FORENSIC EVALUATION SERVICES
Complex cases require the right evaluation.
Upright Forensic Solutions provides specialized forensic assessment and consultation designed to address clearly defined psycholegal questions in complex civil, criminal, and family-law matters.
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Best-interest considerations, parenting capacity, family dynamics, parent-child relationships, competing allegations, and other factors relevant to custodial decision-making.
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Assessment of psychological functioning, parenting capacity, behavioral concerns, risk factors, protective factors, and their potential relevance to the individual's ability to safely and effectively parent.
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Differential assessment of child resistance or refusal, alienating behaviors, estrangement, attachment and relational factors, family-system dynamics, abuse concerns, and other competing explanations for disrupted parent-child contact.
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Forensic assessment involving allegations of sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect, coercion, trauma, and other complex allegations requiring careful consideration of multiple hypotheses and collateral evidence.
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Assessment of sexual history and functioning, problematic sexual behavior, sexual interests, risk and protective factors, treatment needs, and other psychosexual concerns relevant to the referral question.
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Structured evaluation of sexual recidivism risk, relevant dynamic and static risk factors, protective factors, treatment needs, risk-management considerations, and related forensic questions.
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Specialized assessment involving juvenile competency, problematic sexual behavior, risk, developmental functioning, treatment needs, and other juvenile forensic concerns.
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Independent review of records, existing evaluations, methodology, psychological data, competing expert opinions, psycholegal questions, and other complex behavioral-health evidence.
FORENSIC CONSULTATION & EXPERT SERVICES
CASE CONSULTATION
Review complex case issues, psychological evidence, records, and potential psycholegal questions.
Upright Forensic Solutions provides forensic consultation to attorneys and other legal professionals navigating complex psychological, behavioral, and evidentiary issues. Consultation may include case conceptualization, review of psychological or forensic records, identification and refinement of psycholegal questions, evaluation of opposing expert methodology and opinions, and assistance in determining whether a forensic evaluation may be warranted.
Not Sure Which Evaluation Your Case Requires?
The appropriate forensic service is determined by the psycholegal question—not simply the allegation or diagnosis. Contact Upright Forensic Solutions to discuss the psycholegal questions, scope of the matter, and the appropriate evaluation or consultation.
Not every complex case requires a full evaluation.
EXPERT REVIEW
Independent review of forensic reports, methodology, assessment practices, and the support for expert conclusions.
LITIGATION SUPPORT
Consultation regarding deposition or trial preparation, psychological evidence, expert testimony, and complex behavioral issues relevant to litigation.
POLYGRAPH SERVICES
Truth is data. Context determines what it means.
Upright Forensic Solutions offers professional polygraph services in collaboration with Kimbrough Consulting, LLC and licensed polygraph examiner Kevin Kimbrough. Polygraph examinations may be utilized in forensic, investigative, treatment, supervision, and relationship-related matters when objective physiological data may assist in addressing clearly defined referral questions.
Available polygraph services include:
• Post-Conviction Sex Offender Testing (PCSOT)
• Treatment and supervision-related examinations
• Investigative polygraph examinations
• Infidelity examinations
• Relationship maintenance examinations
• Other examinations tailored to the specific referral question
Polygraph services may be coordinated with attorneys, therapists, treatment providers, state and federal supervision agencies, and other referring professionals as appropriate.
POLYGRAPH CONSULTANT
Kevin Kimbrough
Licensed Polygraph Examiner | Founder, Kimbrough Consulting, LLC
Kevin Kimbrough brings more than 28 years of law enforcement and investigative experience to his work as a licensed polygraph examiner. His career includes service as a patrol officer, K-9 officer, and investigator, followed by nearly two decades with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation as a Special Agent.
During his tenure with the SBI, Mr. Kimbrough conducted complex criminal investigations, served on the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, and investigated child sexual exploitation matters within the Computer Crimes Unit (CCU). He later served as an Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the CCU.
Mr. Kimbrough became a certified polygraph examiner in 2012 and founded Kimbrough Consulting, LLC in 2018. His polygraph practice emphasizes Post-Conviction Sex Offender Testing (PCSOT), as well as infidelity and relationship-maintenance examinations. He regularly collaborates with therapists, treatment providers, and state and federal probation agencies in support of treatment, supervision, accountability, relationship recovery, and risk-management objectives.
He is licensed to conduct polygraph examinations in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia and maintains ongoing professional development through continuing education and involvement in the polygraph and sexual-abuse-treatment fields.
28+ YEARS
Law Enforcement & Investigative Experience
FORMER SPECIAL AGENT
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
POLYGRAPH EXAMINER
Certified in 2012
LICENSED IN
North Carolina • South Carolina • Virginia
EDUCATION
Catawba College — Bachelor’s Degree
Pfeiffer University — MBA
Methodist University — Graduate Certificate in Criminal Justice Education
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
American Polygraph Association
American Association of Police Polygraphists
North Carolina Polygraph Association
Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA)
POLYGRAPH REFERRALS
Need to discuss whether polygraph services are appropriate for your referral?
Polygraph examinations are structured around clearly defined referral questions and the purpose for which the examination is requested. Contact Upright Forensic Solutions to discuss the matter, examination type, jurisdiction, and scheduling considerations.