Strategic Litigation Support

Criminal Litigation

Utilizing objective measures of cognitive, neurological and emotional functioning to evaluate both legal standards of accountability and capacity to participate in litigation.

  • Competency & Capacity: Reliance on objective, standardized measures of intellectual capacity, cognitive functioning and legal terminology to inform Competency to Stand Trial and Miranda Right Waivers hearings

  • Mitigation: Examining psychosocial, neurodevelopmental, cognitive and emotional factors that potentionally inform sentencing and capital case outcomes.

  • Juvenile Transfer: Evaluating neurocognitive maturity and rehabilitative potential for Waiver\Certification and Parole hearings.

  • Malingering Assessment: Utilizing specialized objective symptom and performance validity testing to ensure the authenticity of reported psychiatric symptoms and cognitive limitations.

Civil & Tort Litigation

Quantifying damages and establishing causation in complex personal injury and employment matters:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Distinguishing between mild, moderate, and severe TBI, examining functional signficance and predicting long-term prognosis using gold standard assessment procedures

  • Proximate Cause: Differentiating between pre-existing cognitive conditions and injury-related deficits.

  • Testamentary Capacity: Evaluating "sound mind" and vulnerability to undue influence in probate litigation.

  • Fitness for Duty: Independent Neuropsychological Examinations (INEs) for high-liability professionals and disability claims.

  • Malingering Assessment: Utilizing specialized objective symptom and performance validity testing to ensure the authenticity of reported psychiatric symptoms and cognitive limitations.

Professional Consultation Services

  • Work Product Review: Analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of an opposing expert’s neuropsychological reports.

  • Cross-Examination Preparation: Assisting counsel in developing technical questions for opposing medical or psychological experts.

  • Case Screening: A preliminary review of medical records to determine if a full neuropsychological evaluation is strategically warranted.