Dr. Hy Malinek is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist with 35 years of clinical and forensic experience. He holds BA, MA and Doctorate degrees in psychology, completed his clinical training at USC medical center, and has substantial postdoctoral training and experience in conducting a variety of forensic evaluations. Dr. Malinek has been in private practice as a clinical and forensic psychologist since 1990 and has completed approximately 5000 evaluations of individuals in litigation in several states. Dr. Malinek is an expert on assessing sexual misconduct, and in evaluating both “hands on” and online sexual misconduct. He has conducted psychological evaluations and risk assessments in civil commitment cases (SVP) in California since 1996 and in recent years in Washington as well. Since 2010, he has also consulted with federal lawyers and has testified as an expert in federal civil commitment hearings of sexual offenders in North Carolina in connection with the Adam Walsh act. Dr. Malinek has testified approximately 450 times for both prosecution and defense. He has also been frequently appointed as an expert by criminal courts to examine mental states, competency and sanity. Dr. Malinek is a member of multiple expert panels nationwide and has been appointed independently by state and federal judges in several high-profile and celebrity cases. He has consulted with the media on diagnosis and risk assessment on several occasions. Dr. Malinek speaks and conducts evaluations in English, Spanish and Hebrew.