Richard G. Dudley, Jr., M.D. received his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine in 1972 and then completed his internship and residency in psychiatry at Northwestern University School of Medicine. He was formerly Deputy Commissioner of the NYC Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Alcoholism Services, and then Medical Director of the Washington Heights-West Harlem Community Mental Health Center. He was also previously a Visiting Associate Professor and Acting Chairmen of the Department of Behavioral Sciences at CUNY Medical School, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at NYU School of Law. Since 1984, Dr. Dudley has maintained a private practice in both clinical and forensic psychiatry; he has testified as an expert in psychiatry in civil and criminal cases in both state and federal courts throughout the United States; and he is perhaps best known for his work in capital habeas corpus cases, some of which have advanced to the highest courts in the land, resulting in significant changes in or refinements of the law. He is frequently invited to lecture to both mental health and legal professionals on the performance of ethno-culturally competent mental health evaluations, and he has been a participant on commissions, study groups and monitoring teams focused on the provision of mental health services in correctional facilities.