Integrating more than 30 years of clinical and forensic practice, this forensic psychology expert specializes in forensic neuropsychology, competency evaluations, psychological assessment, criminal responsibility, family law matters, trauma-related psychological injuries, and mitigation in capital cases. His expertise includes the evaluation of competency to stand trial, sanity at the time of an offense, false confessions, eyewitness identification, criminal intent, testamentary capacity, post-traumatic stress disorder, neuropsychological impairment, blast-, flash-, shockwave-, and blunt-force head trauma, concussions, traumatic brain injury, assessment of sexual deviance, and child custody matters. He has more than 20 years of experience providing expert witness services, including consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony in criminal, civil, and family law proceedings.

His educational background includes a Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology, a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, supplemented by advanced postgraduate training in clinical neuroanatomy. He is a licensed Psychologist and Licensed Marriage, Family, and Child Counselor and is listed in the National Register of Health Service Psychologists. In addition, he has served on multiple California Superior Court expert panels involving adult and juvenile matters, child custody evaluations, neuropsychology, eyewitness identification, and confession analysis.

Throughout his career, he has maintained a private practice devoted to clinical psychology, forensic psychology, and forensic neuropsychological assessment while also serving as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Earlier roles included senior psychologist positions within a state youth correctional system and a state psychiatric hospital, where he conducted psychodiagnostic evaluations, competency assessments, crisis intervention, individual and group psychotherapy, treatment planning, and supervision of multidisciplinary mental health teams. His forensic practice encompasses psychological evaluations in personal injury, criminal, dependency, probate, and family law cases, including assessments involving blast-, flash-, shockwave-, and blunt-force head trauma, traumatic brain injury, concussions, post-traumatic stress disorder, sexual offenses, juvenile fitness, learning disabilities, parental fitness, and mitigation issues in capital cases.

In addition to his clinical and forensic work, he has authored peer-reviewed publications and presented on topics including competency to stand trial, false confessions, eyewitness identification, neuropsychological assessment, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance-related brain impairment, criminal state of mind, traumatic brain injury, concussion, and complex psychological trauma. His longstanding combination of forensic evaluation, neuropsychological expertise, academic teaching, crisis intervention, and clinical treatment provides comprehensive insight into forensic psychology, psychological standards of care, and the assessment of complex behavioral, cognitive, and neuropsychological issues in legal settings.