[1] Von Ornsteiner is a licensed psychologist and has a history working with the mentally ill within the context of the legal system.

[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.

[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.