Stephen M. Raffle, M.D., a board certified forensic psychiatrist, has been providing psychiatric evaluations and expert testimony in Federal and California jurisdiction for 36 years, working with legal counsel, employers, insurers, and judges, in addition to his active clinical practice. Dr. Raffle's interest in forensic psychiatry began with a program at Boalt Hall, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley in 1972 on law and psychiatry. His interests and experience brought him full circle, and he went on to teach attorneys in the Hastings Law School post-graduate course on Trial and Appellate Advocacy for 11 years, instructing on the direct and cross-examination of expert witnesses.

Dr. Raffle is expert at performing personal injury evaluations, conversant with and current in all medical-legal issues, and the dispute resolution process. He has been an expert witness both at trial and deposition. In his career, in many jurisdictions nationwide (criminal, civil, and administrative), he has performed over:

• 5,000 evaluations
• 700 depositions
• 150 trials

Dr. Raffle's litigation support services have been evenly divided between plaintiff and defense. His forensic practice has stood along with a career devoted to patient care or teaching at University of California, San Francisco, as Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (25 years) and Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (15 years). As mentioned, Dr. Raffle taught at Hastings Law School Post-Graduate Program on Trial and Appellate Advocacy for 11 years.

Please visit Dr. Raffle's Curriculum Vitae for additional information. Always feel free to call us with your questions, at (415) 461-4845.

Shahla Chehrazi, M.D., his associate and partner, is a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst with over 25 years experience. Dr. Chehrazi is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF (Clinical Faculty 22 years). She is a nationally recognized expert on childhood development, the psychology of women, and psychosocial aspects of daycare.

Stephen M. Raffle, M.D. and Associates' expertise in psychiatric cases involving children, adolescents and adults with particular relevance to personal injury includes, but is not limited to the following:

• post-traumatic stress disorder
• chronic pain
• psychosomatic medicine
• psychogenic pain
• traumatic brain injury and other dementias
• disorders of childhood and adolescence
• false memory syndrome
• malingering
• emotional distress, inflicted intentionally and unintentionally
• emotional distress, valuation of
• discrimination (ADA and Title VII)
• harassment (sexual, etc.)
• wrongful termination
• risk/threat workplace violence assessment
• employment litigation
• fitness for duty
• sexual molestation
• medical malpractice
• substance abuse
• testamentary capacity
• undue influence (including cults)
• toxic exposure
• product liability
• catastrophic injury
• temporary and permanent disability
• need for treatment
• medical records review
• consulting in cross-examination of expert witness