Cochrane Expert Testimony

Consultations:

Law schools rarely offer training in the principles of research design and analysis of variance. Dr. Cochrane provides lawyers with practical consultations on what constitutes credible outcome research and which claims can be classified as unproven, disproven or as junk science. Many of these principles are illustrated in Dr. Cochrane's papers, Psychology, Expert Testimony and the Law (click below) and Psychology and the Law: What is Credible; What is Questionable and What is Junk? (click below)

Dr. Cochrane has consulted on issues such as the credibility of specific therapy methods, on the reliability and validity of assessment tools and techniques, on the impotance of standardization for assessment tools, on meaning attribution versus evidence, on obfuscation versus verifiable clarity, on confabulation and on the inappropriate pairing of the terms anecdotal and evidence.

Dr. Cochrane maintains his long-standing interest in the literature on psychology research and subsequently, he is able to provide specific and the most current references for most mainstream psychology issues. His many years in clinical practice, his professional training and his continuous interest in literature, history and philosophy have reinforced his existential respect for the challenges and rewards that are embodied in the human condition. Subsequently, he is very skeptical of wonder therapies and the therapists who claim immediate, though unverified and often unverifiable, positive results for life's truly challenging issues.