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Forensic Services

 ·        I work with both defense and plaintiff attorneys and via Court appointment. I prefer to work in close collaboration with attorneys and the Courts, rather than with individual litigants.

·        In addition to  my individual forensic work (see below), I collaborate with my wife, Suzan, on a range of Family Law cases.  Suzan Wynne, MSW,  a licensed clinical social worker in both DC and MD and a Certified Family and Child Mediator, is a former front-line social worker in child welfare in DC and MD and author of a text on training foster parents. She now works part-time as a geriatric case manager. Areas in which we collaborate or in which we can both provide individual assessments, include

§         Guardianship, conservatorship, and Competencies: to manage one's finances and health care

§         Divorce, Custody, Adoption, and Termination of Parental Rights (TPR)  (often called “bonding studies”;  we use an innovative social worker-psychologist team approach that emphasizes the best interests of the child

§         Abuse and Domestic violence: physical, sexual, and emotional abuse of both children and adults; and

§         After-care assessments: Determining readiness for community reintegration for independent living, group homes, or other types of assisted living or long-term care.

·        I have provided reports and/or expert witness services in hundreds of civil and criminal cases in most area courts and before several Federal administrative bodies, in areas including:

§         Personal Injury: toxic torts (especially lead poisoning), closed head cases, and post-traumatic stress

§         Workplace-related: violence, Worker's Compensation, Disability determination, Reasonable Accommodation for such handicapping conditions as learning disabilities, attentional disorders, and substance abuse.

§         Special Education:  psychoeducational assessments that meet area jurisdiction standards, and including recommendations as to least restrictive placements.

§         Substance abuse: DWI, diminished capacity, appropriate treatment recommendations.

§         Juvenile offenders: to determine appropriate placement, competency to confess (Miranda cases), and general psychological testing and psychosocial assessments

§         Immigration law:  Would deportation place this person in harm’s way? Would deportation or refusal to allow a loved one into this country work a severe hardship on an American citizen?

·        I have provided forensic services under contract to several DC area government agencies, including DC Superior Court's Social Services Division for assessments of youngsters at Oak Hill; the DC Department of Mental Health for Independent Assessments of committed persons at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital; the DC Public Schools for Special Education evaluations and preparation of IEPs., Arlington County’s Substance Abuse services program for evaluations of dually-diagnosed clients, and to the Frederick County (MD) and Howard County (MD) Departments of Health for evaluations of hospitalized persons under PASARR

·        I am committed to improving the working relationships between the mental health and legal professions and have provided training and workshops over the years to local bar associations and trial attorney groups on ways that attorneys can most effectively use mental health services, and to social service agencies and mental health conferences on how to work with lawyers and with court-related issues.

·        To discuss possible forensic services, please call me at (240) 277-7800, send me an email, or fill out and send me a Referral Form outlining the services in which you are interested.

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