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A Judge in Contra Costa County Superior Court orders Borders McLaughlin to conduct Family Violence Risk Assessment in Family Law Case
 
 
IRVINE, Calif. (April 5th, 2010) – John McLaughlin, CEO of Borders McLaughlin, a firm specializing in evidence-based assessments in high-risk court cases, announced today that the firm was appointed as the court's expert under Evidence Code 730 in Contra Costa County.  The firm was recognized by the court for their expertise in handling high-risk cases and appointed the Multi-Disciplinary Team at Borders McLaughlin as the court's expert. 
 
John McLaughlin. CEO of Borders McLaughlin, said "this is another example of the courts recognizing the work our team does in these high-risk cases. Our Multi-Disciplinary Team approach is recieving a lot of attention from courts throughout the United States because of the accuracy and results our teams are getting in these cases."  Mr. McLaughlin further states "that with our process, results can be back to the court in as little as 6 weeks."
 

The Borders McLaughlin Family Violence Risk Assessment is a fact-based process that uses technology, analytics, and years of expertise to combine human behavior, and evidence-based solutions to high-risk cases.
 

Borders McLaughlin has clients throughout the United States and the Family Violence Risk Assessments are becoming recognized in court rooms throughout the Country.  Courts in California, Arizona, Washington, Texas and various other locations have accepted these assessments.
 
Read more on the firm's Family Threat Assessment solutions.
 
About Borders McLaughlin
With more than 50 years of experience, interviewing thousands of victims, abusers and children involved in domestic violence, Borders, McLaughlin has developed the Family Violence Risk Assessment (FVRA). Our Assessment is a multi-dimensional approach that determines whether violence or abuse actually occurred, evaluates the future potential risk of the parties involved and clearly determines the potential risk to the children or any other party. Borders, McLaughlin is the only privately held firm authorized to use MOSAIC, a highly-developed computer-assisted method that provides guidance in the evaluation of situations that may escalate to violence. MOSAIC is used by governmental agencies to assess threats to public figures, celebrities, Supreme Court Justices and other governmental officials.