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300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza,
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Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 465-3300 | SAN FRANCISCO
2406 Clay Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 461-4845 |
| NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 35 Wolfe Grade
Kentfield (Marin County), CA 94904
(415) 461-4845 | NATIONWIDE Dr. Raffle has testified and conducted IMEs in States and provinces throughout North America. |
Stephen M. Raffle, M.D., a Board Certified Forensic Psychiatrist, has over 36 years of experience offering his expert opinion in Federal and State jurisdictions. Dr. Raffle has consulted for attorneys, insurers, employers and judges. His track record and experience is impressive: over
5000 psychiatric evaluations, 700+ depositions, 150+ trials, a successful clinical practice, teaching career at U.C. Medical School, and Hastings College of the Law postgraduate course "Trial and Appellate Advocacy" for 11 years instructing attorneys about the direct and cross-examination of expert witnesses.
Stephen M. Raffle, M.D. and Associates' expertise includes, but is not limited to the following:
| chronic painpsychosomatic medicinepost-traumatic stress disorderpsychogenic paintraumatic brain injury and other dementiasfalse memory syndromemalingeringemotional distress intentional and unintentional infliction ofemotional distress, evaluation offitness for dutyrisk/threat workplace violence assessmentwrongful terminationdiscrimination (ADA, Title VII, EEOC) | harassment (sexual, etc.)employment litigationmedical malpracticesubstance abusetestamentary capacityundue influence (including cults)toxic exposurecatastrophic injurytemporary and permanent disabilityneed for treatmentsexual molestationdisorders of childhood and adolescencemedical records reviewassist preparation for the cross-examination of expert witness |
Licensed in California.
The Role of the Expert in the Courtroom
My teacher and mentor, Dr. Bernard Diamond, pondered the question about the role of the psychiatric expert and other experts in the courtroom. My first public presentation was to the American Criminology Society on this topic, and it has continued to occupy my attention to the present
How to Read a Psychiatric Report
All psychiatric reports evaluate something, but not always the same thing. For example, eligibility for benefits, or fitness to do a job. To make sense of the report, the reader must determine what is being evaluated and how it is being done
The Therapist as Expert Witness? Reasons the Treating Psychotherapist Should Not Be the Expert Witness
In civil cases where emotional distress is alleged, it often occurs that the plaintiff’s attorney designates the treater as his expert. Usually the argument is that the plaintiff’s own therapist has spent many more hours with the plaintiff than the defense expert and therefore "knows" the plaintiff better. The treater often agrees with this reasoning
