Forensic Psychiatric Services

Dr. Pooja Shah is a forensic psychiatrist providing expert psychiatric consultation, independent psychiatric evaluations, medical record review, and expert witness testimony in civil, criminal, and juvenile matters in New Jersey, the Philadelphia metropolitan area and Pennsylvania.

Dr. Pooja Shah’s forensic services include assessments of competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, emotional distress, violence risk assessment, and other psychiatric issues relevant to legal proceedings. Dr. Shah serves attorneys, judges and legal professionals in New Jersey, the Philadelphia metropolitan area and Pennsylvania.

Criminal Law

• Criminal competency matters

• Competency to stand trial

• Waiver of Miranda Rights

• Criminal responsibility/Insanity defense

• Treatment recommendations

• Mitigation

• Trauma evaluations in Criminal Matters

• Violence Risk Assessment

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

• Radicalized youth evaluations

• Youth violence risk assessment

Employment Issues

• Fitness for duty evaluations

• Psychiatric disability

• Harassment and Discrimination

• Workplace dangerousness

• Independent Medical Examinations