Areas of Expertise in Federal & State Courts
- Competency to stand trial/waive Miranda rights/Confess
- Not guilty by reason of insanity/diminished capacity/voluntary intoxication
- Death penalty mitigation (neuropsychological and psychological evaluations)
- Atkins death penalty intellectual disability (MR) evaluations
- Sexual homicide mitigation evaluations
- Neuropsychological evaluations for pretrial and sentencing (traumatic brain injury, substance abuse, ADHD, dementia)
- PTSD related self-defense claims (Veteran’s, Battered Women’s Syndrome)
- Veteran’s with traumatic brain injury and polytrauma evaluations
- Presentence psychological/disposition/mitigation evaluations
- Sexually Violent Predator Evaluations—Civil Commitment and Community Notification
- Child pornography and online solicitation cases—sentencing, diagnosis, risk assessment and treatment amenability
- Risk assessments for civil commitment and sentencing for the mentally ill & dangerous
- Juvenile defendants—competency to stand trial, transfer to adult court, juvenile sex offenders
- Personal injury evaluation for traumatic brain injury and emotional distress
- Independent Medical Examinations for Insurance Disability
- Parent fitness and child custody evaluation
- Workplace violence evaluations
- Police fitness for duty evaluations
