John M. Fabian, PsyD, JD, ABPP

John Matthew Fabian, Psy.D., J.D., ABPP, is double board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in both forensic psychology and clinical psychology. He is a fellowship-trained clinical neuropsychologist and practices primarily as a forensic psychologist and forensic neuropsychologist in criminal, civil, and family law cases.

Dr. Fabian was formerly Director of a state court psychiatric clinic in Ohio, where he conducted pretrial and presentence evaluations and consulted at two additional adult and one juvenile court psychiatric clinic. While practicing as a full-time court psychologist, he earned his law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and also completed specialized training in forensic psychiatry and the law at Case Western Reserve Law School. During law school, he published two law review articles on forensic psychological evaluations in death penalty and sexually violent predator legal proceedings.

Dr. Fabian later served as a forensic psychologist at the Minnesota Security Hospital—the state’s maximum security forensic psychiatric facility—where he conducted pretrial and presentence evaluations and specialized in violence and sexual violence risk assessment for the Mentally Ill and Dangerous and Sexually Dangerous Persons civil commitment populations. He also consulted with the Federal Bureau of Prisons forensic studies center, examining federal criminal offenders.

Dr. Fabian has testified in state and federal courts across the United States and has evaluated over 4,000 adult and juvenile cases, including 700 murder cases. He has conducted criminal and civil evaluations in approximately 25 states and has testified over 400 times in about 20 states. He has an extensive background in civil forensic psychological and neuropsychological evaluations, particularly those involving PTSD and traumatic brain injury.

In addition to his forensic work, Dr. Fabian has practiced extensively in clinical neuropsychology. He has consulted with Neurology and Neurosciences Associates to evaluate adults with severe neurological disorders and with Applewood Psychiatric Centers to assess high-risk urban children and adolescents with complex trauma and neurodevelopmental conditions. He also served as a clinical neuropsychologist and fellow at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine’s Center for Neuropsychological Services and the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center’s Polytrauma Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD unit. He continues to specialize in military forensic expert witness evaluations and testimony.

Dr. Fabian holds faculty appointments at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program, and at the Forensic Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Center for Forensic Behavioral Science.

In addition to teaching courses in forensic psychology, neuropsychology and the law, and violence risk assessment, he is published in law reviews, peer-reviewed journals, and bar journals. Dr. Fabian’s primary offices are located in Texas and Florida.

Dr. Fabian has been an independent contractor to fpamed since 2021.

References available upon request.