Forensic Psychiatric Services

Dr. Shah provides a range of forensic services including psychiatric consultation, record review, and expert testimony in the following areas :

Criminal Law

• Criminal competency matters

• Competency to stand trial

• Criminal responsibility/Insanity defense

• Treatment recommendations

• Mitigation

• Trauma evaluations in Criminal Matters

Civil Law

• Psychiatric standard of care/Malpractice Litigation

• Personal Injury and Emotional distress

• Guardianship and competency

• Testamentary capacity

• Harassment claims

• Medical record review

• Political Asylum

 Child and Adolescent-Forensic issues

• Juvenile mitigation cases

• Juvenile competency matters

• Trauma evaluations in Juvenile criminal matters including Capital Murders, Miller Re-sentencing Cases, Roper Re-sentencing Cases

• Psychiatric evaluations of adolescents accused of sex offenses

• Child custody evaluations

• Parental fitness evaluations

• Pro bono and low-cost forensic psychiatric evaluations for underprivileged children and families in NJ and PA

Employment Issues

• Fitness for duty evaluations

• Psychiatric disability

• Harassment and Discrimination

• Workplace dangerousness

• Independent Medical Examinations