File No. 26 — Background

Sixteen years inside the system this work asks questions about

Program administration experience, not a weekend certification — the distinction that matters when a report gets cross-examined.

Exhibit A — Background

Where this expertise comes from

My work sits at the intersection of corrections and mental health administration. For 16 years I've worked directly with seriously mentally ill (SMI) incarcerated individuals — not as an outside observer reviewing a case file cold, but from inside the day-to-day administration of correctional mental health programs.

That experience covers how mental health care is actually staffed, documented, escalated, and — when systems fail — how those failures show up in the record. It's the same lens I bring to a case review: what should have happened at intake, during a crisis, or in a segregation placement, versus what the documentation shows actually happened.

Credentials

  • PhD
  • Master of Public Administration (MPA)
  • BS, Criminal Justice

Current role

I currently serve as Corporal, security staff, with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, alongside this independent consulting and expert-witness practice.

Exhibit B — Scope of Practice

What this practice covers

  • Correctional mental health program administration
  • Standards-of-care review
  • Policy & protocol analysis
  • Systemic and deliberate-indifference litigation support
  • Institutional staff training & CE curriculum

What this practice does not cover

This is deliberately narrow. Clinical evaluations, diagnoses, and treatment recommendations require a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist — this practice does not perform those services, and any case requiring one should be routed to a licensed clinical expert alongside this administrative/systemic review.

  • Clinical diagnosis or evaluation
  • Individual treatment planning
  • Competency or sanity determinations
Exhibit C — Who This Serves

Built for three kinds of clients

Criminal Defense

Defense Attorneys

Case review and testimony where a client's mental health status, treatment, or crisis response inside a facility is material to the case.

Civil Rights

Civil Rights Attorneys

Standards-of-care and systemic-indifference analysis for individual and class claims involving correctional mental health care.

Reentry & Advocacy

Nonprofits & Reentry Orgs

Policy review, staff training, and program consulting for organizations working with people transitioning out of incarceration.

Exhibit D — Next Step

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