Dr. Lucas A Klein
San Diego, CA 92127
Office: 760-889-0118
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. He has been a member of the assessment team in the California Dept. of Corrections, and has conducted hundreds of assessments in his practice for a variety of purposes. He has been a contractor to the federal government for the assessment of PTSD, and has been a friend of the Superior Court of California in Juvenile Forensics. Dr. Klein has worked with several well known attorneys in San Diego, CA on civil cases where trauma and other psychological markers are an integral part of the injury claim. He is a proficient public speaker, which makes him able to manage the pressure of being on the stand.
Dr. Klein would prefer to have a meeting or a phone call prior to working together in order to determine whether there is a fit between the attorney and the expert. He finds that spending time at the beginning of a working relationship determining expectations and differences can prevent unnecessary complications.
- Emotional Trauma
- Forensic Psychology
- Malingering
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychology
- Sexual Abuse
- Stress
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, CSPP 2012.
Independent License, 2012
Licensed in CA, NY, CT, OR. Willing to travel for cases in these states. - Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: Adult Psychoanalyst, 2020, American Psychoanalytic Association
- Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: Assessment Team, California Dept of Corrections 2013-2015
- Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
- A: no
- Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Civil litigation: 5
Superior Court of California for Juvenile Forensics: 20-30
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Civil: PTSD damages
Criminal: Juvenile competency, diagnostic and advisement to the court, threat assessment - Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: Civil: 100%
Criminal: retained as friend of the court - Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: As of yet, not directly retained by defendant's representation
- Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
- A: 3
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: 2018
- Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
- A: 2
- Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
- A: 2
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: Combined 5 years. 2013-2018 Actively. During 2020-23 hiatus. Active presently
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Consulting on cases, testing, reports. I do not have experience as a full IME as of yet. My services have often been providing testing data to the retained expert. I can provide stand alone reports or supplemental reports for your expert. We should discuss prior to my retainment.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: $450. Initial phone calls or meetings are free of charge. I hold these meetings in order to make sure our expectations are aligned. If they are, we proceed, and if not, we part. This is a best practice in my opinion.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: $350
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: $450
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
- A: $450
- Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
- A: Local travel in San Diego is charged at $250/hr or a percentage thereof. Interstate travel is charged on as a whole fee. Generally I ask that my lodging and travel are paid, and then a rate of $1700 per day while I am in transit if I have to cancel an entire day of my caseload, in order to account for lost clinical practice revenue.
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