Areas of Expertise
Child custody and visitation evaluations and family court expertise with:
- Relocation issues
- Domestic violence/issues of power and control/assessment of allegations of domestic violence
- Parental alienation/irrationally alienated children/assessment of allegations of parental alienation
- Alcohol and substance abuse related to custody issues
- Child attachment and emotional bonding
- Child abuse, child sexual abuse and neglect/false allegations of child sexual abuse
- Juvenile delinquency/sexual assault perpetrated by adolescents/fire-setting/violence/substance abuse. Evaluation of psychopathic tendencies in adolescents
- Symptoms of Battered Women
- Consultation regarding adverse custody evaluations and contra reports
- Assessment of Potential for Parental child abduction/evaluation of children who have suffered international parental child abductions
- Grand-parent custody and visitation issues
- Supervision and training in conducting custody evaluations
- Parental acceptance-rejection syndrome related to parents and children in custody, delinquency, abuse and neglect cases
Areas of Expert Witness Specialization Criminal Behavior
- Review and analysis of potentially mitigating circumstances in connection with crime.
- Mental impairment/diminished capacity assessment.
- Criminal behavior affected by intellectual, mental and emotional disability.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder and its effects on criminal behavior.
- False arrest
- Dangerousness, malingering, criminality assessment.
- Pre-sentence Family studies and Bio-psycho-social evaluations, effects on family of person to be sentenced or possibly deported.
- Police officers and Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Victim Assessments
Experience With the Following areas of Criminal Casework:
- Murder
- Rape
- Robbery
- Arson
- Assault
- Burglary
- Sexual assault, sexual abuse
- Child abuse
- Domestic violence
- Hit and Run, DWI, Vehicular Homicide
- White Collar Crime
Personal Injury Litigation and Disabilities
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Retardation and Developmental delays
- Personal injury, emotional pain, long-term effects, long-term psychological treatment plans and estimation of costs.
- Psychological, Psychiatric and Alcoholism Treatment Record Review (inpatient and outpatient).
- Injured Child Assessments
- Work-related Injuries
- Alcoholism and other drug abuse problems
- Malpractice
- Asperger's Disorder