Forensic Psychiatry Services
Trent C. Holmberg, MD is board-certified in adult and forensic psychiatry (a sub-specialty of psychiatry that focuses on the interface of law and mental health). After completing his adult psychiatry residency at the University of Utah in 2002, Dr. Holmberg completed a forensic psychiatry fellowship through the prestigious psychiatry and the law program at the University of California-Davis in Sacramento, California.
Dr. Holmberg has extensive experience serving as an expert witness in both criminal and civil proceedings. He has worked on over 700 cases and has provided trial testimony as an expert witness in multiple U.S. jurisdictions and in Canada. He is known to be detailed and thorough in his reports. Dr. Holmberg is an active member of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law (AAPL), having served on its Executive Council, as AAPL Secretary, and as the 2020 Annual Meeting program co-chair. He chaired the forensic Private Practice committee and co-chaired the Membership committee. He was also the AAPL Vice President from 2022-2024.
Dr. Holmberg currently sits on the following AAPL committees: Geriatric Psychiatry and the Law, Media/Public Relations, Membership, Private Practice, Program, Suicidology, Trauma and Stress, and the Virtual AAPL Continuing Medical Education. He is a peer reviewer for the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (JAAPL). He is also an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Utah where he volunteers his time teaching and supervising forensic psychiatry fellows and psychiatry residents completing forensic psychiatry rotations.
Dr. Holmberg has extensive experience serving as an expert witness in both criminal and civil proceedings. He has worked on over 700 cases and has provided trial testimony as an expert witness in multiple U.S. jurisdictions and in Canada. He is known to be detailed and thorough in his reports. Dr. Holmberg is an active member of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law (AAPL), having served on its Executive Council, as AAPL Secretary, and as the 2020 Annual Meeting program co-chair. He chaired the forensic Private Practice committee and co-chaired the Membership committee. He was also the AAPL Vice President from 2022-2024.
Dr. Holmberg currently sits on the following AAPL committees: Geriatric Psychiatry and the Law, Media/Public Relations, Membership, Private Practice, Program, Suicidology, Trauma and Stress, and the Virtual AAPL Continuing Medical Education. He is a peer reviewer for the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (JAAPL). He is also an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Utah where he volunteers his time teaching and supervising forensic psychiatry fellows and psychiatry residents completing forensic psychiatry rotations.
Forensic Psychiatric Services Provided:
Services Not Provided:
To inquire about Dr. Holmberg's forensic services, please call 801-432-2077 or fill out the contact form below. If you are an individual involved in a legal matter, please have your attorney contact Dr. Holmberg.
- Affirmative Defense Assessment
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Civil Competency
- Consultative Services to Law Firms (Case Management, Trial Preparation, etc.)
- Criminal Competency, including Competency to Stand Trial
- Death Penalty
- Diminished Capacity
- Disability
- DOPL Evaluations
- Fitness For Duty/Impaired Professionals
- Guardianship/Conservatorship
- Insanity Defense
- Malpractice
- Mitigation Evaluation for Sentencing
- Probate/Contested Will or Trust
- Psychological Damages, including PTSD
- Sexual Harassment
- Suicide Risk Assessment
- Threat Assessment
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Violence Risk Assessment
- Workers' Compensation
Services Not Provided:
- Psychiatric Evaluations of Children (under 16)
- Child Custody Evaluations
- Divorce or Parental Fitness Evaluations
To inquire about Dr. Holmberg's forensic services, please call 801-432-2077 or fill out the contact form below. If you are an individual involved in a legal matter, please have your attorney contact Dr. Holmberg.