Forensic Psychology Expert
 Dr. Siegert has an extensive background and current expertise in civil and criminal practice. With more than twenty-years of clinical psychology practice, Dr. Siegert provides a consistently responsive and thorough consultation, from inception of the case through its conclusion, with constant and ongoing availability to the client.
Reports are clear, thorough, and well-written without jargon. Testimony is clear and plain spoken.
Former faculty member at Harvard Medical School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Columbia University. Media appearances include The O'Reilly Factor, Crossfire, Connie Chung, Paula Zahn, CourtTV, MSNBC, among others.
When retained for civil matters, Dr. Siegert specializes in employment evaluations, discrimination (including those covered under the ADA,) sexual harassment, psychological and neuropsychological damages from an accident or injury, and the effects of psychological or neuropsychological states upon actions or decisions of an individual. He also specializes in the detection of the genuineness versus exaggeration or malingering of psychological and neuropsychological symptoms. When retained in criminal cases, his evaluations include competency to waive Miranda rights, Competency to Proceed, Criminal Responsibility (insanity, diminished capacity, guilty but mentally ill) and mitigating factors. Cognitive evaluations (including developmental disabilities, mental retardation, and autistic spectrum disorders) are a common part of his psychological evaluations, as are evaluations of personality factors and disorders, the psychosis (including delusions and paranoia,) and affective (mood) disorders. As a clinician and professor, he has administered or supervised more than 5,000 psychological test batteries.
Mental Retardation and Criminal Competency:
Civil:
- Employment Litigation
- Employment Discrimination
- American's with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Sexual Harassment
- Detection of malingering and symptom magnification
- Emotional and Psychological Damage
- Testamentary Capacity
- Donative Capacity
- Guardianship
- Contractual Competency; Present and Retrospective
- Testimonial capacity, informed consent, competency to waive rights
- Dementia
- Memory Impairments
- Brain Damage
- Independent Medical Examination (IME)
- Psychological and Neuropsychological Damage
- Psychological Testing
- Cognitive and Neuropsychological Damage
- Chronic Pain
- Educational Discrimination and Deprivation
- Marriage, Divorce, Abuse
- Suicide
Criminal:
- Competency to Proceed to Trial (including psychological tests to assess competency for mentally retarded, borderline and normal intelligence)
- Miranda - competency to waive (including psychological tests of competency to waive these rights)
- Criminal Responsibility - including diminished capacity and insanity
- Atkins Hearings (Death Penalty/Mental Retardation)
- Mental Retardation
- Borderline Intelligence Functioning
- Death Penalty
- Risk Assessment
- Sexual Predators
- Sexual Abuse
Clinical:
- Psychological and neuropsychological assessment
- Psychological testing (including cognitive, neuropsychological and personality)
- Posttraumatic stress disorder
- Chronic Pain
- Divorce, separation, domestic, and family issues
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Paranoia
- Delusions
- Geriatric psychology including competency and guardianship
- Adolescent Evaluations
- Substance Abuse
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