Psychological Trauma Expert Witnesses

Los Angeles, California

Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry - Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Psychological Trauma, Capacity, Fitness for Duty, PTSD, Abuse, Depression, Disability, Anxiety Disorders, Medical Malpractice, Inpatient and Outpatient Standard of Care, Suicide Prevention

Carlos Rodriguez, M.D., Q.M.E., earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern California in Psychobiology. He began to explore the mind/body connection and how it impacts our overall health. He pursued his interest in physical health by earning his medical degree from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. After graduating, Dr. Rodriguez furthered his study of this integration during a residency in Adult Psychiatry at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center. He later went on to complete a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Harbor UCLA, serving as the Chief Fellow while he was there. After completing his training, Dr. Rodriguez worked in a variety of diverse settings. For over five years, he worked in an outpatient community mental health clinic. He treated children, adolescents, and adults with severe mental illnesses in an inner city community. This furthered his cultural appreciation and allowed for a greater unders...

Beverly Hills , California

Psychiatry - Sexual Harassment & Discrimination, PTSD, Employment Law, Harassment, Emotional Distress, Anxiety, Depression, Personal Injury, Personality Disorders, Litigation Support, Psychological Trauma, Psychotherapy, IME, Eggshell Plaintiff, Workers' Compensation, Pain & Suffering, Psychopharmacology

With over 40 years' experience in psychiatry, including decades providing expert witness litigation support, IMEs regarding psychiatric aspects of harassment (sexual/gender-based/racial), employment law, and/or injuries/accidents related to Personal Injury and Workers' Compensation issues, Dr. Weiss is well known for her comprehensive, fact-based, persuasive reports. Dr. Weiss' unique ability to establish exceptional rapport with clients allows for thoughtful, thorough examinations, leaving no stone unturned. As everything affects the psyche, her keen attention to detail with complex medical-legal records enables her to integrate highly complex psychiatric histories and concepts, coming to evidence-based opinions, and providing high-caliber, usable medical-legal reporting and testimony. Dr. Weiss has decades of diverse experience. Able to view a case through multiple lenses, she must consider what has happened prior to, since, and outside of an accident/incident, as well as uncov...

Columbus, Ohio

Child Abuse, Mental Health - child torture, child mental health, child maltreatment, Child Protective Services, child custody, child fatality, Intrafamilial Child Torture, sexual abuse, foster care, psychological trauma, Complex-PTSD, mandated reporting, social work & social services standards of care, professional ethics

*Physically located in Cincinnati, Ohio; have worked throughout the U.S. and internationally. *Miller's work was highlighted in People Magazine, Fox News, and Daily Mail- UK (links at pamelajmiller.org) *Body of work on Intrafamilial Child Torture at https://cmprc.org/intrafamilial-child-torture Pamela J. Miller is a forensic and clinical social worker and an attorney. Miller has been with the APSAC Center for Child Policy (recently rebranded as the Child Maltreatment Policy Resource Center) since 2019. She is a highly trained trauma specialist and has led the Center’s multi-year Intrafamilial Child Torture (ICT) initiative since its inception. This includes authoring the Center’s policy white papers and case studies on ICT, writing and publishing articles, conducting trainings for professionals in multiple disciplines, speaking at conferences and events, preparing amicus briefs, and serving as counsel for the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) in state ...