30+
YEARS OF PRACTICE
10,000+
REPORTS RENDERING OPINIONS
5000+
PATIENTS TREATED
300+
DEPOSITION TESTIMONY
400+
COURT TESTIMONY
FORENSIC PRACTICE Dr Suzanne Dupée, M.D.
Dr. Dupée has consulted and provided critical input for cases from inception to trial.
- Triple Board Certified Adult, Child & Adolescent Forensic Psychiatrist
- Retained by defense and plaintiff attorneys
- Court appointments
- Only psychiatrist on Approved List of Child Custody Evaluator Panel for Los Angeles Superior Court
- Los Angeles Superior Court Expert Witness panels: Criminal, Dependency, Juvenile, & Family Law
- Extensive experience testifying in depositions and trials
- Consulting experience
- Clinical expertise in psychiatry, adult, child & adolescent
- Testified in multiple states
- Testified in Federal Courts in multiple states
about Dr suzanne Dupée, M.D.
Consultation with a forensic psychiatrist experienced in multiple courts can add invaluable and intangible benefits to a case.
Dr. Dupée has consulted on many cases and provided critical input and insights into cases from inception to trial.
Consultation includes reviewing records, reviewing opposing expert’s reports, records, and assisting with deposition and trial direct and cross-examination questions and preparation.
The consulting forensic psychiatrist can add a second set of eyes with expertise in mental health that attorneys might not be aware.
Consultation is best early in the case to ensure the most effective assistance in the case.
FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY
Areas of expertise in Forensic Psychiatry
What is a forensic psychiatrist?
This is the most common question I am asked. Forensic psychiatry is the interface between psychiatry and the law.
Civil Law
- Assessment of emotional damages
- Sexual abuse
- Personal injury
- Child sexual abuse
Employment Law
- Sexual harassment
- Wrongful termination
- Discrimination-racial, gender, age
- Retaliation
- Hostile workplace
- Fitness for Duty
- Threat assessment
- Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Disability
- Insurance disability claims
- Social security disability claims
- Veteran’s Adminisration claims
Criminal Law
- Insanity evaluations/criminal responsibility/insanity defense
- Criminal competency
- Psychiatric evaluations for mitigation
- Death penalty mitigation
- Consultation for prosecutors and defense.
Malpractice
- Wrongful death from suicide
- Psychopharmacology malpractice
Family Law
- Child custody evaluations
- Psychiatric evaluations of family law litigants
- Consultation
- Adult child support evaluations
- Child custody evaluations
Dependency/Child Abuse
- Psychiatric evaluations of parents
- Psychiatric evaluations of children
- Child abuse evaluations
