Employability Expert Witnesses

Employability expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on employability. The employability expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Economics, Employment, Human Resources, Life Care Planning, Medical Billing, and Vocational Rehabilitation.

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Bradford H Taft, MBA, CMF, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CFLC

Employment & Vocational Evaluation Expert Witness

Taft Vocational Experts LLC

Scottsdale, Arizona
Employment, Vocational Rehabilitation - Human Resources, Vocational Evaluation, Earning Capacity, Labor Market, Employability, Wrongful Termination, Divorce, Job Search Effectiveness, Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation
Brad Taft has over 40 years experience in the recruiting, outplacement, career transition, and organizational development fields. He has provided expert consulting, reports, and/or testimony in over 625 cases involving wrongful termination, divorce, personal injury, wrongful death, and workers compensation. Brad is also the Chief Career Strategist of Taft Career Group, a career management consulting firm that supports individuals in planning and implementing effective job search campaigns. Prior experience includes recruiting and consulting with firms such as Korn/Ferry International, Lee Hecht Harrison, Right Management Consultants, and Spherion. He has provided recruitment, talent management, and organizational development services for companies in a large number of service and manufacturing industries; and he has provided career consulting to individuals in all functions and all levels of organizations. Brad holds certifications in the human resources, career consulting, and lit...
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Jason C. Purinton, LPC, CRC, CVE, FVE, ABVE/F, IPEC

Vocational Expert & Life Care Planning

PURINTON ANALYTICS, LLC

Colorado
Vocational Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning - Vocational Assessment, Vocational Evaluation, Wage Loss, Employability, Placeability, Vocational Expert, Life Care Planner, Psychometric Testing, Vocational Testing, Earning Capacity, Present Value, Future Value, Occupational Assessment, Job Analysis, Work Evaluation, Job Placement, Employment
Serving Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Major Cities in Canada, and Nationwide I am a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), Certified Vocational Evaluation Specialist (CVE), and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC - Missouri) specializing in vocational expert witness services, life care planning, and case management. I am also a Fellow at The American Board of Vocational Experts (ABVE), an International Psychometric Evaluator - Certified (IPEC) through ABVE, and a Forensic Vocational Expert with the American Rehabilitation Economics Association (AREA)—a rare combination of credentials that reflects my depth of expertise and commitment to the field. With experience as a vocational expert, I provide comprehensive vocational evaluations and expert testimony for civil litigation cases across the United States and Canada. My areas of expertise include wage loss analysis, employability evaluations, and life care plans for both catastrophic and non-catastrophic cases. Thro...
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David M. Soja, M.Ed., CAGS, M.S.

Vocational Damages - Wage Earning Capacity Expert

CRC Services, LLC

Windsor, Connecticut
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment - ADA Job Analysis, Career Counseling, Diminution, Defamation, Disability Reviews (SSA/ERISA), Divorce, Employability, Rebuttal Xp, Job Placement, Labor Market Survey, P-Injury, Transition Assessments, Vocational Life Care Plans, Memory Testing, Wage Earning Capacity, W-Comp, Wrongful Termination, Veteran TDIU CampLejeune, Diligence, Tort
David M. Soja, an early pioneer in the private vocational rehabilitation expert witness space; opened his practice, CRC Services, LLC in 1981. Mr. Soja and his highly esteemed professional colleague Erin S. Bailey, CRC, ABVE for 17 years; recruit, train and mentor vocational rehabilitation graduate level students on the intricacies of vocational assessment interviewing, vocational testing, transferrable skills analysis, vocational guidance and counseling and the art of labor market surveys and job placement of impaired individuals. Team-CRC has grown to 12 highly skilled vocational rehabilitation experts. We specialize in a wide array of vocational consulting, vocational rehabilitation and vocational expert advising services to governmental agencies, private business, insurance companies, the legal community and the general public, nationwide. Mr. Soja and all his professional staff are nationally certified as rehabilitation counselors. Mr. Soja and Ms. Bailey are state licensed,...
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Julie Jansen

Vocational Evaluation Expert Witness

Julie Jansen, LLC

Stamford, Connecticut
Vocational Rehabilitation - Vocational Evaluation and Expert Testimony for Marital Dissolution/Divorce, Family Law, Employment - Vocational Expert, Vocational Assessment, Job Analysis, Labor Market Surveys, Earning Capacity, Employability, Expert Testimony, Matrimonial Law, Wrongful Termination, Discrimination Dismissal, Divorce, Child Support
Julie Jansen has over 25 years of experience in career transition, executive coaching, outplacement, recruiting, and human resources consulting. She provides consulting, reports, and expert testimony on employability, earning capacity, transferable skills, and the existence of jobs in the labor market in divorce, wrongful termination, and financial fraud cases across the United States. As an executive and career coach, motivational speaker, and resume and LinkedIn profile writer Julie empowers professionals to find success, satisfaction, and fulfillment at work. She works with clients of every age, across all functional areas and industries, to develop and enhance skills and competencies. Julie has written numerous articles and has delivered 500+ keynote speeches and workshops on employment, workforce, and career issues. Julie's book I Don’t Know What I Want, But I Know It’s Not This: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work (Penguin; second revised edition) has been publi...
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Randy J Salmons, PhD, CRC

Vocational Rehab/Earning Capacity Assessment

Orlando, Florida
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment - Divorce, Loss of Earning Capacity, Family Law, Workers' Compensation, Evaluation, Employability, Disability, Vocational Evaluation, Labor Market Analysis, Job Assessment, Job Placement, Return To Work, Rehabilitation, Wage Earning Capacity
Dr. Salmons has practiced in Central Florida for over 25 years. Dr. Salmons is able to use standard, approved methodology to establish earning capacities in a wide range of impairments in Workers' Compensation and personal injury. Dr. Salmons also offers his expertise in the family law area offering earning capacity assessments for divorcing spouses which includes an up-to-date Labor Market Study Professionally licensed as a Mental Health Counselor with the state of Florida, Dr. Salmons is able to consider the mental as well as the physical dynamics of returning to work. A national certified Rehabilitation Counselor, and member of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, Dr. Salmons Ph.D. in counseling assures clients of the highest possible standard in creditable research and testimony. Dr. Salmons believes it is important to keep clients updated during the evaluation /assessment process.
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Julianne Frain, PhD, CRC, CLCP, ABVE/D

Life Care Planning and Vocational Expert

Rehab Pro Assessment and Consultation

Boca Raton, Florida
Vocational Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning - Cost Projection, Vocational Evaluation, Vocational Assessment, Life Care Planner, Labor Market Survey, Economic Damages, Disability, Career Counselor, Earning Capacity, Medical Billing and Coding, Medical Audits, Past Billing Analysis, Cost of Future Medical Care, Transferable Skills Analysis, Employability, Life Care Planning
Dr. Julianne Frain is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, Certified Life Care Planner, and Diplomate with the American Board of Vocational Experts. Having testified in both state and federal venues in multiple states, this expert has over 300 appearances in combined deposition and trial testimony. Dr. Frain is typically hired in the areas of vocational rehabilitation, life care planning, or both concentrations combined. She possesses 17 years of experience handling claims within varying forms of injury and family law matters and rendering opinions on vocational assessment, disability, pre-and-post incident earning capacity, re-employment, rehabilitation and life care planning, and usual and customary costs of medical care. She is commonly retained by both plaintiff and defense firms. Her company manages a high volume of claims spread primarily throughout the entire state of Florida as well as the mid-west. Rehab Pro Assessment and Consultation has Florida offices in Jacksonville, ...
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Robert Wegman, MRC, CRC, CEAS

Vocational Loss of Earnings Expert

LCPMD

Lakeland, Florida
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment - Vocational evaluation, loss of earning capacity, personal injury, employability, vocational testing, wage earning capacity, economic damages, job analysis, vocational, transferable skills, amputation, traumatic brain injury, catastrophic, non-catastrophic, vocational forensics, wage loss
Mr. Wegman serves as a vocational rehabilitation subject matter expert, providing opinions to attorneys working on cases including but not limited to personal injury, medical malpractice, and workers’ compensation. Using evidence-based practices and methodologies, he can determine if a loss of earnings occurred due to injury. With a sound understanding of the impact disability has on earning capacity, Mr. Wegman utilizes his expertise to provide vocational counseling and guidance and conduct vocational assessments and transferrable skills analyses. Additionally, he performs labor market analyses, with wage loss assessments, and provides court testimony. As a Bowling Green State University Rehabilitation Counseling Program graduate with a medical background, Mr. Wegman has worked for over 20 years as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor. He has extensive experience providing vocational rehabilitation counseling services in the public and private sectors within multiple states. This...
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Jason C. Purinton, LPC, CRC, CVE, FVE, ABVE/F, IPEC

Vocational Expert & Life Care Planning

PURINTON ANALYTICS, LLC

Illinois
Vocational Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning - Vocational Assessment, Vocational Evaluation, Wage Loss, Employability, Placeability, Vocational Expert, Life Care Planner, Psychometric Testing, Vocational Testing, Earning Capacity, Present Value, Future Value, Occupational Assessment, Job Analysis, Work Evaluation, Job Placement, Employment
Serving Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Major Cities in Canada, and Nationwide I am a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), Certified Vocational Evaluation Specialist (CVE), and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC - Missouri) specializing in vocational expert witness services, life care planning, and case management. I am also a Fellow at The American Board of Vocational Experts (ABVE), an International Psychometric Evaluator - Certified (IPEC) through ABVE, and a Forensic Vocational Expert with the American Rehabilitation Economics Association (AREA)—a rare combination of credentials that reflects my depth of expertise and commitment to the field. With experience as a vocational expert, I provide comprehensive vocational evaluations and expert testimony for civil litigation cases across the United States and Canada. My areas of expertise include wage loss analysis, employability evaluations, and life care plans for both catastrophic and non-catastrophic cases. Thro...
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Jason C. Purinton, LPC, CRC, CVE, FVE, ABVE/F, IPEC

Vocational Expert & Life Care Planning

PURINTON ANALYTICS, LLC

Kansas
Vocational Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning - Vocational Assessment, Vocational Evaluation, Wage Loss, Employability, Placeability, Vocational Expert, Life Care Planner, Psychometric Testing, Vocational Testing, Earning Capacity, Present Value, Future Value, Occupational Assessment, Job Analysis, Work Evaluation, Job Placement, Employment
Serving Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Major Cities in Canada, and Nationwide I am a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), Certified Vocational Evaluation Specialist (CVE), and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC - Missouri) specializing in vocational expert witness services, life care planning, and case management. I am also a Fellow at The American Board of Vocational Experts (ABVE), an International Psychometric Evaluator - Certified (IPEC) through ABVE, and a Forensic Vocational Expert with the American Rehabilitation Economics Association (AREA)—a rare combination of credentials that reflects my depth of expertise and commitment to the field. With experience as a vocational expert, I provide comprehensive vocational evaluations and expert testimony for civil litigation cases across the United States and Canada. My areas of expertise include wage loss analysis, employability evaluations, and life care plans for both catastrophic and non-catastrophic cases. Thro...
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David M. Soja, M.Ed., CAGS, M.S.

Vocational Damages - Wage Earning Capacity Expert

CRC Services, LLC

Massachusetts
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment - ADA Job Analysis, Career Counseling, Diminution, Defamation, Disability Reviews (SSA/ERISA), Divorce, Employability, Rebuttal Xp, Job Placement, Labor Market Survey, P-Injury, Transition Assessments, Vocational Life Care Plans, Memory Testing, Wage Earning Capacity, W-Comp, Wrongful Termination, Veteran TDIU CampLejeune, Diligence, Tort
David M. Soja, an early pioneer in the private vocational rehabilitation expert witness space; opened his practice, CRC Services, LLC in 1981. Mr. Soja and his highly esteemed professional colleague Erin S. Bailey, CRC, ABVE for 17 years; recruit, train and mentor vocational rehabilitation graduate level students on the intricacies of vocational assessment interviewing, vocational testing, transferrable skills analysis, vocational guidance and counseling and the art of labor market surveys and job placement of impaired individuals. Team-CRC has grown to 12 highly skilled vocational rehabilitation experts. We specialize in a wide array of vocational consulting, vocational rehabilitation and vocational expert advising services to governmental agencies, private business, insurance companies, the legal community and the general public, nationwide. Mr. Soja and all his professional staff are nationally certified as rehabilitation counselors. Mr. Soja and Ms. Bailey are state licensed,...
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Jeffrey R. Ketchum, CRA

Executive Recruiting & Compensation Expert

Lordstone Corporation

Gladstone, Michigan
Employment, Human Resources - executive recruiter, executive compensation, recruiter, recruitment, recruiting, executive search consulting, headhunter, compensation, earning capacity, wage loss, employability, employment, job search analysis, executive assessment, vocational, placement, earnings, Human Resources, Defamation, lost income
Jeffrey Ketchum is an executive recruiting and compensation expert witness with 30 years of executive level (C-level, VP, Director, Manager & Staff) experience with small businesses, middle market and Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Ketchum has personally completed over 220 engagements focused on executive recruiting, executive compensation, executive marketability, management appraisal and candidate assessment. He is the President of several strategic HR, executive search & compensation consulting firms, including Lordstone Corporation and Dieck Executive Search, Inc. Mr. Ketchum is a graduate of Cornell University's Advanced Program for Executive Search & Leadership Consulting and Wharton's Executive Compensation: Strategies & Frameworks program. He is an AESC Certified Researcher/Associate (CRA) through the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants, the official representative of the industry to the US Government and European Commission. Mr. Ketchum has global ex...
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Kirsten Durling, MA, CRC

Vocational Loss of Earnings Expert

LCPMD

Linden, Michigan
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment - Vocational evaluation, loss of earning capacity, personal injury, employability, vocational testing, wage earning capacity, economic damages, job analysis, vocational expert, pediatric wage loss, amputation, traumatic brain injury, burns, catastrophic, non-catastrophic injury, vocational forensics
In her work with LCPMD, Ms. Durling serves as a vocational expert providing an array of vocational services to attorneys for litigation support, including loss of earnings assessments, vocational evaluations, and employability/placeability assessments. Ms. Durling graduated from Michigan State University’s rehabilitation counseling program that is ranked #1 among programs within the United States by the US News and World Report. She has extensive experience in both the public and private sector working with individuals on a wide spectrum in terms of disability and injury. She has also worked with some of the largest long-term disability carriers in the country to determine employability and earnings potential in relation to continued benefits. Ms. Durling is well-versed in vocational assessments including loss of earnings capacity, transferable skills analysis, labor market surveys, and employability opinions. LCPMD is sought by both plaintiff and defense attorneys nationwide ...
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Jason C. Purinton, LPC, CRC, CVE, FVE, ABVE/F, IPEC

Vocational Expert & Life Care Planning

PURINTON ANALYTICS, LLC

St. Louis, Missouri
Vocational Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning - Vocational Assessment, Vocational Evaluation, Wage Loss, Employability, Placeability, Vocational Expert, Life Care Planner, Psychometric Testing, Vocational Testing, Earning Capacity, Present Value, Future Value, Occupational Assessment, Job Analysis, Work Evaluation, Job Placement, Employment
Serving Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Major Cities in Canada, and Nationwide I am a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), Certified Vocational Evaluation Specialist (CVE), and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC - Missouri) specializing in vocational expert witness services, life care planning, and case management. I am also a Fellow at The American Board of Vocational Experts (ABVE), an International Psychometric Evaluator - Certified (IPEC) through ABVE, and a Forensic Vocational Expert with the American Rehabilitation Economics Association (AREA)—a rare combination of credentials that reflects my depth of expertise and commitment to the field. With experience as a vocational expert, I provide comprehensive vocational evaluations and expert testimony for civil litigation cases across the United States and Canada. My areas of expertise include wage loss analysis, employability evaluations, and life care plans for both catastrophic and non-catastrophic cases. Thro...
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Michael J Ramer, M.A., C.P.C., C.S.P.

Employability and Economic Loss

Ramer Group

Livingston , New Jersey
Employment, Economics - vocational, employability, earning capacity, economic loss, personal injury, discrimination, wrongful termination, wrongful death, whistleblower, divorce, matrimonial, labor market, job search, executive, mitigation, economics, litigation, compensation, international, employment
Dually qualified vocational/employability and economic loss/damages expert. Experienced in employment-related matters involving; earning capacity, economic loss, personal injury, matrimonial/divorce, discrimination, wrongful termination, wrongful death, executive compensation, job search mitigation. Retained on more than 160 matters for plaintiffs and defendants since 2003. Testified in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, the District of Columbia, and other states. Background includes Master's degree in Economics and Finance and 30 years' experience in corporate and staffing industries. Certified Personnel Consultant (C.P.C.) and Certified Staffing Professional (C.S.P.). Founder and owner of executive recruitment and staffing firm. Professional speaker, job search consultant, and recruiting industry trainer. Excellent research, case analysis, and testimonial skills. Full C.V. and expedite service upon request.
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David M. Soja, M.Ed., CAGS, M.S.

Vocational Damages - Wage Earning Capacity Expert

CRC Services, LLC

New York
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment - ADA Job Analysis, Career Counseling, Diminution, Defamation, Disability Reviews (SSA/ERISA), Divorce, Employability, Rebuttal Xp, Job Placement, Labor Market Survey, P-Injury, Transition Assessments, Vocational Life Care Plans, Memory Testing, Wage Earning Capacity, W-Comp, Wrongful Termination, Veteran TDIU CampLejeune, Diligence, Tort
David M. Soja, an early pioneer in the private vocational rehabilitation expert witness space; opened his practice, CRC Services, LLC in 1981. Mr. Soja and his highly esteemed professional colleague Erin S. Bailey, CRC, ABVE for 17 years; recruit, train and mentor vocational rehabilitation graduate level students on the intricacies of vocational assessment interviewing, vocational testing, transferrable skills analysis, vocational guidance and counseling and the art of labor market surveys and job placement of impaired individuals. Team-CRC has grown to 12 highly skilled vocational rehabilitation experts. We specialize in a wide array of vocational consulting, vocational rehabilitation and vocational expert advising services to governmental agencies, private business, insurance companies, the legal community and the general public, nationwide. Mr. Soja and all his professional staff are nationally certified as rehabilitation counselors. Mr. Soja and Ms. Bailey are state licensed,...
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Dawn Espinoza, RN, MSN, CCM, CDMS, CNLCP, LNCC

Life Care Planner, Medical Billing

Dawn Espinoza Consulting, PLLC

Arlington, Texas
Life Care Planning, Medical Billing - Case Management, Medical Cost Projection, Vocational Expert, Employability Expert, Nursing, Personal Injury, Property Liability, Workers Compensation, Brain Injury, Back Injury, Burns, Assault Injury, Trip Fall Injuries, Motor Vehicle Accident Injury, Chronic Pain, Spinal Cord Injury, Amputation, Whiplash, Concussion
A licensed Registered Nurse with over 30 years of experience. I have provided care for and developed treatment plans for a multitude of patients, including those patients experiencing orthopedic conditions that require inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, patients with burn injuries, patients with spinal cord injuries, patients who have experienced with amputations, patients with visual impairments, and patients with acquired brain injuries. I trained as and began working as a medical and vocational case manager in 2006, becoming certified in 2007. As a case manager, I perform assessment, planning, implementation, coordination of care, monitoring, evaluation, and outcomes management in a variety of practice settings. My work as a case manager included medical billing audit, utilization review, as well as appeals and denials of hospital services which included medical and procedural coding, medical necessity, and cost review. In 2011, I became a certified disability management ...
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Tiffany Fischer-Blowers, EdS, MBA, CLCP, CDMS, CBIS

Vocational Life Care Planner Expert

LCPMD, LLC

Temple, Texas
Life Care Planning, Vocational Rehabilitation - vocational evaluation, loss of earnings, loss of earnings capacity, vocational testing, clcp, personal injury, vocational expert, life care planning expert, wage earning capacity, employability, vocational consultant, amputation, traumatic brain injury, burns, catastrophic, vocational forensics
Tiffany Fischer-Blowers is a Certified Specialist in Disability Management with extensive experience in vocational evaluation, life care planning, and brain injury assessment. Having collaborated with one of the nation’s largest disability-focused law firms, she has honed her skills in assessing the workplace impact of disabilities and ensuring compliance with industry standards, including California Workers’ Compensation. Tiffany’s advanced training in disability and rehabilitation science from Utah State University, combined with her doctoral studies in adult development, has strengthened her expertise in assessment, planning, and placement for individuals with complex challenges. Tiffany is adept at conducting vocational assessments and evaluations, including wage-loss assessments, transferable skills analysis, labor market surveys, and employability opinions. She continues to be a passionate advocate for invisible disability awareness, focusing on fostering community integratio...