With the Psychiatric Expert Witness Network, access to the country’s finest psychological and psychiatric minds is just a phone call away. Whatever the nature of the litigation, and whatever the type of expertise needed, we have an expert well-suited to your case—and there’s no higher-quality group of experts to pick from. Many of the individuals in this network are renowned as mental health expert witnesses and psychiatric legal consultants, not just nationally but internationally as well.
Having the best minds on your side can only help your cases reach optimal outcomes.
When you choose the Psychiatric Expert Witness Network, you know your request will be directed to the very finest, most appropriate expert for your case. In addition, our medical director offers an additional level of quality control, analyzing and offering feedback on all evaluations before they’re sent to the retaining counsel. This ensures only the best work and the soundest legal judgments.
It takes an expert to know one. We’ve gathered only the best. Contact us for a consultation or to learn more about what the Psychiatric Expert Witness Network can do for you.

Each member of the Psychiatric Expert Witness Network is an award-winning psychiatrist or psychologist with extensive experience in forensic psychiatric work. Each member has been thoroughly vetted for excellence in his or her respective area of specialization. Several members hold endowed medical school professorships in psychiatry, and many have run national organizations related to their fields of expertise. The Psychiatric Expert Witness Network also benefits from the senior input of two distinguished
consultants:

● Paul McHugh,M.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Former Chairman of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital, who consults on ethical issues in forensic psychiatric work.
● Don Meichenbaum,PhD., a founder of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, who consults on issues related to trauma and psychotherapeutic techniques.
Some areas of expertise among the network’s members include:
● neuropsychology
○ neuropsychological testing
○ brain trauma
● child and adolescent psychiatric care
○ school-based psychology services
○ child custody cases
○ treatment of children with special needs
○ special education standards
○ preparation of child witnesses
○ Treatment of children with psychological illnesses related to severe medical problems such as cancer or organ transplantation
● clinical standards of care
○ mental health administration
○ treatment algorithms
○ psychiatric malpractice
○ impaired medical professionals
○ personality assessments
○ psychiatric interview techniques
● correctional psychiatry
○ Prison suicide
○ Forced false confessions
○ sexual harassment and assault
● specific conditions
○ post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
○ mood disorders
○ schizophreni
○ gender identity disorder
○ obsessive-compulsive disorder
○ anxiety disorders
○ sequalae of disasters and terrorism
○ psychiatric disorders comorbid with medical illness
○ psychiatric sequelae of severe childhood medical illnesses including organ transplantation and cancer
● workplace malpractice
○ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
○ Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
○ professional sexual misconduct
○ wrongful termination of employment
● personal injury cases
○ toxic tort law
○ workplace injuries
○ product liability
○ injury due to psychiatric misdiagnosis
○ psychiatric injury due to medical misdiagnosis
● litigation
○ competency to stand trial
○ insanity defense
○ competency to confess
○ faking mental illness to mitigate criminal punishment
○ disability evaluations
○ multi-plaintiff litigation
○ mitigating factors in criminal punishment
○ criminal court evaluations
● Refugee mental health
● suicide
● psychopharmacology
● geriatric psychiatry
● multilingual treatment issues
● community psychiatric treatment
● physician and police fitness for duty evaluations
● contested wills
● dangerousness assessment
● white-collar crime
● police coercion and misconduct
● civil rights suits
● Multiple other subspecialties relevant to specialized litigation