Competency To Stand Trial Expert Witnesses

Competency to stand trial expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on competency to stand trial. The competency to stand trial expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Brain Injury Medicine, Forensic Psychiatry, Forensic Psychology, Neurology, Neuropsychology, Psychiatry, Psychology, and Vocational Rehabilitation.

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Sarah DeMarco, Psy.D.

Forensic Psychology Expert

Elara Clinical & Forensic Psychology

Los Angeles, California
Forensic Psychology, Psychology - Sex Offense Risk Assessment, Violence Risk Assessment, Firearm Risk Assessment, Mental Health Diversion, Personal Injury/Civil, Psychosexual, Criminal Responsibility, Mitigation, Fitness for Duty, Malingering, Competency to Stand Trial, Adam Walsh Act, Personal Injury, PTSD, Civil Capacities
Dr. Sarah DeMarco is a licensed psychologist in California, New York, and New Jersey, with over a decade of experience conducting independent, evidence-based forensic mental health assessments in both criminal and civil matters. Dr. DeMarco’s forensic psychological expertise encompasses a wide range of psycholegal issues, including competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility (insanity), risk assessment for violence and sexual violence, mitigation, mental health diversion, fitness for duty, pre-employment, and personal injury matters. She also has specialized experience in firearm-related risk assessments, including concealed carry (CCW) permit denials, firearm rights restoration, and risk evaluations relevant to restraining orders and “red flag” statutes. Dr. DeMarco has provided expert witness testimony in over 60 cases across three different states in the above matters, as well as consultation to attorneys, courts, institutions, and agencies. Her reports are evidence-based...
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Sheryll M. Casuga, Psy.D.

San Francisco, California
Psychology, Forensic Psychology - Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Developmental Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Intelligence Testing, Adaptive Functioning, Competency to Stand Trial, Diagnostics, Psychological Assessments, Child/ Adult Testing
Dr. Sheryll Casuga is a California-Licensed Clinical Psychologist who serves an an autism and developmental disability expert. She has been in the field of autism since 2008. Dr. Casuga specializes in the evaluation of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), intellectual disability, and other neuro-developmental disorders. Dr. Casuga is currently working at the Regional Center of the East Bay (RCEB) in California for the past 10 years. She previously worked at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland, California and the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD). Dr. Casuga received her Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) degree from John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, California in 2011. Dr. Casuga has performed over 1000 diagnostic evaluations on autism and intellectual disability, and has reviewed over 3000 developmental disability cases. Dr. Casuga has been serving as the forensic psychology specialist for RCEB's Forensic Review Team since 2015 and has pe...
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Jeff Victoroff, M.D.

University of Southern California

Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Brain Injury Medicine, Neurology - Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, traumatic brain injury, brain injury, concussion, stroke, epilepsy, PTSD, dementia, competency to stand trial, testamentary capacity, criminal, homicide
Dr. Victoroff is a Harvard trained, triple board certified neurologist, neuropsychiatrist, and psychiatrist. He serves as Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. He is the author of many peer-reviewed scientific articles, and the principal author and editor of Concussion and Traumatic Encephalopathy (Cambridge University Press, 2019). He was selected by the Surgeon General to be one of the founding neurologists of the NFL Neurologic Care Program. Dr. Victoroff has served as an expert witness for 25 years, testifying in 45 depositions and 19 trials. He has been qualified by Municipal, State, and Federal courts to testify in all aspects of neurology and psychiatry. His subspecialty expertise is in traumatic brain injury, although he has also testified in cases of dementia, stroke, epilepsy, neurorehabilitation, PTSD, aggression and violence, testamentary capacity, competence to stand trial, undue in...
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Barbara J. Justice, MD

Board Certified Forensic Psychiatrist

Equity Evals

Long Beach, California
Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatry - Psychiatric Disease, Pharmacological Clinical, Competency to Stand Trial, Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, Serve Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disability, Emotional Harm, Emotional Distress, Workers' Compensation, Mental Health, Malpractice, Capacity, Sexual Harassment Sexual Abuse and Victimization
Dr. Justice began her career in medicine as a surgeon in New York City. After 20 years as a practicing surgeon, she entered the field of Psychiatry and received training in a Fellowship program at UCLA. She is a Board Certified Forensic Psychiatrist with training in all aspects of psychiatry and the law. Dr. Justice has broad experience testifying in criminal and civil cases and has been deposed extensively upwards of 400 times. She has also testified frequently as mental health expert witness for the state of California. Her unique background in physical medicine, trauma, psychopharmacology and surgery, combined with her psychiatric expertise, gives her an in-depth understanding of the multitude of factors at issue in civil litigation cases. Dr. Justice is currently Attending Forensic Psychiatrist, Director of Psychiatric Training at the Department of State Hospital in Norwalk California and CEO and Medical Director of the Glaser Forensic Group. Dr. Justice received her MD and co...
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Steven Gaskell, Psy.D.

Forensic Psychological & Psychosexual Evaluations

Psycholegal Assessments

Florida
Forensic Psychology - Competency to stand trial, insanity defense, Criminal responsibility, Psychosexual evaluations, Mitigating factors psychological evaluations, Independent Medical Exams (IMEs), Miranda rights issues, Sex offender risk assessment, Sexually Violent Persons, Sexually Dangerous Persons, Adam Walsh Act
Forensic Psychologist, Dr. Steven Gaskell provides objective, credible, comprehensive, and thorough forensic psychological evaluations for state and federal courts. He has over 20 years of extensive expertise as an expert witness in forensic psychology, has completed over 2700 forensic psychological evaluations and given expert witness testimony on over 185 occasions. Dr. Gaskell is credentialed by the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology and he is license eligible in all 50 states. Dr. Gaskell is currently a licensed psychologist in Illinois, Georgia, Florida, Arizona, and Kansas. See more at https://psycholegalassessments.com/ Psycholegal Assessments, Inc. is committed to providing expert psychological evaluations to attorneys, courts, along with expert witness testimony in a variety of forensic psychology specialty areas. Written psychological evaluations and psychosexual evaluations are comprehensive and focus on the psycholegal issues at question. These...
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Jonathan D Gross, Psy.D.

expert in acquired brain injuries including TBI

Behavioral Health of North Florida

JACKSONVILLE, Florida
Neuropsychology, Brain Injury Medicine - Brain Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, TBI, Neuropsychology, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Fitness for Duty, Malingering, Competency to Stand Trial, Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, Psychology, Military Mental Health, Developmental Disorder, Disability, Intellectual Impairment, Autism
Dr. Jonathan Gross is a fellowship-trained neuropsychologist and licensed psychologist with extensive experience in the fields of neuropsychology, neuropsychological rehabilitation, and psychological assessment. He has trained at various centers of excellence including Emory University, the Mount Sinai Medical Center, and Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Gross holds expertise in the evaluation of traumatic brain injury and other neuromedical conditions including dementia, stroke, and developmental disorders (such as Autism Spectrum Disorder and intellectual impairment). He devoted ten years of practice serving US Veterans through the VA community provider system where he evaluated and treated veterans for traumatic brain injury, dementia, posttraumatic stress disorder, and associated conditions. Dr. Gross employs a comprehensive and in-depth approach to assessment which allows him to identify a diverse range of factors that contribute to symptoms including effects of brain trauma...
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Steven Gaskell, Psy.D.

Forensic Psychological & Psychosexual Evaluations

Psycholegal Assessments

Georgia
Forensic Psychology - Competency to stand trial, insanity defense, Criminal responsibility, Psychosexual evaluations, Mitigating factors psychological evaluations, Independent Medical Exams (IMEs), Miranda rights issues, Sex offender risk assessment, Sexually Violent Persons, Sexually Dangerous Persons, Adam Walsh Act
Forensic Psychologist, Dr. Steven Gaskell provides objective, credible, comprehensive, and thorough forensic psychological evaluations for state and federal courts. He has over 20 years of extensive expertise as an expert witness in forensic psychology, has completed over 2700 forensic psychological evaluations and given expert witness testimony on over 185 occasions. Dr. Gaskell is credentialed by the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology and he is license eligible in all 50 states. Dr. Gaskell is currently a licensed psychologist in Illinois, Georgia, Florida, Arizona, and Kansas. See more at https://psycholegalassessments.com/ Psycholegal Assessments, Inc. is committed to providing expert psychological evaluations to attorneys, courts, along with expert witness testimony in a variety of forensic psychology specialty areas. Written psychological evaluations and psychosexual evaluations are comprehensive and focus on the psycholegal issues at question. These...
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Kenneth E DiNella, MD

Kenneth E. DiNella, MD, LLC

Americus, Georgia
Psychiatry - Child custody, emotional injury, competency to stand trial, insanity defense, will contests, psychiatric malpractice, Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), fitness for duty, psychopharmacology, child abuse, sexual harassment, guardianship, conservatorship, undue Influence, malingering, psychiatric
Duke trained, board certified psychiatrist with over 22 years professional experience, including chief of staff and medical director. Experienced expert witness in child custody, civil and criminal matters. Completed SEAK expert witness training courses. Teaching experience at Duke University Medical Center. Former Chief Outpatient Resident at Duke’s Psychiatric Residency program. Magna Cum Laude graduate (psychology major) of Vanderbilt.
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Dwight A. Owens, M.D., F.A.P.A., M.C.I.M.E.

Peachstate Psychiatric Services

Atlanta, Georgia
Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatry - Board-Certified Psychiatrist, Competency to Stand Trial, Forensic, Forensic Trained, Master Certified Independent Medical Examiner, Psychiatry, PTSD, and TBI
Dwight Owens, M.D., the Chief Psychiatrist for Peachstate Psychiatric Services, Inc. is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist, forensic trained and Master Certified Independent Medical Examiner. He has been practicing medicine in the heart of metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia for more than 20 years. He has both inpatient and outpatient care. He is a competent expert in Forensic Psychiatry, based on his experience and education combined. He current treats patients in the outpatient and inpatient setting. Dr. Owens received his Bachelor’s degree from the prestigious Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his medical doctorate from the Health Science Center (HSC) at Syracuse in 1994. He then returned to Macon, Georgia where he attended Mercer University’s School of Medicine, and obtained an internship certificate in the area of Family Medicine. In 1998 Dr. Owens returned to Syracuse to complete his formal Psychiatry training, and also served as the chief resident in his final year in...
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Sanjay Shah

Forensic Psychologist – Criminal Expert Witness

Atlas Psychological Services, LLC

Atlanta, Georgia
Psychology - Forensic psychologist, Criminal forensic psychology, Psychological mitigation evaluation, Psychological expert witness, Competency to stand trial expert, Fitness for duty evaluations, Insanity defense evaluations, Psychological trauma evaluations, Psychological malingering assessments, Psychosexual
Dr. Shah is a licensed forensic psychologist specializing in criminal forensic evaluations. As the founder of Atlas Psychological Services, LLC, he provides expert psychological assessments for attorneys and courts. He serves as an expert witness in legal cases, offering clear, well-supported opinions on complex psychological issues. Dr. Shah has extensive experience conducting competency to stand trial evaluations, criminal responsibility (insanity) assessments, violence risk assessments, psychosexual evaluations, and mitigation assessments. He frequently evaluates individuals involved in criminal proceedings and post-conviction matters. His expertise extends to assessments involving serious mental illness and cognitive and intellectual functioning. Before establishing his private practice, Dr. Shah worked in both inpatient and outpatient forensic mental health settings, assessing individuals involved in the legal system. He also holds a role as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at...
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Steven Gaskell, Psy.D.

Forensic Psychological & Psychosexual Evaluations

Psycholegal Assessments

Naperville, Illinois
Forensic Psychology - Competency to stand trial, insanity defense, Criminal responsibility, Psychosexual evaluations, Mitigating factors psychological evaluations, Independent Medical Exams (IMEs), Miranda rights issues, Sex offender risk assessment, Sexually Violent Persons, Sexually Dangerous Persons, Adam Walsh Act
Forensic Psychologist, Dr. Steven Gaskell provides objective, credible, comprehensive, and thorough forensic psychological evaluations for state and federal courts. He has over 20 years of extensive expertise as an expert witness in forensic psychology, has completed over 2700 forensic psychological evaluations and given expert witness testimony on over 185 occasions. Dr. Gaskell is credentialed by the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology and he is license eligible in all 50 states. Dr. Gaskell is currently a licensed psychologist in Illinois, Georgia, Florida, Arizona, and Kansas. See more at https://psycholegalassessments.com/ Psycholegal Assessments, Inc. is committed to providing expert psychological evaluations to attorneys, courts, along with expert witness testimony in a variety of forensic psychology specialty areas. Written psychological evaluations and psychosexual evaluations are comprehensive and focus on the psycholegal issues at question. These...
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Bill D. Geis, Ph.D., LLC

Experienced Med School Expert-PsychologyPsychiatry

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Kansas
Psychiatry, Psychology - Suicide/Malpractice/Wrongful Death, Standard of Care--Mental Health, Personal Injury, Priest Abuse, False Confession, Competency to Confess, Criminal Responsibility, Sexual Harassment, PTSD, Competency to Waive Rights, Insanity/NGRI, Competency to Stand Trial
Dr. Geis is an experienced clinician, researcher, medical school professor and forensic expert--with a career that spans more than 40 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kansas. He did a clinical internship in the Psychiatry Department of Indiana Medical School and a two-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Menninger Foundation, which is now in collaboration with Baylor Medical School in Houston, Texas. For 41 years, he has been engaged in a range of clinical and administrative activities, including teaching and researching as a Psychiatry Professor, Director of Behavioral Research, and as the Clinical Director of a 20,000-patient mental health center. His direct clinical experience includes over 55,000 therapy hours in a wide array of therapeutic modalities. He has been a successful researcher (over $12.5 million dollars) and recently has focused on suicide assessment and intervention, substance abuse and early life trauma. Recently he has trained...
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Bill D. Geis, Ph.D., LLC

Experienced Med School Expert-PsychologyPsychiatry

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Kansas City, Missouri
Psychiatry, Psychology - Suicide/Malpractice/Wrongful Death, Standard of Care--Mental Health, Personal Injury, Priest Abuse, False Confession, Competency to Confess, Criminal Responsibility, Sexual Harassment, PTSD, Competency to Waive Rights, Insanity/NGRI, Competency to Stand Trial
Dr. Geis is an experienced clinician, researcher, medical school professor and forensic expert--with a career that spans more than 40 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kansas. He did a clinical internship in the Psychiatry Department of Indiana Medical School and a two-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Menninger Foundation, which is now in collaboration with Baylor Medical School in Houston, Texas. For 41 years, he has been engaged in a range of clinical and administrative activities, including teaching and researching as a Psychiatry Professor, Director of Behavioral Research, and as the Clinical Director of a 20,000-patient mental health center. His direct clinical experience includes over 55,000 therapy hours in a wide array of therapeutic modalities. He has been a successful researcher (over $12.5 million dollars) and recently has focused on suicide assessment and intervention, substance abuse and early life trauma. Recently he has trained...
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Raveendra B Suryadevara, MD

Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, Personal injury

Las Vegas, Nevada
Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatry - Testamentary Capacity, Contested Wills, Insanity Defense, Death Penalty, Competency to stand trial, PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
I am a Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology in PSYCHIATRY I am a Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology in FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY I am licensed to practice Medicine in the States of Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina I had many years of experience in treating Mental Disorders at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers I had 11 years of experience at VAMC, Las Vegas in conducting Compensation & Pension Examinations on the Veterans who claimed various mental Disorders related to their Military Service. Major Portion of these Examinations were for the claims of POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS from Combat, Traumatic Brain Injuries, and Sexual Assaults. Other claims included Bipolar Disorders, Major Depressive Disorders. In the past, I had experience with the trials in the Court Rooms for Involuntary Hospitalizations in the States of Iowa, Mississippi, North Carolina, Florida and in the Country of New Zealand. Those experiences with the Court Room...
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Craig Wetterer, PhD, JD, MSCP

Forensic Psychologist, Attorney Consultant

Carson Valley Psychological Services, LLC

Carson City, Nevada
Forensic Psychology, Psychology - Psychopharmacology, Trauma & PTSD, Neuropsychology, Competency to Stand Trial, Criminal Responsibility / Insanity (NGRI) Evaluations, Violence & Threat Assessment, Malingering, Substance-Induced Psychosis, Jury Selection Psychology, Civil Forensic Assessments
Dr. Craig Wetterer is a seasoned forensic psychologist and attorney whose cross-disciplinary expertise brings unparalleled clarity to complex psycholegal questions. With extensive experience conducting high-stakes competency, criminal responsibility, and violence risk evaluations across Nevada and California, Dr. Wetterer provides courts with precise, evidence-driven analyses grounded in both psychological science and legal reasoning. His background as a practicing attorney since 2007 uniquely positions him to interpret clinical findings within the procedural and constitutional frameworks that govern criminal and civil litigation. Dr. Wetterer has conducted hundreds of court-ordered evaluations, including competency to stand trial, mental health diversion, insanity defense, diminished capacity, and risk assessments for violent and sexual offenses. His expertise extends to differentiating genuine mental illness from malingering, parsing complex relationships between chronic psychiat...
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Bill D. Geis, Ph.D., LLC

Experienced Med School Expert-PsychologyPsychiatry

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

New York
Psychiatry, Psychology - Suicide/Malpractice/Wrongful Death, Standard of Care--Mental Health, Personal Injury, Priest Abuse, False Confession, Competency to Confess, Criminal Responsibility, Sexual Harassment, PTSD, Competency to Waive Rights, Insanity/NGRI, Competency to Stand Trial
Dr. Geis is an experienced clinician, researcher, medical school professor and forensic expert--with a career that spans more than 40 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kansas. He did a clinical internship in the Psychiatry Department of Indiana Medical School and a two-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Menninger Foundation, which is now in collaboration with Baylor Medical School in Houston, Texas. For 41 years, he has been engaged in a range of clinical and administrative activities, including teaching and researching as a Psychiatry Professor, Director of Behavioral Research, and as the Clinical Director of a 20,000-patient mental health center. His direct clinical experience includes over 55,000 therapy hours in a wide array of therapeutic modalities. He has been a successful researcher (over $12.5 million dollars) and recently has focused on suicide assessment and intervention, substance abuse and early life trauma. Recently he has trained...
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Kenneth J. Manges, Ph.D.

Dr. Kenneth Manges & Associates, Inc.

Cincinnati, Ohio
Vocational Rehabilitation, Forensic Psychology - Wage Loss, Earning Capacity, TBI, Sexual trauma, sexual abuse, rape trauma, gender/sexual harassment, PTSD, Competency to stand trial, wrongful termination, will contests, Psychology, Dogs
Former President of the American Board of Vocational Experts. 30+ years’ experience as a retained expert witness. Testified as an expert witness more than 120 times including Hearings and Depositions in State, Federal and Military Matters. American Board of Vocational Experts/Diplomate 1999. American Board of Professional Disability Consultants/ Diplomate 1995. Ohio Disability Evaluators Panel/ Certification 1990. Licensed Psychologist, Ohio, 1985 to present. Licensed Psychologist, West Virginia, 1978 to present. Experienced Public Speaker Current practice includes: •Vocational-wage loss consultation and psychological testimony for defense and plaintiff as well as testimony in spousal support exams. •Evaluations to determine the vocational and emotional impact of intellectual, academic, cognitive (TBI) and emotional functioning post injury. •Forensic exams to determine the effect of trauma (birth injury, physical trauma as well as cognitive difficulties due to a closed head i...
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Meghan Musselman, MD

Board-Certified Forensic Psychiatrist

Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatry - Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Psychological Damages, Mood Disorders, Emotional Damages, Competency to Stand Trial, Emergency Psychiatry, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide Risk, Criminal Responsibility, Fitness for Duty, Inpatient Psychiatry, Violence Risk, Schizophrenia
Dr. Meghan Musselman is a board-certified forensic psychiatrist. Dr. Musselman completed medical school at Temple University School of Medicine. During her medical training, she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, an honor reserved for those medical students who have achieved academic excellence and demonstrated values of professionalism, leadership, and service. Following medical school, Dr. Musselman completed a four-year residency in psychiatry with Harvard Medical School through the Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital Adult Psychiatry Residency Program. While in residency, Dr. Musselman was awarded the Rappeport Fellowship, an honor awarded by the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law to residents who have demonstrated excellence in the field of forensic psychiatry. Dr. Musselman also served as chief resident of the inpatient psychiatric unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. After residency, Dr. Musselman completed a fellow...