Civil Expert Witnesses

St. Petersburg , Florida

Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry - IME, Forensic, Forensic Psychiatry, Competency, Depression, Civil, General Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Capacity, Trauma, Criminal, Forensic Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst, Malpractice, Testamentary Capacity, Expert Witness, Psychiatry, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Fitness for Duty

Dr. Estevez has top credentials and training including education/training from Harvard, Cornell, and Columbia. Board Certified in Forensic Psychiatry, Dr. Estevez has over 20 years of medical experience. Dr. Estevez has worked as a forensic psychiatry consultant with a Fortune 100 company for over 15 years. Additionally, Dr. Estevez is a psychoanalyst and currently is on faculty at Tampa Bay Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies. Dr. Estevez is licensed in New York, Florida, and Maine.

Forest Park, Illinois

Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry - civil, criminal, personal injury, wrongful death, insanity, competencies, fitness, suicide, medical director, PTSD, Bipolar, Depression, Schizophrenia, Psychosis, Addiction

Dr. Pesanti did his psychiatry residency at the Cleveland Clinic after which he completed his forensic psychiatry fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He has experience in treating a wide variety of pathologies. He has experience as the inpatient medical director at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he maintained a variety of roles, including running an inpatient team, maintaining and supervising multiple outpatient clinics, chairing the Ethics Committee, as well as sitting on multiple other mental health committees. He also has experience in various correctional settings. Dr. Pesanti has worked forensic cases in both the civil and criminal domains, including wrongful death, suicide, personal injury, malingering, malpractice, immigration asylum, fitness for duty, various competencies, and pre-sentencing mitigation, as well as a variety of other issues. He is experienced in deposition, testimony, and report preparation.

Benton, Kentucky

Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering - civil, railroad, accident, cranes, failures, foundations, structures, drainage, culverts, washouts, hydrology, concrete pump trucks, corrosion, chemical, industrial, building codes, inspections, construction, OSHA Compliance, swimming pools

Mr. Hlinka has worked over 40 years in the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management market with experience in numerous industries: Chemical, Oil Refinery, Pulp & Paper, Adhesives, Nuclear Power Generation, Nuclear Feed Stock, and Steel. His work has overlapped with residential and commercial industries. Throughout his career he has engineered and managed a myriad of projects in these industries and has provided leadership to the various companies in the capacities of: Site Manager, Design Manager, Project Manager, Construction Supervisor, and currently as President. Design engineering, analysis, and inspection experience includes structural steel, reinforced concrete, stone, masonry, wood, and stormwater drainage.

New Jersey

Forensic Psychology, Psychology - disability, permanency, personal injury, risk, fitness for duty, pre-employment, corrections, workers comp, neuropsychology, civil, criminal, causality, occupational, MMI, utilization, assessment, evaluation, consultation, competency, mitigation

Licensed clinical psychologist specializing in forensic, civil, and occupational psychological evaluations, with extensive experience in workers’ compensation, disability determinations, fitness-for-duty, risk assessment, and record-based forensic opinions. Practice is primarily evaluation-focused, with secondary outpatient psychotherapy and clinical supervision in adult populations. Experienced working with public-sector agencies, correctional systems, insurers, and legal stakeholders. PSYPACT authorized.

New York, New York

Forensic Psychology, Psychology - disability, permanency, personal injury, risk, fitness for duty, pre-employment, corrections, workers comp, neuropsychology, civil, criminal, causality, occupational, MMI, utilization, assessment, evaluation, consultation, competency, mitigation

Licensed clinical psychologist specializing in forensic, civil, and occupational psychological evaluations, with extensive experience in workers’ compensation, disability determinations, fitness-for-duty, risk assessment, and record-based forensic opinions. Practice is primarily evaluation-focused, with secondary outpatient psychotherapy and clinical supervision in adult populations. Experienced working with public-sector agencies, correctional systems, insurers, and legal stakeholders. PSYPACT authorized.

Seattle, Washington

Pain Management - Medicine, Addiction Medicine - toxicology, impairment, prescription, drugs, opioids, cannabis/marijuana, alcohol, criminal, DUI/DWI, felony, civil, personal injury, dram shop, overdose

I am a physician (M.D.) who is Board Certified in Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, and Addiction Medicine. As a consultant in forensic/legal cases, my main area of focus involves the clinical toxicology of prescription medications, recreational drugs and substances of abuse, marijuana/cannabis, and alcohol. My training and education include the interpretation of clinical and forensic toxicology test results in multiple matrices, including blood, urine, serum, hair, and nails. In addition, my training and education include safe opioid prescribing procedures, interpretation of prescribing records, assessment of patient responses to prescribed opioids, and overdose prevention education and practices. Unlike non-physicians who review toxicology test results in forensic cases, as a clinician I am able to read, interpret, and testify on the contents of medical records. I understand that the presence of a positive test result does not necessarily constitute the presence of impairment or obs...