LEONARD J. HERTZBERG, M.D., is a board certified psychiatrist with over forty years experience. His expertise in the field of forensic psychiatry encompasses medical expert evaluations and forensic testimony in cases involving criminal and civil trials; as well as appropriateness of treatment.

He is an alumnus of Lehigh University in Bethlehem , PA , where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude. He obtained his M.D. degree at Tufts Medical School in Boston , MASS. He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; former President of Maryland Psychiatric Society. In 2010, Dr. Hertzberg was honored at the annual Maryland Psychiatric Society meeting with the Lifetime of Service Award.

Dr. Hertzberg's forensic psychiatry practice consists of providing a range of psychiatric services to a broad spectrum of individual clients and institutions. Much of his practice focuses on forensic evaluation of violent and non-violent criminal behavior, competency to stand trial and criminal responsibility, medical malpractice, Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs), and disability evaluations.

Areas of Forensic Psychatric Expertise

provided by Dr. Hertzberg

Individual and family therapy
Agency consultation
Psychiatric Disability
Workers comp evaluation/fitness for duty
Assessment of impaired physicians and other professionals
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Evaluation of Psychiatric malpractice
Assessment of therapist boundary violation
Medical records review
Competency to stand trial
Criminal responsibility
Mental state at time of offense
Evaluations to assist sentencing and treatment
Sexual offender assessment
Workplace violence assessment

Dr. Hertzberg has performed over five hundred Independent Medical Evaluations (IME) on behalf of attorneys, insurers, and employers in the state of Maryland and Washington D.C. areas. He has testified in deposition as well as before Administrative Law Judges and in Court over one hundred times.