Liza H. Gold, MD

Forensic Psychiatry Services

Expert Witness Consultation, Evaluation, and Testimony

Dr. Gold is a nationally recognized board certified forensic psychiatrist.

• Case and Document Review
• Consultation with attorneys
• Independent Medical Evaluations
• Deposition and Courtroom Testimony

She has been retained to provide expert opinions and testimony on psychiatric issues that arise in legal or administrative settings by

• Plaintiffs and defense attorneys
• Administrative agencies
• Consultative health agencies
• Insurance companies
• Federal and state government agencies

Dr. Gold specializes in the mental health assessment of employment related psychiatric problems, emotional injuries, emotional damages, and mental disability. She provides

• Consultations in civil and criminal litigation
• Forensic evaluations in employment litigation
• Independent medical evaluations

Dr. Gold will provide testimony regarding psychiatric issues, emotional injuries and damages in a variety of civil and criminal matters, specializing

• Medical malpractice litigation
• Mental disability claims
• Employment litigation regarding psychiatric claims and
• Sexual, gender, racial, or religious discrimination or harassment
• The ADA and ADAAA
  
• Fitness for duty examinations
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance claims
• Workers compensation,
• Other employment related legal and administrative matters

Forensic Psychiatry Assessments include:

• Mental and emotional damages
• Mental and emotional injuries
• Mental disability
• Causation of emotional injury
• Mitigation of emotional injury/damages
• Treatment needs and prognosis
• Fitness for Duty evaluations
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Title VII claims
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims
• Workers' Compensation claims
• State employment and human rights commissions claims
• Violence risk assessments
• Impaired professionals
• Malpractice and standard of care

Courts in which Dr. Gold has provided testimony:

Federal Courts

• United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division
• United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
• United States District Court for the District of Columbia
• United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Baltimore Division
• United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Southern Division
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Atlanta District Office 

State Courts

District of Columbia

• Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Virginia

• Alexandria Circuit Court
• Alexandria General District Court
• Alexandria Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court
• Arlington County Circuit Court
• Arlington County General District Court
• Charlottesville Circuit Court
• Fairfax County Circuit Court
• Loudoun County Virginia Circuit Court
• Prince William County Circuit Court

Maryland

• Frederick County, MD Circuit Court
• Montgomery County Circuit Court
• Montgomery County Human Rights Commission

California

• San Diego Superior Court

Illinois

• Cook County Circuit Court

Michigan

• Wayne County Circuit Court

Washington

• Washington State District Court, Western District of Washington at Seattle