Opinion ID: 1377527
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Heading: qualifications of expert

Text: The expert called by the State in this case was Karil Klingbeil, whose testimony on the battered woman syndrome was admitted in two cases previously considered by this court: State v. Allery, supra , and State v. Kelly, 102 Wn.2d 188, 685 P.2d 564 (1984). At the time of trial, she was an associate professor at the University of Washington, director of social work at Harborview Medical Center, and head of the Sexual Assault Center at Harborview. Klingbeil is a social worker specializing in the area of family violence. She has published in her field in nationally recognized professional psychiatric journals, as well as in lay journals such as Time and Newsweek magazines. She is a member of many professional boards and committees, and testified to participating in the assessment and treatment of over 2,200 women complaining of battering. Klingbeil's credentials were, as in the Allery case, well-established at trial. Allery, at 596.