and juries. Procedure is initial consultation provided to counsel to define nature and scope of problem. Application of findings to referral issues. After initial consultation, a plan for the evaluation, psychological and cognitive testing is presented.

Laws / Procedures:

General procedure is for referral source to provide all medical and educational relevant records. Third party information relevant to referral issues is quiet helpful in conjunction with evaluation approach of using multiple data sources. This approach can contribute greatly to reliability and validity of the forensic assessment.

Firm / Experience:

Expert Peer Reviewer, California Board of Psychology, Enforcement Divison
30 years of experience in practice of forensic neuropsychology and clinical psychology.
Forensic assessment expert meant for plaintiff and defense counsel
Defense, prosecution and court appointed expert
Expert medical reviewer
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Keck School of Medicine, USC.
Forensic assessments for fitness of duty
Individual and family therapy for USC referred patients.
Peer reviewer, guest lecturer, guest editor, lecturer symposium American College of Forensic Psychology
Expert Testimony contributed to new trials and reversal of criminal convictions
Independent Medical Examiner, State of California
Court appointed expert to review treatment facility program
Member Orange County Sheriff, Professional service reserve
USC referral resource for community
Field Internship Supervisor, UCLA internship program (2018).