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As
a forensic consultant, Dr. Rappaport professionally advises, strategizes,
and guides attorneys in understanding and formulating their civil and
criminal cases where emotional damage or mental conditions are at issue.
He assists in choosing other appropriate experts and juries, and in the
preparation of declarations.
As an expert witness, Dr. Rappaport reviews and evaluates pertinent records,
conducts psychiatric interviews, and authors written reports providing
diagnoses, opinions, and medical-legal conclusions. He prepares and organizes
the production of demonstrative evidence. Ultimately, he provides skilled
testimony at deposition and trial.
The talents of an insightful and ethical psychiatrist in analyzing patients,
records, and the psyche are combined with proficiency in corroborating
with attorneys for the maximum usefulness of data. Dr. Rappaport demonstrates
the art of clearly communicating his findings and opinions in an adversarial
environment. He is known to testify with simplicity, clarity and poignancy,
which is appreciated by the court, the attorneys, and the jury.
CURRICULUM
VITAE
Practice
Forensic Psychiatry Practice, 1969-Present
Expert witness in civil and criminal legal matters in private, state,
and federal cases.
Areas of Expertise:
personal
injury
malpractice
workers’ compensation
child custody
testamentary capacity |
product
liability
wrongful termination
job discrimination
sexual harassment
PTSD |
criminal
issues of sanity
competency
capital sentencing
serial crime
eyewitness identification |
Most notable criminal cases include:
John Wayne
Gacy (Chicago, IL)
Ricky Green (Ft. Worth, TX)
James Marlow (San Bernardino, CA) |
Nathaniel
Code (Shreveport, LA)
Robert Hendricks (Bloomington, IL)
Toufic Naddi (San Diego, CA) |
Consultant to Commissioner of Special Task Force in Atlanta,
Georgia,
regarding child murders
Private Treatment Practice, 1969-1986
Analytic Orientation - Group Psychotherapy Sub-Specialty
Consultant to Corporations and Industry, 1976-Present
For executive evaluations, trouble-shooting, and crisis management
Medical School
Affiliations
- Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSD Medical School,
San Diego, CA, 1986-Present
- Associate, Psychiatry Department, Northwestern University Medical
School, Chicago, IL, 1970-85
Education
- University of Pennsylvania, 1958 B.A. in Philosophy
- Chicago Medical School Fellowship in Neurophysiology, 1958-1959
M.D. (Class President), 1963
- Internship - Michael Reese Hospital
Mixed Medicine, 1963-64
- Residency - Michael Reese Hospital - PPI
Psychiatry, 1966-69
Licenses
- California Medical License (G 14011)
Military
- Captain, U.S. Air Force, 1964-1966
Hospital Affiliations
- Scripps Memorial Hospital, Psychiatry Department, La Jolla, CA,
1986-Present
- Sharp Memorial Hospital (formerly Mesa Vista Hospital), San Diego,
CA, 1991-Present
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, 1979-1985
- Highland Park Hospital, Chicago, IL, 1972-1986
Consultant Positions
- Ethics Committee, Highland Park Hospital, 1984-1986
- Representative to the American College of Sports Medicine, American
Psychiatric Association, 1986
- The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, 1985
- Member of Advisory Board, Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 1974-Present
- Initiated Group Therapy Project at Statesville Prison, Illinois
Department of Corrections, 1967-1972
Professional
Societies
- American Psychiatric
Association
- American Academy of
Psychiatry and Law
- American College of
Forensic Psychiatry
- American Academy of
Forensic Sciences
- San Diego Psychiatric
Society
- San Diego Psychology
and Law Society
- Forensic Consultants
Association (FCA), San Diego
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