J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner

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Career

Von Ornsteiner is a licensed psychologist and has a history working with the mentally ill within the context of the legal system.[2] From 2012 till 2019 he was the project director for the Mental Health Court Advocacy Program which was based in Brooklyn Arraignment Court.[3] The program, which ended when the city's new bail reform law came into effect,[4] was created to divert from further adjudication and confinement, seriously and persistently mentally ill offenders charged with minor, low-level non-violent crimes at the first point of contact within Criminal Court, at Brooklyn Arraignment Court. In addition, Von Ornsteiner also was the project director for EAC NETWORK's Forensic Intensive Case Management Program, which provided intensive case management services for severely mentally ill males recently released from New York State prisons. Transitional services included placement within the New York City homeless shelter system.[5] In 2021, Von Ornsteiner began working within the Health and Wellness section of the NYPD[6]

Before receiving his doctoral degree, Von Ornsteiner also appeared as a lead actor in several feature films during the late 1980s: Robot Holocaust, Slash Dance[7] and Zombie Death House.[8]

Von Ornsteiner became known to the public as "Dr. Buzz", appearing first on New York City radio station WWRL with his own show, Ask Dr. Buzz,[9] and then on national cable stations, CNN International, CNN Headline News, Fox News, E Entertainment, MSNBC, WNYW, Court TV News, Tru TV, WPIX, Investigation Discovery and Reelz as a regular expert analyst commenting on current high-profile criminal cases.[10]

Selected Television credits

Year Title Network Notes
2006–2009 Lisa Bloom: Open Court Court TV 32 Episodes
2006–2009 Jami Floyd: Best Defense Court TV 50 Episodes
2014 The Killer Speaks A&E 1 Episode
2015–2016 Evil Kin Investigation Discovery 5 Episodes
2016 Deadly Demands Investigation Discovery 1 Episode
2016–2020 CopyCat Killers Reelz 45 Episodes

Selected Radio appearances

Year Program Station
2003-2005 Ask Dr. Buzz WWRL

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