Competency Expert Witnesses

Competency refers to the ability of an individual to make conscious decisions or successfully perform a task, which would be highly relevant in the legal contexts. Competency expert witnesses may be called upon to offer an analysis of whether an individual is competent in his or her ability to offer testimony in the event of a court case. Competency is also highly relevant in determining the ability of an individual to sign an important contract, deed, or other legal document, which may become the subject of various forms of lawsuits.

Competency expert witnesses have experience in the psychiatric and psychological fields, as the ability to assess one’s mental state requires a background in mental health. Such experts often conduct independent medical examinations as a means of evaluating the individual in question and whether additional sources, such as bullying, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), malingering, insanity, substance abuse, or serious personal injury or trauma, has affected his or her mental state. If an individual were later deemed as not meeting the required levels of competency for trial, it would alter the outcome of a case. Because competency is determined by a mental health evaluation, competency expert witnesses are licensed and/or certified in psychiatry or psychology.

In addition to those suffering from issues with mental health, elderly individuals are also susceptible to problems with competency, as their advanced mental state may lead others to take advantage and have them sign and/or agree to contracts that they would otherwise resist. If the signer of a deed, as well as other contractual papers, did not meet the required competency standards, it could be grounds for a lawsuit.
ForensisGroup has been connecting attorneys with clients for more than twenty years with great results. Contact us today or submit an expert request form to locate an independent and highly qualified competency expert witness for your case.

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Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness CO 537592

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I have worked in the clinical psychology field for more than 35 years with an emphasis in forensic psychology. My areas of focus include adult/juvenile criminal psychology capacity to care for self-evaluations; cognitive/neuropsychological screenings; competency evaluations; comprehensive psychological evaluations; contractual capacity assessments; dependency and neglect investigations; forensic evaluations; inpatient and outpatient psychotherapy; insanity defense evaluations; guardianship assessments; neurosculpting; meditation; parental responsibility resolutions; parental right termination assessments; reintegration family therapy; and testamentary capacity evaluations. I have been providing psychology services to children, adolescents, adults and elders. My work has been published in scholarly journals and I have presented at conferences and lectures. I have provided consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony for over 35 years as a forensic psychology expert witness.

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Neuropsychology Expert Witness OH 533983

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I am a skilled clinical neuropsychology expert witness with more than 10 years experience. I specialize in providing evaluations of veterans with claimed disabilities, including post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. I also provide neuropsychological evaluations for cases involving personal injury, mental competency in criminal and civil matters, workers compensation, disability/social security, and fitness for duty. I have provided consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony for over a decade as a clinical neuropsychology expert witness.

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Psychiatry Expert Witness San Diego 533153

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I am a knowledgeable psychiatry expert witness with over 30 years experience. My expertise is in psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, geriatric and forensic psychiatry; psychiatric evaluations; competency evaluations; undue influence; and insanity defense. I have been offering consultations, deposition, and court testimony for more than three decades as a psychiatry expert witness.

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Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness Utah 533142

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I am a skilled and knowledgeable psychiatry expert witness. I have spent more than 5 years working with forensic psychiatry, internal medicine, detecting feigned psychiatric illness, suicide and violence risk assessment, competency to stand trial, insanity defense, mental state evaluations, fitness for duty evaluations, psychiatric malpractice, and civil competency evaluations. I have prior experience offering my services as a psychiatry expert witness.

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Psychiatry Expert Witness San Diego 532228

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I am a skilled and experienced psychiatry expert witness. With over 5 years in the field, my expertise includes correctional mental health, forensic psychiatry, clinical psychotherapy care, competency to stand trial, forensic evaluations for the mentally ill, and psychopharmacology. I have prior experience providing consultations and courtroom testimony as a psychiatry expert witness.

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Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness CA(N) 530173

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I am an experienced forensic psychiatry expert witness with more than 25 years in the field. I have an expertise in general psychiatry, including psychiatry evaluations for hospital, outpatient, and forensic matters; pain management; competency to stand trial; cognitive competency in geriatric clients; parental custody and fitness matters; disability; sexual misconduct; substance abuse; and nursing home and assisted living matters. I have additional expertise in obesity medicine and bariatric surgery need. I have spent over 25 years offering deposition, consultations, and courtroom testimony as a forensic psychiatry expert witness.

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Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness NV 531957

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I am an experienced and highly skilled psychiatry expert witness. I have spent more than a decade in the field focusing on forensic psychiatry, correctional psychiatry, mental health evaluations, mental health disability impairments, decision making capacity, testamentary capacity, sanity, competency, deliberate indifference, prison medicine, inmate medical consent, competence to stand trial, and mental health in jails and prisons. I have provided consultations and courtroom testimony for over 5 years as a psychiatry expert witness.

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Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness MO 531621

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I am a knowledgeable psychiatry expert witness with over 45 years in the field. My expertise is in forensic psychiatry, the assessment and treatment of clinical aggression, pharmacotherapy of impulsive aggression, assessment and management of suicide risk, psychiatric disability, fitness for duty, emotional injury, and competency to stand trial. I have additional knowledge in behavioral neuroscience. I have spent more than 40 years providing courtroom testimony, deposition, and consultations as a forensic psychiatry expert witness.

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Rehabilitation Psychology Expert 530866 AL

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I have provided psychological, neuropsychological, and vocational evaluations for more than 40 years. As a rehabibiatiojn psychologist and neuropsychologist, I have provided treatment and evaluation in rehabilitation hospital settings, acute care health facilities, and in private practice. I have treated and evaluated adults with traumatic brain injury, amputation, stroke, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and dementia, blind and low vision and other chronic neurological diseases. Treatment has included group therapy for cognitive rehabilitation, but also individual psychotherapy for PTSD, reactive depression, anxiety disorders, non-medical techniques for chronic pain, and adjustment to disability. I have performed Independent Medical Evaluations (IME) and subsequently testified in depositions and court as an expert witness in neuropsychology and vocational rehabilitation on numerous occasions. The evaluations often include requests for disability reading using AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment 6th Edition our earlier versions. I have extensive experience regarding the evaluation of brain injured individual using up to date neuropsychological tests. Assessments include performance and symptom validity determination, testing designed to estimate premorbid level of functioning, and comprehensive quantification of cognitive ability using demographically corrected norms. Included also is assessment of emotional status using self-report inventories and questionnaires. Vocational evaluations include vocational testing to assess general intellectual capacity, scholastic achievement and career interest often paired with psychological testing to rule/out psychological component or overlay. I identify the individual’s vocational potential, earnings loss or capacity based on residual his/her marketable transferrable skills. I have provided consultations, courtroom testimony, and deposition for more than 30 years as a rehabilitation psychology expert witness.

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Real Estate Broker Expert 523531 AZ

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I have over 20 years experience as a Real Estate Broker, Real Estate Instructor, confidential Consultant and Testifying Expert Witness in Arizona. My experience includes: residential and commercial real estate brokerage, both sales and property management. My expertise includes every aspect of the real estate transaction, including: procedures, policies, standards of care, duty of care, conduct, agency, dual agency, fiduciary duties, industry customs and practices, agent competence, commission disputes, disclosure, advice & counsel, risk management, broker supervision, advertising & marketing, license requirements, Mexico transactions, etc. I have over 20 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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Child Psychiatry Expert 351114 CA(N)

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My career has spanned more than two decades in the field of Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry. My expertise includes child forensic issues such as child custody evaluations, competency to stand trial assessments, diagnostic evaluations and risk assessments for the juvenile courts, parenting assessments in dependency cases, child sexual abuse allegations and child trauma assessments and diagnostic assessments in school consultation, and child immigration cases. I have been an academic faculty member and qualified expert in juvenile and adult courts. I have prior expert witness experience.

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Transportation Engineering Expert 500329 AK

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I have more than 25 years of experience in Civil engineering and transportation engineering expertise covering industry and public agencies. I provide expert witness services on cases related to accident reconstruction, transportation engineering, pavements, traffic engineering, analysis, design standards, construction specifications and materials, guidelines, policies, and public agency practices. As well as road defects, airports, highway geometric design, drainage, asphalt, concrete, soil, repairs, maintenance, inspections, rehabilitation, construction quality control – quality assurance, construction claims, inspection, settlement, dispute resolution, pavement surface conditions such as friction, skid resistance, surface discontinuities, cracking, rutting, defects, potholes and roughness, failure investigations, forensic engineering, safety standards, construction work zone accidents, construction safety, safety operating procedures, roadside hazards, signage, sight distance requirements, ADA requirements and code violations. I have over 25 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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Forensic Neuropsychology Expert 58716 AL

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I specialize in Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychology. I have been in Practice in California for over 30 years. I have extensive experience in criminal, civil, and family law cases. Specialty areas are assessment of sexual deviance, false confession, eyewitness ID, civil and criminal competency, and mitigation in capital cases. I conduct neuropsychological assessment of individuals with blast, flash, shockwave and blunt force head trauma, and concussions. I was Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and I have written peer-reviewed articles in the areas of Clinical and Forensic Psychology. I also have extensive experience in individual and family therapy as well as crisis intervention. I have over 20 years of expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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Supervising Psychology Expert 508847 OH

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I have more than 45 years of experience in the field of Psychology with expertise as a Supervising Psychologist. I have experience with vocational wage loss consultation and psychological testimony for defense, plaintiff and spousal support exams, as well as the examination of defendants regarding competency, NGRI, PTSD, personality disturbance, intellectual capacity, and traumatic brain injury. I am a forensic consultant on matters related to complex civil litigation, labor law issues, criminal defense, professional malpractice, and work place injury and loss of life. I have over 20 years of expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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Neuropsychology Expert 369799 CA(S)

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I have more than 30 years of experience in the field of Psychology with expertise in Forensic Neuropsychology. I have experience studying brain-behavior relationships including: neurofibromatosis, disorders of attention, executive functioning and impulse control. I have also studied and helped in the development of psychological and neuropsychological tests. An area of emphasis is my consulting experience with criminal cases in regard to the death penalty. I have over 25 years expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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Forensic Psychiatry Expert 506763 MD

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I have more than 15 years experience in the field of Forensic Psychiatry with expertise in child and adolescent psychiatry. I have experience with conducting evaluations including competency to stand trial, child custody, and emotional trauma. My professional experience also includes community mental health. I have prior expert witness experience with consultation and court testimony.

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Adr Mediation Expert 317604 CA(N)

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I have more than 30 years experience as a mediator. My experience includes mediating trial and appellate cases, including real estate, dispute management, conflict resolution, construction, employment, disability, discrimination, partnership, and related business and contract issues. My mediator malpractice experience involves evaluation of mediator skill level, qualifications, and professional competency. I have extensive background in mediator training.

Forensic Psychologist Expert 127977 NJ

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I have over 25 years experience as a Practicing Clinical and Forensic Psychologist. My expertise includes employment evaluations, discrimination, competency to proceed to trial, sexual harassment, psychological damages, and the effects of psychological states on an individual’s actions and decisions. I have more than 20 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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Psychologist Expert 150070 NV

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I have more than 20 years experience in the field of Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology. My expertise includes neuropsychological assessment of children, adults, and the elderly; brain damage; brain tumors; closed head injuries; behavioral neurology; neurological disability; concussions (sports related); medical evaluations; neuropsychological evaluations; criminal / forensic evaluations; detection of malingering / exaggeration of symptoms; competency to proceed to trial; and expert testimony on complex medical-legal cases. As a neuropsychiatrist, I have extensive training and experience in neuropsychological assessment and evaluation of effort and symptom validity. I have over 10 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

Medical Equipments Expert 128624 TX

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I have over 30 years of experience in the applied biomedical engineering field at one of the world’s greatest medical centers. My expertise includes skin burn, technology assessment, equipment planning, safe device, tele health, support services, administration and governance structure, regulatory compliance, labeling, incident investigation, servicing medical equipment, and forensic investigation programs. I have prior expert witness experience.

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Forensic Psychiatry Expert 159155 CA(N)

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I have more than 35 years in clinical and forensic psychiatry. My areas of expertise are PTSD, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the evaluation of Emotional Distress, Chronic Pain, Diminished Capacity, TBI, Testamentary Capacity and Undue Influence, Serious Personal Injury and Trauma, and Employment Litigation. My additional experience includes user-friendly testimony and thorough, accessible reports, based on skilled synthesis of IMEs, medical records review, are the basis of this expert's reputation. My knowledge of legal issues is useful in lawsuits involving issues of harassment, discrimination, and employment law.

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Forensic Psychiatry Expert 460575 AL

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I have over 40 years experience in the field of Forensic Psychiatry. My expertise includes: individual and family therapy; agency consultation; psychiatric disability; workers comp evaluation/fitness for duty; assessment of impaired physicians and other professionals; post-traumatic stress disorder; independent medical examinations; evaluation of psychiatric malpractice; assessment of therapist boundary violation; medical records review; competency to proceed to trial; competency to stand trial; criminal responsibility; mental state at time of offense; evaluations to assist sentencing and treatment; sexual offender assessment; and workplace violence assessment. I have more than 40 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

Geriatric Psychology Expert 430305 CA(S)

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I have more than 15 years experience in the field of Psychiatry. My experience includes psychiatry and neurology, geriatric psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, alcoholism, personality disorders, depression, delirium, dementia, psychiatric aspects of Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s, Holiday depression, mourning and grief in children, chronic illness, psychopathology, psychopharmacology, chemical dependency, obsessions, compulsions, impulse control disorders, and mood disorders. I am highly knowledgeable on issues of psychiatric interviewing, psychiatric evaluation, and crises intervention. My other consulting experiences have consisted of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), work stress, industrial and non-industrial injuries, drug offenses, personal injury, competency evaluations, conservatorship, and trust and trustee’s issues. I have over 15 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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Workers Compensation Expert 423427 CA(S)

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I have over 30 years experience in the field of Clinical and Forensic Psychology. I have extensive experience in psychological and neurological assessment, personal and emotional injury as well as psychiatric disability, emotional damages, sexual harassment, discrimination, mental states, diagnosis, cognitive and personality assessments and risk assessment. I have more than 25 years expert witness experience with consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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Forensic Psychiatry Expert 96808 CA(S)

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I have over 20 years experience in the field of Forensic Psychiatry. My expertise includes competency; death penalty; disability; drug / alcohol rehabilitation; emergency psychiatry; Independent Medical Evaluations (I.M.E.); insanity; issues associated with military service; law and mental health; malingering; serious personal injury and trauma; post traumatic stress disorder (P.T.S.D.); post traumatic stress evaluation in military veterans and law enforcement officers; psychiatric evaluations (parenting, pre-sentencing, conservatorship); psychiatric malpractice; sex offender treatments; inpatient mental health; and workers compensation. I have 10 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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Child Psychiatry Expert 351114 CA(N)

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My career has spanned more than two decades in the field of Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry. My expertise includes child forensic issues such as child custody evaluations, competency to stand trial assessments, diagnostic evaluations and risk assessments for the juvenile courts, parenting assessments in dependency cases, child sexual abuse allegations and child trauma assessments and diagnostic assessments in school consultation, and child immigration cases. I have been an academic faculty member and qualified expert in juvenile and adult courts. I have prior experience as a child and adolescent forensic psychiatry expert witness.

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Clinical Psychology Expert 367896 CA(N)

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I have more than 25 years experience in the field of Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology. My specialties include clinical psychological assessment of mood and anxiety disorders, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), serious personal injury and trauma, and learning disabilities; and clinical neuropsychological assessment of traumatic brain injury, neuropsychological evaluations, adult psychology, cognitive decline, and cognitive dementia. I have extensive clinical experience in assessment of the validity / malingering of symptoms in civil suits, as well as assessment of older competency for financial and medical decision-making. I have over 10 years expert witness experience with consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.

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Child And Adolescent Psychiatry Expert 349280 FL

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I have over 15 years experience in General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. I have experience in disability, workers comp, civil and criminal cases, competency, and child custody. My expertise includes inpatient, outpatient and partial hospitalization treatment of mood disorders, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic attacks, Pervasive Developmental Disorders and attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD). My forensic evaluations include disability status evaluations, disability benefits, competency evaluations, child custody evaluations, return to duty evaluations, competency to proceed to trial, appeals for denial of benefits, and civil/criminal cases. I have more than 5 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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