Forensic Evaluations and Expert Witness Testimony

  • Competency

    Assesses for a defendant’s present abilities for factual and rational understanding, and their present abilities for rational assist to counsel.

  • Criminal Responsibility

    Examines metal state (or sanity) at the time of the alleged offense. Examines if an individual’s sanity has been restored and if they are suitable for conditional release.

  • Mental Health Diversion

    Assesses for the potential presence of a psychiatric diagnosis and symptoms that contributed to the alleged offense, and whether the defendant is suitable for community treatment.

  • Sexual Offense

    Addresses static and dynamic risk factors related to sexual offending, child pornography offenses, paraphilic disorders, and PC 288.1 evaluations.

  • Violence Risk

    Examines static and dynamic risk factors in providing an opinion on one’s risk for violence.

  • Juvenile Sexual Offense

    Specialized static and dynamic assessment instruments for justice involved youth who committed, or is alleged to have committed, a sexual offense.

  • Juvenile Delinquency

    Evaluation of justice involved youth focusing on potential trauma, undue influences, immaturity, psychiatric functioning, and treatment recommendations.

  • Juvenile Dependency

    Evaluations of minors and adults involved in family reunification.

  • Immigration

    Risk evaluations for justice involved individuals facing deportation. Mitigating factors in asylum proceedings.