Dr. Robert A. Simon’s
Forensic Consulting Psychology Services
Do you want an expert known for his clarity, candor, objectivity and passionate focus on children?
Explore Dr. Simon’s Internationally Recognized Leading Forensic Psychology Case Consulting & Strategy, Work Product Review and Expert Witness services, as well as his authoring, educating and mentoring.
Are you looking for ways to be even more effective in telling your client’s story?
Dr. Simon assists in building case plans, objectives, theme and narratives that are woven into each case element, resulting in consistency, continuity and increased impact.
Case Consulting
& Strategy
When talking about things involving the best interest of children it can get pretty complicated. Communicating complicated things in a graspable manner is the essence of one of Dr. Simon’s gift. He helps to clarify or amplify the psychological elements of your case.
When you are litigating family law matters, it’s important that the psychological issues be clearly understood by legal counsel and by the Judge. It’s also important that your advocacy is as persuasive and focused as possible. The most skilled attorneys know that sometimes, having an expert consultant gives them the ability to present a clearer and more compelling case in Court. Even the best lawyers need a Case Consultant & Strategist.
Work Product
Review
Do you need a proven expert to objectively analyze a work product or report?
Forensic Psychological Work products such as child custody evaluations are complex and often written in ways that are hard for lawyers and parents to deeply understand. Dr. Simon has read and reviewed several thousand forensic psychological work products and has become highly skilled in analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of these work products. In fact, Dr. Simon literally wrote the book on this process that other professionals look to as the standard.
Articulate Expert Witness
Would an experienced and credible Expert Witness assist in your advocacy?
Do you require an experienced and accomplished witness on vital psychologically relevant matters? Do you need a rebuttal expert to help educate the Court about the weaknesses and strengths of a child custody evaluation? Are you wary of Expert Witnesses who behave like hired guns?
As you know, effective, credible and compelling Expert Testimony can be invaluable in helping you present your case and provide strong advocacy for your client. Consider hiring Dr. Simon, an accomplished, articulate and experienced witness who is at ease on the witness stand and who will testify in a highly credible and professional manner.
Dr. Simon’s primary purpose in this role is to assist the Court by educating the Court, not as an advocate, but as someone who is neutral to the outcome.
Authoring – Speaking – Mentoring Services
As an Internationally Recognized Leader in Forensic Psychology Consulting and best selling Author, Dr. Simon’s goal is to write in an informative, easily readable and even fun to read way. His style is straightforward and clear — not complicated for the sake of being complicated, not heady for the sake of being heady and not academic for the sake of being academic. In his writings, Robert tries to make materials that could be otherwise daunting or tedious accessible through a style that is authoritative, plain spoken and conversational in tone.
Dr. Simon has written articles and books, gaining a reputation as a leading voice and thought leader in forensic psychology consulting. He is published by the American Bar Association – Family Law Section and other leading academic journals, magazines, and associations that strive to evolve this work to a place where excellence is a minimal expectation and families in transition are honored and treated with respect and humanity.
Educator & Mentor
The expert that other consultants seek to learn from.
As a Leader, Dr. Simon is a sought after speaker and educator in forensic psychology in the domain of family law having been a guest at more than 50 events in the past 10 years. He has appeared on NPR, is an Expert Commentator used by local television stations, serves on numerous professional committees and panels and trained hundreds of psychologists, attorneys and judicial officers at leading industry events.
Dr. Simon has trained judicial officers for the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the National Judicial College, the Family Justice Court of Singapore, the Family Court of Australia, the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, judicial officers in South Africa, and the states of California, Idaho, Alaska, and Washington. In addition, he has guest lectured at the University of San Diego School of Law and California Western School of Law.
