Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witnesses

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Expert witnesses who are available to consult and testify regarding competency, sentencing recommendations, treatment recommendations, and assessment of future risk may be found on this page. They may write reports on criminal responsibility, criminal profiles, forensic evaluations, and exaggerated or faked symptoms. Forensic psychiatry experts may also testify on criminal evaluations, malingering, feigned symptoms, forensic assessment, personality disorders, settled insanity, mental status, mental capacity, wrongful commitment, and inadequate informed consent.

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Mark I. Levy, MD, DLFAPA (Medical Director of Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P., a nationwide expert witness firm)
Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P. (fpamed) is a national consulting firm with offices in California, Nevada and North Carolina assisting litigating attorneys. The firm includes 15 board certified forensic psychiatrists, 7 forensic neuropsychiatrists... Learn More ›

Sanjay G. Adhia, MD (Adhia & Associates, Forensic Psychiatry)
Dr. Adhia is a triple Board-Certified Forensic Psychiatrist based in Houston, TX. He testifies nationally. He is uniquely Board-Certified in Forensic Psychiatry and Brain Injury Medicine in civil, criminal, and military jurisdictions. Adolescent &... Learn More ›

Roy H. Lubit MD, Ph.D.
Roy Lubit MD, Ph.D. is board certified in Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. He has special expertise in evaluating emotional trauma in children and adults (post traumatic stress disorder-PTSD), traumatic brain injury... Learn More ›

Dale E. Panzer (Dale E. Panzer MD, Psychiatrist and Expert Witness)
Dale E. Panzer, M.D. is among the select few experts double-board certified in Psychiatry and Brain Injury Medicine. During his decades-long career, Dr. Panzer has served as a forensic evaluator and expert witness in high stakes, high-value litigation.... Learn More ›

Park Dietz (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc.)
PD&A offers forensic experts in psychiatry, psychology, neuropsychology, neurology, pathology, nursing, social work, criminal behavior analysis, police, corrections, security, and toxicology. For the 28 years we've been operating as a group we've consistently... Learn More ›
Matthew L. Edwards, MD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Matthew L. Edwards, M.D., is a general and forensic psychiatrist and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Edwards graduated from Princeton University with...
Kevin B. Nowrangi, MD (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Kevin Nowrangi, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist with sub-specialized training in child and adolescent psychiatry as well as forensic psychiatry. Dr. Nowrangi has many years of experience assessing...
Morrison MedLegal (Morrison MedLegal Experts - Psychiatry, Radiology, and Orthopedic Surgery)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Morrison MedLegal is an expert witness group offering the services of trusted professionals in psychiatry, radiology, and orthopedic surgery. We are truth-seekers, committed to accurate and honest evaluations. --...
ForensisGroup, Inc. (The Expert of Experts)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: For over 30 years, ForensisGroup has provided the nation’s top law firms, businesses, insurance companies, government entities with highly qualified expert witnesses and consultants. Experts referred by...
Takeo Toyoshima, MD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Toyoshima is a general, addiction, and forensic psychiatrist practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area. He received his B.S. from Yale and his M.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. He...
Steven H. Berger, MD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Berger is a forensic psychiatrist who is a member of Forensic Psychiatric Associates Medical Corp (www.fpamed.com) a national forensic psychiatric and psychological consulting practice. Dr. Berger...
Lisa Boesky (Jail Suicide Expert )
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Lisa Boesky is a Jail Suicide expert. She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who has spent over 25 years focusing on Correctional Suicide. Dr. Lisa conducts audits/reviews of Jail Suicide Prevention...
Henry M. Storper, MD
Location: Florida
Areas of Expertise: Board Certified Psychiatrist and Forensic Psychiatrist Henry M. Storper, MD, has a private practice, providing outpatient and inpatient care. Dr. Storper has been in practice for 40 years. FORENSIC...
James Armontrout, MD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Armontrout is a forensic psychiatrist who is a member of Forensic Psychiatric Associates Medical Corp (www.fpamed.com) a national forensic psychiatric and psychological consulting practice. Dr....
Selene Diaz, M.D. (Expedient Medicolegal Service)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Selene Diaz, M.D. is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist with a distinguished career in both clinical practice and leadership roles within the Department of State Hospitals in California. She is currently serving...
Consolidated Consultants
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Consolidated Consultants (CCc) continues to deliver high quality expert witness and medical expert witness referrals nationwide since 1995. CCc is the only referral service where you can view the full,...
Bennett Blum, MD (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Bennett Blum, MD is an internationally acclaimed physician specializing in both forensic and geriatric psychiatry. An expert on the detection and impact of psychological manipulation tactics used by offenders...
Maurice Preter, MD (Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Neurology)
Location: New York
Areas of Expertise: Dr. med. Maurice Preter, MD is a psychiatrist, neuropsychiatrist, psychopharmacologist and neurologist based in New York City with close to four decades' worth of experience in the medical profession....
Monica M. Argumedo, MD (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Monica Argumedo, MD, is board certified in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. She completed medical school at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and residency training at Georgetown University...
Walter E.B. Sipe, MD
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Sipe, Board Certified in Psychiatry and Pediatrics, has an active outpatient psychotherapy and medication management practice serving adults and adolescents. He is on the clinical faculty at UCSF...
William Connor Darby (Darby Forensics )
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: William Connor Darby, M.D., is a nationally renowned forensic psychiatrist and leading educator in the field, whose expertise is based on rigorous training at the top academic institutions, extensive knowledge...
Gregory P Brown (Gregory P Brown, M.D., Prof. Corp.)
Location: Nevada
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Brown has conducted thousands of forensic evaluations and rendered expert witness deposition or court testimony more than 80 times in civil and criminal cases for over 20 years. Dr. Brown testifies...
Jorien Campbell, MD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Jorien Campbell graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and received her Doctor of Medicine degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed...
Gregory McGowan, MD (Expedient Medicolegal Services)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Gregory McGowan is a licensed psychiatrist. He earned his medical degree from Marshall University and then completed his residency in psychiatry at the University of California. Dr. McGowan currently...
Ayesha Ashai, MD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Ashai has performed numerous civil and criminal forensic psychiatric evaluations and has been qualified as an expert in the field of psychiatry in the Sacramento Superior Court. She has extensive training...
Tyler M Durns, MD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Tyler Durns graduated with Honors from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology and minors in Psychology and Chemistry. He then went on to earn his Medical...
Suzanne Dupee (Suzanne M. Dupee MD, Psychiatrist, A Professional Medical Corporation)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Dupee is a triple board certified forensic psychiatrist in General Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry. She trained at Cedar-Sinai, Los Angeles (psychiatry residency),...
Daniel A. Martell, PhD, ABPP (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Daniel Martell, PhD, ABPP, has consulted on hundreds of forensic cases across the country over the past 35 years, including Criminal, Civil, and Elder Law issues. His expertise centers on dangerousness...
David Y. Kan, M.D., D.F.A.S.A.M. (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Kan is a forensic psychiatrist who is a member of Forensic Psychiatric Associates Medical Corp (www.fpamed.com) a national forensic psychiatric and psychological consulting practice. Dr. David Kan...
Robert Scott Johnson (San Francisco Psychiatry)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Harvard/Mass General-trained forensic psychiatrist, double Board Certified (ABPN) in both Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. 20+ academic peer-reviewed publications on various topics in forensic psychiatry....
Leonard J. Weiss, M.D. (Leonard J. Weiss, M.D., Psychiatry Austin, PLLC)
Location: Texas
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Weiss is Board-Certified in Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, and Brain Injury Medicine based in Austin, Texas. He is uniquely qualified to address the complicated...
Christopher Jay Heckman, M.D., M.S., Q.M.E. (Expedient Medicolegal Services)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Christopher Heckman is currently a member of the Clinical Operations Advisory Council (COAC) for the California Department of State Hospitals. The Clinical Operations Division facilitates the development,...
Lawrence S. Mayer, MD, MS, PhD
Location: Arizona and Maryland
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Mayer is an expert on the use of epidemiology, statistics and biostatistics in addressing issues of general causation in a clinical, regulatory or policy setting. He has worked on a wide range...
Renée Sorrentino, MD (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Renée Sorrentino, MD, one of the nation’s leading forensic psychiatrists, conducts evaluations and testifies in civil and criminal matters throughout New England. She holds medical licenses in California,...
Ernest A. Kendrick (Ernest A. Kendrick, M.D., PA)
Location: Texas
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Ernest A. Kendrick, a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist in private practice in Houston, Texas. Dr. Kendrick is Board Certified in Psychiatry, Child...
Paul Elizondo III, DO (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Paul Elizondo graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and received his Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Touro University in California. He completed...
Mariam Garuba, MD (HealthAdvise, LLC)
Location: New Jersey
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Mariam Garuba is a psychiatrist in Jersey City, NJ and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Consolidated Care, Newton Medical Center, Monterey County Behavioral Health, Purple...
Alan W. Newman, MD, LFAPA (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Alan W. Newman, MD, LFAPA is one of the leading forensic psychiatrists in the United States. He has served as an expert witness in various suicide-related cases, including emergency suicide assessments,...
Michael S. Rogers, MD (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Michael S. Rogers, MD has had a private forensic psychiatry practice since 2018—across an extremely broad range of cases—with special areas of interest or trial/case expertise including trial competency...
Charles Saldanha, MD, FAPA (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Saldanha is a forensic psychiatrist who is a member of Forensic Psychiatric Associates Medical Corp (www.fpamed.com) a national forensic psychiatric and psychological consulting practice. Charles...
Robert S. Brown (Forensicpsychiatry.com)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Unique Credentials - Enhanced Analysis: IME Doctor licensed in Virginia, North Carolina, and West Virginia. Dr. Robert Brown is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry....
Pogos H. Voskanian, M.D. (General and Forensic Psychiatry)
Location: Pennsylvania
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Voskanian is a Clinical and Forensic Psychiatrist certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, who specializes in applications of scientific and...
Tyler E. Morrison, M.D., M.A.S. (Morrison Psychiatry)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Adult and child psychiatrist, double board-certified. Trained at top 4 psychiatry residency. Active clinical practice, treating adults and children. Experienced educator. Leader of forensic rotation, as...
Matthew J Steiner (Expedient Medicolegal Services)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: As a board certified psychiatrist and Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine, Dr. Steiner brings a broad range of experience and interests through his 11+ years of experience providing mental...
Lawrence Belcher, MD (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Lawrence Belcher, MD—board-certified in adult and forensic psychiatry—is a Forensic Psychiatric Expert with Park Dietz & Associates. Harvard-trained and a former faculty member of Harvard Medical School,...
Richard J Frances MD
Location: New York
Areas of Expertise: Richard Frances, MD, is an expert in addiction psychiatry and psychiatry. He was the founding president of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, Past President and Medical Director of Silver Hill...
Roger K Pitman, M.D. (Harvard Medical School)
Location: Massachusetts
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Pitman has been practicing psychiatry for more than 50 years. He is Certified in Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, and Brain Injury Medicine by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is...
Harold J. Bursztajn (Accredited Psychiatry & Medicine)
Location: Massachusetts
Areas of Expertise: Specializes in Forensic Psychiatry, Medical & Psychiatry Malpractice, Managed Health Care, Informed Consent, Professional Ethics, Addiction, Product Liability, Assessments of Workplace Violence and Dangerousness,...
Samuel Miles (Samuel I. Miles, MD, PHD)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Miles provides consultations, reports, and expert testimony to both plaintiffs and defendants in litigated civil and criminal matters. He has qualified as expert in state and federal courts to provide...
KyleeAnn Stevens, MD, DFAPA (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: KyleeAnn Stevens, MD, board certified in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry, is a skilled forensic psychiatrist with extensive experience as an expert witness and as a health system administrator. She...
Andrew Clark (Andrew B. Clark M.D.)
Location: Massachusetts
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Clark is an experienced psychiatrist who is triple board certified in forensic psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, and adult psychiatry. Harvard trained and on the faculty of Massachusetts...
Medical Advisors, Inc./Technical Network Consulting Service
Location: Pennsylvania
Areas of Expertise: Your Link To Americas Most Qualified Experts! Get the right Expert and the right Service! Medical Advisors, Inc. provides top ranked Board Certified physicians and academicians in all medical specialties....
Martin H Williams (Williams Forensic Mental Health Services (Offices in Northern and Southern California))
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Martin H. Williams has offices in San Jose, Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento and San Diego. He has never failed to qualify as an expert in any Criminal, Civil or Administrative matter. He is...
Kevin A. Domingos (Boston Neuropsychological Services, LLC)
Location: Massachusetts
Areas of Expertise: We have a team of neuropsychologists that uses a peer review process on all cases. Our staff was trained at Children's Hospital in Boston, Yale University Child Study Center, and Harvard Medical School,...
Patrick Wiita MD
Location: South Carolina
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Wiita is triple Board Certified in Forensic Psychiatry, General Psychiatry, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and his expertise is based on rigorous training at the USC Institute of Psychiatry, Law,...
Elliott M. Stein (Elliott M. Stein, M.D.)
Location: California and Florida
Areas of Expertise: I am a specialist in the Evaluation and Treatment of Older Adults including the evaluation and treatment of depression, anxiety, stress disorders, relationship problems, insomnia, memory problems, dementia,...
Octavio Choi, MD, PhD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Choi is a forensic psychiatrist who is a member of Forensic Psychiatric Associates Medical Corp (www.fpamed.com) a national forensic psychiatric and psychological consulting practice. Dr. Choi is...
Pia Quimson-Guevarra
Location: Oregon
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Pia Quimson-Guevarra is Board-Certified in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She has expertise in emotionald distress factors in civil litigation,...
Alice R Berkowitz (A Professional Psychology Corporation)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: For over 20 years, Dr. Berkowitz has specialized in forensic psychology, neuropsychology and clinical/diagnostic assessment and court evaluations and trainings. She is a licensed Clinical Psychologist...
Edward Szteinbaum, MD (HealthAdvise, LLC)
Location: New Jersey
Areas of Expertise: I am a board certified, bilingual (Spanish) psychiatrist with over 34 years of experience in General, Addiction and Forensic Psychiatry. Services offered are : -Independent Psychiatric Evaluations -Disability...
Gloria M Kardong (Gloria M. Kardong, MD, DLFAPA, DABPN)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Gloria M. Kardong, M.D. is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist who has been in full time private practice in Palo Alto, CA for the past 25 years. She is Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and...
Amanda Goldstein, MD (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Amanda Goldstein, MD, who is board certified in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry, is a clinical psychiatrist at the Mind Health Institute in Beverly Hills, California. She treats a broad range of mental...
Mitchell H. Dunn
Location: Texas
Areas of Expertise: Mitchell H. Dunn, M.D. is a sub-specialty board-certified forensic psychiatrist who spends the vast majority of his time as the forensic director of a state hospital forensic psychiatry program. He has...
American Medical Forensic Specialists
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: MEDICAL EXPERTS FOR MALPRACTICE & PERSONAL INJURY CASES AMFS is America's premier medical expert witness and consulting company. We are a trusted partner with the legal community and provide a superior method of retaining medical experts.
Debra S Borys, Ph.D., FABPF (Forensic & Clinical Psychologist)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Borys is a UCLA-educated forensic,clinical & health psychologist and diplomate in forensic psychology. She provides emotional damages assessment, case consultation on psych issues, lit review, & review...
Forensic Psychiatry FAQs

What is a forensic psychiatry expert witness?

A forensic psychiatry expert witness is a psychiatrist who has specialized training and experience in the evaluation and testimony of mental health issues in legal settings. They may provide testimony on issues such as mental competency, criminal responsibility, and sanity.

What is the role of a forensic psychiatry expert witness?

The job of a forensic psychiatry expert witness is to provide testimony related to criminal behavior, mental health disorders, and legal responsibility, among other matters.

How much can a person make as a forensic psychiatry expert witness?

Forensic psychiatry expert witnesses may agree with the retaining attorney to an hourly rate anywhere from $200 to $450 per hour, or more, depending on the case.

What are the qualifications of a forensic psychiatry expert witness?

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What type of evidence is gathered in a legal proceeding by a forensic psychiatry expert witness?

Forensic psychiatry expert witnesses gather evidence such as medical records, psychological evaluations, and interviews with the defendant to provide insight into the defendant's mental state and potential impact on their behavior.

In what type of cases might expert testimony be heard from a forensic psychiatry expert witness?

Forensic psychiatry expert witnesses may provide testimony in cases involving criminal behavior, mental illness, competency to stand trial, insanity defense, and other legal matters related to mental health.