For any legal issues related to psychiatric matters, the most qualified medical expert is a forensic psychiatrist. A forensic psychiatrist is a physician who attended medical school, specializes in Psychiatry through residency training and has further fellowship training in Forensic Psychiatry, making him/her board eligible under the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. This allows for the most comprehensive knowledge base to address all concerns, including diagnoses, medications, treatment, comorbid medical issues, and those specific to forensics, such as competency, restorability, responsibility, and fitness. Dr. Martone is residency and fellowship trained with board certifications from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both General and Forensic Psychiatry.
Through his training at the highly respected NYU fellowship and his years of practice throughout Western Pennsylvania, Dr. Martone’s experience encompasses qualification in forensic matters, which include but are not limited to:
- Criminal Responsibility Determination Evaluations
- Criminal Competency Determination Evaluations
- Testamentary Capacity Evaluations
- Guardianship Evaluations
- Violence/Suicide Risk Assessments
- Fitness for Duty/Return to Work Evaluations
- Workers' Compensation Evaluations
- Disability Evaluations
- Civil Independent Medical Evaluations
- Mental Health Damages and Injuries Evaluation
- Record Review and Direct Consultation for attorneys in matters requiring psychiatric expertise
- Depositions and Testifying in Civil as well as Criminal Cases
Dr. Martone has been accepted as an expert witness in New York Criminal and Mental Health Courts, the United States District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, and criminal and civil courts of Allegheny County and throughout Western Pennsylvania.
Law firms and/or court systems are welcome to engage Dr. Martone for a forensic evaluation. If you are an individual seeking a forensic evaluation, please have your attorney contact Dr. Martone’s office.
