Dr. Diane J. Weiss
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
With over 40 years' experience in psychiatry, including decades providing expert witness litigation support, IMEs regarding psychiatric aspects of harassment (sexual/gender-based/racial), employment law, and/or injuries/accidents related to Personal Injury and Workers' Compensation issues, Dr. Weiss is well known for her comprehensive, fact-based, persuasive reports.
Dr. Weiss' unique ability to establish exceptional rapport with clients allows for thoughtful, thorough examinations, leaving no stone unturned. As everything affects the psyche, her keen attention to detail with complex medical-legal records enables her to integrate highly complex psychiatric histories and concepts, coming to evidence-based opinions, and providing high-caliber, usable medical-legal reporting and testimony.
Dr. Weiss has decades of diverse experience. Able to view a case through multiple lenses, she must consider what has happened prior to, since, and outside of an accident/incident, as well as uncovering details of the event(s) itself. She must be objective and look at the evidence which has been presented. It is important to consider how a person is functioning, and what is the status of their mental/psychological state. If there is evidence for psychiatric injury/pain and suffering, her ability to articulate a person's perspective, as well as how she, as the psychiatric expert, would understand the issues and their impacts on each individual case, is unparalleled.
Ultimately, whether Dr. Weiss' findings strengthen her client's case, or help to uncover weaknesses/deficiencies which need to be addressed, one can be confident that Dr. Weiss will provide a through, detailed psychiatric analysis based on medical evidence.
Dr. Weiss, well-traveled, fluent in both English and Spanish, holding a Master's Degree in Public Health and BA in Scandinavian Languages, easily facilitates robust connections with people from all walks of life. She is a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a Board Certified Psychiatrist, in private practice since 1988. Her expert witness work has involved employment law, concentrating in claims of emotional distress along with pain and suffering. Dr. Weiss provides litigation support in cases related to harassment (sexual/gender-based/racial), PTSD, as well as other personal injury/accident complaints.
- Emotional Trauma
- Independent Medical Examinations
- Personal Injury
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychiatry
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Harassment/Discrimination
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: 1985 - California State Medical License
- Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: American Psychiatric Association
California Medical Association
California Psychiatric Association
California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery
Los Angeles County Medical Association
The Psychiatric Clinical Faculty Association (PCFA)
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
Southern California Psychiatric Society
Southern California Society for Clinical Hypnosis
American Academy of Medical Hypnoanalysis
- Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor
University of California at Los Angeles
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
Clinical Supervisor
UCLA San Fernando Valley Psychiatry Residency Program
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Psychiatry
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: December 2024
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: 37 years
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Psychiatric examinations, reports, consultations, testimony.
Available Upon Request