Behavioral Science Expert Witnesses

Jacksonville, Florida

Forensic Psychology, Psychology - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Behavioral Science, Emotional Trauma, Malingering, Military Mental Health, Psychology, Stress, Suicide

Johns Hopkins trained board certified clinical psychologist (top 4%) and former active duty U.S. Navy psychologist, serving as chief clinical and forensic psychologist for southeast region and head of largest military mental health clinic in the region with 50,000 patients enrolled to the clinic. He has performed over 1,000 mental health evaluations. Dr. Rosenbaum is an experienced expert witness in both civilian (civil and criminal) and military courts with a specialty in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Malingering. Dr. Rosenbaum routinely conducts Compulsory Medical Evaluations (CME) using objective psychological testing to form his opinions. He has published two books and conducted research on health, wellness and mental health treatment. He is currently the head of a thriving mental health evaluation and treatment private practice.

Brooklyn, New York

Psychology, Forensic Psychology - Memory, Eyewitness Testimony, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Eyewitness Identification, Eyewitness Misidentification, Habits, Behavioral Science, Episodic Memory, False Memory, Memory Reconstruction, Memory Bias, Misinformation Effect, Memory Confidence, Source Misattribution, Jury Misconceptions, Memory Reliability

I am a Cognitive Neuroscientist specializing in memory, learning, and decision making. I provide expert witness testimony on the complexities of eyewitness accounts, including issues related to false memories, the misattribution effect, memory reconstruction, and the inherent susceptibility of normal memory recall to error. I earned my Ph.D. in Psychology from Columbia University and have published extensively in leading scientific journals such as Nature Neuroscience and Nature Communications. My dissertation focused on the retroactive modulation of memory, exploring how memories can be altered by events that follow their initial encoding. Decades of research have shown that when we recall an event, memory is not replayed perfectly like a video recording. Instead, the brain reconstructs the memory each time it is remembered, relying on associative processes. This reconstruction makes memory—and therefore eyewitness testimony—vulnerable to errors and biases. Despite strong scienti...

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

Human Factors, Safety - Adolescent development, Behavioral science, Child development, Failure analysis, Slip trip & fall, Adolescent safety, Caregiver behavior, Child psychology, Playground safety, Adolescent behavior, Child safety, Children’s products, Pool safety, Adult supervision, Child supervision, Consumer product safety, Safety communication

Dr. Karol Silva is a human factors consultant with interdisciplinary training in child and adolescent development and public health. She holds a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Temple University and master’s in public health from Brown University and is a Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI). A significant portion of Dr. Silva’s work addresses child and adolescent safety, with particular attention to risk behaviors, cognitive and motor development, contextual factors, and the role of caregiver supervision. She also evaluates how factors such as risk perception and hazard awareness contribute to accident patterns across age groups, and how caregiver practices shape health and injury outcomes. She has conducted usability studies evaluating how children and adults interact with products in a range of environments. Her work considers human capabilities and limitations and the implications on product design, labeling, and safety communication. Dr. Silva has extensive expe...