Sexual Abuse Expert Witnesses

Medical Expert Witness Listings

On this page you will find expert witnesses who may give expert opinions regarding sexual abuse and sexual harassment. The professionals found through this page may advise regarding child molestation, child sexual abuse, coercive sexual activity, and cyberpornography. These experts may provide reports regarding non-consensual sexual activity, forced physical sexual behavior, rape, and incest. Experts found through this page may also testify regarding unwelcome sexual advances, spa sexual abuse, massage sexual abuse, quid pro quo sexual harassment, workplace sexual harassment, rape related post traumatic stress disorder (RR-PTSD), sexual assault, sexual misconduct, sexual offenses, and statutory rape, as well as related topics.

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Theodore N. Hariton, MD
Forensic Obstetrics and Gynecology Diplomat American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists Areas of Trial Experience and Expertise:... Learn More ›

Glen D. Skoler (Clinical and Forensic Psycholog (Licensed: PA, NJ, MD, VA, DC) & PSYPACT Interstate Compact )
Glen D. Skoler, Ph.D. is a clinical and forensic psychologist with over 35 years of experience in court evaluations, testimony and providing forensic services. Dr. Skoler is licensed in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C.... 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 ›

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 ›

Christian Jordal Ph.D., LMFT, CST-S
I am a licensed marriage and family therapist, AAMFT Approved Supervisor and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist Supervisor with 15 years of clinical experience, including working with couples divorcing and negotiating child custody. Marital and partner... Learn More ›
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...
Mohan Nair (Southern California Neurodiagnostic Center)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Nair brings his extensive training, clinical experience, and formal board certifications to provide you an in-depth and nuanced medico-legal analysis of cases for adults, adolescents, and children...
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.
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...
Lucas A Klein
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Lucas A. Klein, Ph.D. is a Licensed Psychologist in California, New York, Connecticut, and Oregon. He is also a formally trained Psychoanalyst. Dr. Klein has extensive experience in psychological testing....
Park Dietz (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: PD&A offers forensic experts in psychiatry, psychology, neuropsychology, neurology, pathology, nursing, social work, criminal behavior analysis, police, corrections, security, and toxicology. For the...
Matthew E Karlovsky, MD, FACS (Urology & Mesh Medical Consulting)
Location: Arizona
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Karlovsky is a very experienced double Board certified in Urology & Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (a.k.a. Urogynecology). He provides timely and thorough case review regarding:...
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...
Jeffery C. Huffman, MD (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Jeffery C. Huffman, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Associate Chief of Psychiatry for Clinical Services at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where he oversees more than...
Douglas S. Hart (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Douglas S. Hart is a recognized expert in violent crimes, having personally investigated and managed several high-profile cases, including homicides, multiple-homicides, abductions, and other related offenses....
Rachyll Dempsey, PsyD (Expedient Medicolegal Services)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Dempsey is a Forensic Neuropsychologist licensed as a psychologist in 2006 by the California Board of Psychology; as a psychologist in 2022 by the Nevada and Alaska Boards of Psychology; Board Certified...
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,...
April Gould (Park Dietz and Associates)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. April Gould is an expert on radicalization, extremism, ideological- and hate-motivated violence, and collective violence. This expertise derives from both her academic research and her personal experience...
Robert M. Gordon (Robert M. Gordon, PhD ABPP)
Location: Florida
Areas of Expertise: I have been practicing Forensic Psychology (civil and criminal) since 1976. I have over 100 scholarly publications in the areas of PTSD, malingering, and diagnostic assessments. I am double board credentialed...
Hayden P Smith (University of South Carolina)
Location: South Carolina
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Hayden P. Smith is a Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina. His principal focus of study is the intersection of the criminal justice and public health systems....
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...
Rhonda E Greenberg (Center for Forensic and Clincial Psychology of NJ LLC.)
Location: New Jersey
Areas of Expertise: *Request Overview of Services and Fee Schedule to: centerforforensicpsychology@gmail.com CENTER FOR FORENSIC AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY LLC Serving clients in outpatient and forensic...
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...
Mark D. Lerner (Lerner Psychological Services, P.C. — Emotional Distress / Emotional Damages / Fitness for Duty / Fitness to Practice)
Location: New York
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Mark Lerner is a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist in New York with over 35 years of experience. He specializes in proving and disproving claims of significant or egregious emotional distress. Dr....
Matthew Madaus
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 35 years of experience leading behavioral health executives and agencies. I have been providing expert witness services for seven years, consulted on 78...
Elite Medical Experts
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Elite Medical Experts is a physician-based firm specializing exclusively in medical litigation. Our one goal is to align top-tier university professors with the legal community. We secure experts for medical litigation from every medical and surgical speciality.
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...
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...
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....
Steven Gaskell (Psycholegal Assessments, Inc.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Steven Gaskell is a forensic psychologist with expertise in performing a variety of Psycholegal Evaluations. He is currently a licensed psychologist in Illinois, Georgia, and Kansas. He has expertise...
Karen Widman Frost (Titan National Consulting Group LLC)
Location: Oregon
Areas of Expertise: I joined the Los Angels Police Department in 1994. During my career, I worked a variety of assignments, but found my calling as a detective in 2008. I worked a variety of different investigative assignments...
Stephanie Wolf (Maven Psychology Group)
Location: Maryland and District of Columbia
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Wolf is a Forensic Psychologist and former attorney who has also worked as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland and George Washington University. She is a subject matter expert in areas...
Douglas F Watt (Clinic for Cognitive Disorders)
Location: New Hampshire
Areas of Expertise: I am a senior clinical Neuropsychologist, presently on the faculty of the Boston University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and the Boston Institute for the Study of Violence. I have been...
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,...
Adam Bruno (Adam Bruno and Associates)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Adam Bruno is a licensed educational psychologist and a licensed marriage and family therapist. He has been working in the mental health field since 2006. Dr. Bruno specializes in the evaluation and...
Jeff VanBendegom (Dutch Doc, LLC)
Location: Wisconsin
Areas of Expertise: Dr VanBendegom is a board certified, residency trained Emergency Physician and a Fellow in the American College of Emergency Physicians. He has 20 years of experience as a full time practicing Emergency...
Medilex Inc.
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: MEDICAL EXPERTS IN 180 SPECIALTIES, FREE INITIAL TELEPHONE ANALYSIS BY OUR DIRECTOR, A COST-CONTROL GUARANTEE...AND NO EXPERT SEARCH FEES–ALL MONIES ARE APPLIED TO THE EXPERT'S ACTUAL WORK. Medilex...
Mariann F. Cosby DNP, MPA, RN, PHN, CEN, NE-BC, LNCC, CLCP, CCM, MSCC, CSN, FAEN (MFC Consulting)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: MFC Consulting provides an array of independent consulting services to attorneys and insurance carriers. Services include development and /or review of Life Care Plans, Medical Cost Projections, Medical...
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...
Alix McLearen, PhD (Eagle Security Group)
Location: Virginia
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Alix McLearen is a distinguished licensed clinical psychologist that has testified before the United States Commission on Civil Rights and women’s prison conditions, served as the Department of Justice’s...
Natalie Jones (Lifetime Counseling and Consulting)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Domestic violence / sexual assault / criminalist national practice since 2014. Completed several forensic interviews of sexual assault/abuse, certificates of merit, including video recorded interviews...
Julie Hall, Ph.D. (Julie Hall, Ph.D.   )
Location: New York
Areas of Expertise: Julie Hall, Ph.D., 25+ years as nationally recognized scholar on gender violence including child sexual abuse by adults in schools (public, private, higher education) and youth serving organizations. Her...
Vivian Alvarez, Ph.D
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Alvarez is a Bilingual (Spanish-speaking), bicultural, Clinical Psychologist with expertise in psychological evaluations and psychotherapy of children, adolescents, and adults. She specializes in post-trauma...
Helen Grusd
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Past President of LA County Psychological Association, Past Board Member of California Psychological Association-Division of Clinical Psychology. Assessment of over 1000...
Howard M. Knoff (Project ACHIEVE Educational Solutions)
Location: Florida
Areas of Expertise: A Licensed Psychologist (FL) and Nationally Certified School Psychologist, Dr. Howie Knoff has been an Expert Witness in innumerable Federal and State Court cases, as well as Due Process Hearings and...
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...
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...
William L. Bainbridge, Ph.D., FACFE (SchoolMatch Institute)
Location: Florida
Areas of Expertise: William L. Bainbridge, Ph.D.,FACFE, former Distinguished Research Professor for the University of Dayton and President & CEO of the SchoolMatch Institute is a court qualified expert in: educational management,...
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...
Randy G. Reese, Ph.D. (Robson Forensic, Inc.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Randy Reese is a licensed clinical neuropsychologist. He earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto, CA, and completed his postdoctoral fellowship...
Shreya Mandal, JD, LCSW (Mitigation Specialist/ Social Work Expert Witness)
Location: New York
Areas of Expertise: Shreya Mandal JD, LCSW has been contracting as a capital mitigation specialist with the Military Commissions Defense Organization (MCDO) since May, 2020. She provides capital defense mitigation for a high-value...
Mark I. Levy, MD, DLFAPA (Medical Director of Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P., a nationwide expert witness firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: 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...
Staci B. Weiner, Psy.D., APIT (Robson Forensic)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Staci Weiner is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified school psychologist with nearly 20 years of experience. In her forensic casework, Dr. Weiner investigates claims and personal injury litigation...
Ben E Benjamin (The Benjamin Institute, Massage Therapy Expert Witness)
Location: Massachusetts
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Benjamin has served as an expert witness since 2004 on cases involving allegations of sexual assault by massage therapists. He has worked with both plaintiff and defense attorneys, testifying both...
Nicol Stolar-Peterson, PsyD, LCSW, BCD
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Child Abuse/Child Welfare Expert national practice. Completed over 1000 child abuse investigations and interviews, 100’s of removals, 100’s of foster care and adoptive placements. 11 years of field experience...
Adrienne Isom Malin (Eagle Security Group)
Location: Virginia
Areas of Expertise: A retired FBI agent and former criminal profiler at the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), Ms. Isom Malin worked cases involving missing/abducted children, child homicide, child exploitation via the...
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...
Lisa Kalich - Board Certified Forensic Psychologist (Pacific Forensic Group)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Lisa Kalich specializes in Sexual Offender and Violence Risk Assessment for Adults and Juveniles, Personal Injury; Parenting Capacity; Disability Determination; False Confession; and Child Witness...
Mark Wolkenhauer, PsyD (Expedient Medicolegal Services)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Mark Wolkenhauer, Psy.D., Q.M.E. is a forensic psychologist with extensive experience in treating and evaluating sexual offenders and individual with severe mental illness. He continues to serve as an...
Sexual Abuse FAQs

What is a sexual abuse expert witness?

A sexual abuse expert witness is a professional qualified by the court who can provide valuable testimony in legal cases involving sexual abuse, providing insight into the psychological, medical, and legal aspects of the case. The expert witness can provide testimony on topics such as sexual assault, child sexual abuse, and the psychological impacts of sexual abuse.

What is the role of a sexual abuse expert witness?

A sexual abuse expert witness offers testimony on the psychological impact of sexual abuse on victims.

How much can a person make as a sexual abuse expert witness?

Sexual abuse expert witnesses may earn somewhere between $200 and $450 per hour, or more depending on the case, and the work involved.

What are the qualifications of a sexual abuse expert witness?

A sexual abuse expert witness should be a licensed mental health professional with specialized training and experience in the assessment and treatment of individuals who have experienced sexual abuse, and possess knowledge of sexual abuse dynamics and trauma.

In a lawsuit, how is evidence gathered by a sexual abuse expert witness?

A sexual abuse expert witness gathers evidence through interviews, medical examinations, and psychological evaluations of the victim. They may also review medical records, police reports, and other relevant documents to support their findings.

What type of cases typically involve the testimony of a sexual abuse expert witness?

Sexual abuse expert witnesses are typically called upon in cases involving allegations of sexual assault, child sexual abuse, and other forms of sexual misconduct. Their testimony can provide crucial evidence in these cases.