Life Care Planner Expert Witnesses
Life care planner 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 life care planner. The life care planner expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Brain Injury Medicine, Internal Medicine, Life Care Planning, Medical Billing, Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab, Physical Therapy, and Vocational Rehabilitation.
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Richard S Kaplan, MD
Kaplan Life Care Planning
Physical Medicine & Rehab, Life Care Planning
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Life Care Planning (large cases), Medical Cost Projection (smaller cases), Life Expectancy, Disability, Damages, Mass Tort, Auto Accident Injury Assessment, Pain, Brain Injury, Multiple Trauma, Spinal Cord Injury, Gait Dysfunction, Falls, Nursing Home Injuries, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury
Certified PM&R physician life care planner available for both life care plans (large cases) and medical cost projections (cost-effective for smaller cases). 25+ years experience in comprehensive physical medicine/rehabilitation and pain management practice. Available to both plaintiff/defense for life care plan and cost projection reports, rebuttal reports, and life expectancy opinions. Straightforward, flat-rate pricing on all services.
Available in Pittsburgh and nationally. See details at www.kaplanlifecareplan.com or www.rehabanalytics.com
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Steven Barna, MD, CLCP
Physician Life Care Planner
LCPMD
Life Care Planning, Pain Management - Medicine
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Physician Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP), Life Care Plans, Catastrophic injury, Non-catastrophic injury, Board certified in Pain Medicine, Chronic Pain, Personal Injury, Defense and Plaintiff, Expert Witness, Auto Injury, traumatic brain injury, slip and fall, malpractice, neck and low back pain
Dr. Barna is a nationally recognized, double board-certified Pain Management Physician and Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP). Harvard trained and with over two decades of clinical experience in trauma, pain, and disability medicine, Dr. Barna brings a deep understanding of injury, chronic pain, and life care planning to his role as an expert witness. His extensive medical expertise, combined with a balanced and objective approach to case evaluation, has made him a trusted resource for personal injury attorneys representing both plaintiffs and defendants.
Dr. Barna is the Co-Editor of the Handbook of Medical Aspects of Disability and Rehabilitation for Life Care Planning (Routledge, 2024), a comprehensive reference widely used by life care planning professionals. He serves on the Editorial Board of Pain Physician, the official publication of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and is a peer reviewer for the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, the official journal of ...
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Doreen R Casuto, RN, MRA, CRRN, CCM
Life Care Planning Expert with 40 years experience
Rehabilitation Care Coordination
Life Care Planning, Medical Billing
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Rehabilitation Nursing, Nursing Assessment, Case Management, Benefit Administration, Special Needs Trust, Care Coordination, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Neuromuscular Disorders, Amputation, Accessibility, Medical Billing, Benefit Application
50 years of experience in rehabilitation nursing, providing patient care, education and coordination of services. 35 years as an independent case manager working with catastrophically injured. Evaluated patients, assisted physicians in planning and coordinating the rehabilitation needs of patients with spinal cord, brain injuries, stroke and neuromuscular illnesses. Prior to founding RCC she was the Director of Physical Rehabilitation Nursing at Grossmont Hospital in San Diego, Rehabilitation Nurse Coordinator at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and Rehab Nursing Workshop Coordinator at Ohio State University. Doreen is currently an Adjunct Professor with San Diego State’s School of Nursing as well as a former board member of the Brain Injury Association of California (BIACAL), the San Diego Brain Injury Foundation (SDBIF) and Jewish Family Services of San Diego.
In 1989, Doreen Casuto decided to start a small company with a unique goal. Doreen had recently left Grossmont Hospit...
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Dr. Kelly S. Harvey, MS, PT, DPT, TPS, CLCP, CFCE
Forensic Analyst, Damages Expert, Life Care Plans
Harvey Medical Legal Consulting
Los Angeles, California
Life Care Planning, Physical Therapy
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Trauma, Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Amputation, Burns, Pain Management, Defense Medical Exam, Functional Capacity Eval, Workman's Comp, Product Liability, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Life Care Planner, Catastrophic Case Management
Dr. Harvey is internationally respected as a pediatric, adult, and geriatric rehabilitation expert. She specializes in the treatment of complex orthopedic trauma, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputations, and burns. She draws from her 30 years of evidenced based practice expertise, utilizing a clinically driven research approach, with the support of a dynamic network of multidisciplinary experts, to serve and deliver on each case.
Harvey Medical Legal Consulting provides Life Care Planning, A Day in the Life Video Presentations, Expert Witness Reports and Testimony, Damage Assessment, Medical Record Review, and Life Expectancy Services.
Dr. Harvey routinely provides expert opinions addressing the following diagnoses:
Orthopedic Trauma, Traumatic Brain Injury, Anoxic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Amputation, Burn Injury, Birth Injury, Neurologic Injury, Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Chronic Illness, Dental Injuries, Psychiatric, Psychological Tr...
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Jeffrey T. Kiel, Ph.D., CRC, CVE, FVE, CCM, CEAS, CLCP, ABVE/D
Vocational Rehab Expert | Life Care Planner
Vocational Solutions, LLC
California
Vocational Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning
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Board Certified Vocational Expert, Board Certified Life Care Planner, Loss of Future Earnings, Earnings Capacity, Life Care Planner, Life Care Plan Reviews, Self-Employment Earnings Capacity, Pediatric Wage Loss, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Oil and Gas Injuries, amputations, labor market surveys, transferable skills analysis
Dr. Jeffrey Kiel is the Managing Partner of Vocational Solutions, LLC, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, and is nationally recognized for his distinguished expertise in forensic vocational rehabilitation and life care planning. With about 25 years of experience, Dr. Kiel brings a depth and breadth of knowledge that sets him apart from others in his field.
Dr. Kiel is regularly retained in complex litigation involving Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance, personal injury, employment discrimination, medical malpractice, workers’ compensation, and long-term disability claims. His ability to integrate clinical, vocational, and economic factors into well-supported, objective evaluations makes him a respected contributor in both plaintiff and defense matters.
He has served as a forensic vocational rehabilitation expert witness and life care planner across multiple states, providing expert testimony in a wide range of legal matters. Notably, Dr. Kiel has testified in over...
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Roberto Contreras II, MD, CLCP
California Life Care Planning Association
Seal Beach, California
Life Care Planning, Internal Medicine
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medical billing, life care planner, hospitalist, medical devices, medical management, medical coding, legal medicine, legal nurse consulting, nurse practitioner, obstetrics and gynecology, addiction medicine, family medicine, general practice, gynecology, consultative examinations
The California Life Care Planning Association was created by experts in the field of Life Care Planning, with more than 30 years of experience working in the health care industry. All of our professionals are Certified Life Care Planners, as well as active medical practitioners dedicated to assessing lifetime cost of care for individuals with catastrophic injuries/illness. What sets us apart from many other Life Care Planning organizations and individuals is that all of our Life Care Planners have active direct experience with patient care. We hold ourselves to a higher standard and hold all of our affiliates to that same higher standard. Whether it be plaintiff, defense , or any other client, our methodology is transparent and consistent.
Given the healthcare backgrounds of our founders, all Life Care Plans and services are overseen by a Physician. Similar to a hospital setting, many of our services go through "rounding" with senior partners and physicians to make sure we are keep...
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Ryan Stephenson, DO
Associate Clinical Professor, Life Care Planner
Integrated Rehab Experts
Denver, Colorado
Physical Medicine & Rehab, Brain Injury Medicine
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Amputation, Spinal Trauma, Prosthetics, Brain Trauma (TBI), Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Life Care Planning, Electrodiagnostics (EMG), Musculoskeletal Injury, Certified Life Care Planner, CLCP, Amputee, Pain, Brain Injury, PM&R
Dr. Stephenson is an Associate Professor of Clinical Practice in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Colorado with extensive experience in rehabilitation medicine. He has held multiple leadership roles, including Medical Director of Orthobiologics, Brain Injury, the Regional Amputation Center, and the Inpatient Rehabilitation Consultation Service.
Board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Brain Injury Medicine, Electrodiagnostic Medicine and Pain Medicine, Dr. Stephenson also holds certification as a Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP), assisting in the assessment of long-term needs for individuals with disabilities. He has provided medico-legal expert opinions in cases involving upper and lower extremity amputation, nerve injury, spinal cord injury, brain trauma, pressure ulcers/injuries, work capacity, and musculoskeletal conditions.
Clinically, Dr. Stephenson treats patients with a broad range of disabilities, pain syndromes, brain and spinal...
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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
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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.
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Jeffrey T. Kiel, Ph.D., CRC, CVE, FVE, CCM, CEAS, CLCP, ABVE/D
Vocational Rehab Expert | Life Care Planner
Vocational Solutions, LLC
District Of Columbia
Vocational Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning
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Board Certified Vocational Expert, Board Certified Life Care Planner, Loss of Future Earnings, Earnings Capacity, Life Care Planner, Life Care Plan Reviews, Self-Employment Earnings Capacity, Pediatric Wage Loss, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Oil and Gas Injuries, amputations, labor market surveys, transferable skills analysis
Dr. Jeffrey Kiel is the Managing Partner of Vocational Solutions, LLC, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, and is nationally recognized for his distinguished expertise in forensic vocational rehabilitation and life care planning. With about 25 years of experience, Dr. Kiel brings a depth and breadth of knowledge that sets him apart from others in his field.
Dr. Kiel is regularly retained in complex litigation involving Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance, personal injury, employment discrimination, medical malpractice, workers’ compensation, and long-term disability claims. His ability to integrate clinical, vocational, and economic factors into well-supported, objective evaluations makes him a respected contributor in both plaintiff and defense matters.
He has served as a forensic vocational rehabilitation expert witness and life care planner across multiple states, providing expert testimony in a wide range of legal matters. Notably, Dr. Kiel has testified in over...
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Jeffrey T. Kiel, Ph.D., CRC, CVE, FVE, CCM, CEAS, CLCP, ABVE/D
Vocational Rehab Expert | Life Care Planner
Vocational Solutions, LLC
Florida
Vocational Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning
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Board Certified Vocational Expert, Board Certified Life Care Planner, Loss of Future Earnings, Earnings Capacity, Life Care Planner, Life Care Plan Reviews, Self-Employment Earnings Capacity, Pediatric Wage Loss, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Oil and Gas Injuries, amputations, labor market surveys, transferable skills analysis
Dr. Jeffrey Kiel is the Managing Partner of Vocational Solutions, LLC, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, and is nationally recognized for his distinguished expertise in forensic vocational rehabilitation and life care planning. With about 25 years of experience, Dr. Kiel brings a depth and breadth of knowledge that sets him apart from others in his field.
Dr. Kiel is regularly retained in complex litigation involving Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance, personal injury, employment discrimination, medical malpractice, workers’ compensation, and long-term disability claims. His ability to integrate clinical, vocational, and economic factors into well-supported, objective evaluations makes him a respected contributor in both plaintiff and defense matters.
He has served as a forensic vocational rehabilitation expert witness and life care planner across multiple states, providing expert testimony in a wide range of legal matters. Notably, Dr. Kiel has testified in over...
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Michael Tang, PT, DPT, CMPT, CLCP, CMCPS
Life Care Planner & Physical Therapy Expert
Pembroke Pines , Florida
Life Care Planning, Physical Therapy
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Life Care Planner, Life Care Planning, Physical Therapy Expert Witness, Functional Capacity Evaluation, FCE, Personal Injury, Amputation, Pain Management, Spinal Cord Injury, Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Auto Accident, Traumatic brain Injuries, TBI, MVA, Defense, Medical Cost Projection, CLCP, Cost Estimate
Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP) & Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) providing defensible medical cost estimates, medical cost projections, life care plansand expert witness testimony — available for plaintiff and defense counsel in Florida and nationwide.
FORENSIC SERVICES
Life Care Planning (LCP) — Comprehensive future medical cost analysis
Medical Cost Projections (MCP)
Medical Cost Estimates (MCE)
Rebuttal Reports & Life Care Plan Critiques
Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE)
Expert Witness Testimony — Deposition & Trial
CASE TYPES & INJURY SPECIALIZATION
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) | Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) | Amputation | Burns | Catastrophic Injury | Multiple Trauma | Complex Orthopedic Trauma | Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) | Slip and Fall | Chronic Pain | Neurological Disorders | Personal Injury | Wrongful Death | Surgical Revisions
METHODOLOGY
Opinions are grounded in peer-reviewed literature, clinical practice guidelines, and geographically-specific Usual, Customary...
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Arthur Kalman, DO
Board Certified Physician- Life Care Planner
Life Line Personal Injury Services
Pensacola, Florida
Life Care Planning, Physical Medicine & Rehab
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Life Care Planner (LCP), PM&R, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning, Trigger point injections, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Peripheral Joint Injections, Regenerative Medicine, Electrodiagnostic Studies, Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS/EMG), Neurological conditions, Orthopedic, Life Care Plan Rebuttal
Dr. Kalman is a trusted Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with over 25 years experience. He is located in Pensacola, FL but open to cases nationwide. He primarily is a clinical physician but has ben providing Life Care Plans and testimony (depo/trial) for both plaintiff and defense attorneys for almost 2 years.
Affiliations:
Member of Life Care Planner Professional Societies: IARP
Currently completing the CLCP certification requirements (120 Hours per the ICHCC guidelines)
Board Certification: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Clinical Experience: 25 years, routinely providing patient assessments and treatments.
Authored – Multiple chapters for Musculoskeletal disorders and interventional pain management procedures..
Writing LCPs: 18+ months.
Expert Witness Experience: 9 Testimony appearances (depo/ trial) appearances in past 4 years.
Diagnostic Imaging/Testing.
Electrodiagnostic Studies.
Musculoskeletal conditions.
Neurologic conditions.
Orthopedic con...
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Vijay Babu, MD, CLCP, CPLCP™
Certified Physician Life Care Planner (CPLCP™)
Life Care Plan MD, LLC
Ocala, Florida
Life Care Planning, Pain Management - Medicine
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Certified Physician Life Care Planner, Certified Life Care Planner, Life Care Plans, Cost Projection, Board Certified in Pain Medicine, Board Certified in Anesthesiology, Personal Injury, Defense and Plaintiff, Malpractice, Auto Injury, Spinal Injury, Slip and Fall, Life Care Plan Review, Life Care Plan Rebuttal
Vijay Babu, MD, CLCP, CPLCP™ is a board-certified Interventional Pain Management physician and Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP) who also holds the advanced Certified Physician Life Care Planner (CPLCP™) credential. He is one of fewer than 40 physicians globally to have earned this designation, reflecting physician-specific training in life care planning, long-term medical needs assessment, and future cost forecasting.
Dr. Babu maintains a full-time active clinical practice in interventional pain management as part of a multi-state orthopedic group. His medical opinions focus on the evaluation and treatment of spinal disorders and injuries, orthopedic injuries, chronic pain conditions, and traumatic injuries. His life care plans integrate real-world clinical decision-making with evidence-based medicine to provide realistic, medically appropriate projections of future care and associated costs.
In addition to his clinical and forensic work, Dr. Babu serves in an advisory capacity ...
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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
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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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Misty Coffman, RN, MSCC, CNLCP
Nurse Life Care Plan Expert Witness - Experienced
National Life Care Planning Experts, LLC
Atlanta, Georgia
Life Care Planning, Medical Billing
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Life Care Plan, Life Care Planner, Nurse Expert, Nurse, LCP, TBI, Brain Injury, Amputation, Cerebral Palsy, Birth Injuries, Life Care Plans, Damage Assessments, Medical Bill Reviews, Medical Bill Review, Life Care Plan Rebuttal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Catastrophic Claims, Accidents, Injuries
Misty Coffman, RN, MSCC, CNLCP is a highly experienced Nurse Life Care Planning expert witness with nearly four decades of nursing practice and extensive deposition and trial experience. She brings exceptional credibility, leadership, and real-world clinical depth to complex personal injury, medical malpractice, and catastrophic injury cases.
She has been a Registered Nurse for 37 years and served as President of the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners (AAANLCP) in 2024, following her tenure as an Executive Board Member from 2022–2024. Her national leadership role reflects peer-recognized expertise and a deep command of life care planning standards and methodology.
Her clinical and administrative background spans a broad range of healthcare settings, including orthopedic nursing, medical-surgical nursing, occupational health, long-term and skilled nursing care, medical billing, and healthcare compliance. She has held senior leadership roles such as Director of Nursing...
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Arthur Kalman, DO
Board Certified Physician- Life Care Planner
Life Line Personal Injury Services
Georgia
Life Care Planning, Physical Medicine & Rehab
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Life Care Planner (LCP), PM&R, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning, Trigger point injections, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Peripheral Joint Injections, Regenerative Medicine, Electrodiagnostic Studies, Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS/EMG), Neurological conditions, Orthopedic, Life Care Plan Rebuttal
Dr. Kalman is a trusted Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with over 25 years experience. He is located in Pensacola, FL but open to cases nationwide. He primarily is a clinical physician but has ben providing Life Care Plans and testimony (depo/trial) for both plaintiff and defense attorneys for almost 2 years.
Affiliations:
Member of Life Care Planner Professional Societies: IARP
Currently completing the CLCP certification requirements (120 Hours per the ICHCC guidelines)
Board Certification: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Clinical Experience: 25 years, routinely providing patient assessments and treatments.
Authored – Multiple chapters for Musculoskeletal disorders and interventional pain management procedures..
Writing LCPs: 18+ months.
Expert Witness Experience: 9 Testimony appearances (depo/ trial) appearances in past 4 years.
Diagnostic Imaging/Testing.
Electrodiagnostic Studies.
Musculoskeletal conditions.
Neurologic conditions.
Orthopedic con...
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Kourtney Layton, MRC, CRC, ABVE/D, IPEC, CLCP, CVE, CIWCS-A
Highly Experienced and Credentialed
Kourtney Layton & Associates
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Vocational Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning
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Personal injury, divorce, family law, worker's compensation, life care planner, vocational analysis, employment, disability, Social Security, ADA, self-employment, duty of care for persons with disabilities, historical billing review/reasonableness of billing, prelitigation assessments
Kourtney Layton holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling. She is a Certified Life Care Planner and a Diplomate with the American Board of Vocational Experts. She is also a Certified Vocational Evaluator (CVE).
In addition to her private vocational rehabilitation and job placement practice, Ms. Layton teaches in the graduate program at Utah State University and is the Chief Creative Officer (CCO) of LCP Builder, a cloud-based Life Care Planning software solution. In addition, Ms. Layton performs vocational analysis, life care planning and earning capacity assessment services in family law, Social Security, worker’s compensation, employment and personal injury settings. She also provides testimony as a Vocational Expert in administrative hearings for the Social Security Administration’s Office of Disability Adjudication and Review and for the Utah Department of Health Medicaid Division.
Ms. Layton has provided direct voc...
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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
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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
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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
St. Louis, Missouri
Vocational Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning
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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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Misty Coffman, RN, MSCC, CNLCP
Nurse Life Care Plan Expert Witness - Experienced
National Life Care Planning Experts, LLC
Texas
Life Care Planning, Medical Billing
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Life Care Plan, Life Care Planner, Nurse Expert, Nurse, LCP, TBI, Brain Injury, Amputation, Cerebral Palsy, Birth Injuries, Life Care Plans, Damage Assessments, Medical Bill Reviews, Medical Bill Review, Life Care Plan Rebuttal, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Catastrophic Claims, Accidents, Injuries
Misty Coffman, RN, MSCC, CNLCP is a highly experienced Nurse Life Care Planning expert witness with nearly four decades of nursing practice and extensive deposition and trial experience. She brings exceptional credibility, leadership, and real-world clinical depth to complex personal injury, medical malpractice, and catastrophic injury cases.
She has been a Registered Nurse for 37 years and served as President of the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners (AAANLCP) in 2024, following her tenure as an Executive Board Member from 2022–2024. Her national leadership role reflects peer-recognized expertise and a deep command of life care planning standards and methodology.
Her clinical and administrative background spans a broad range of healthcare settings, including orthopedic nursing, medical-surgical nursing, occupational health, long-term and skilled nursing care, medical billing, and healthcare compliance. She has held senior leadership roles such as Director of Nursing...
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Jeffrey T. Kiel, Ph.D., CRC, CVE, FVE, CCM, CEAS, CLCP, ABVE/D
Vocational Rehab Expert | Life Care Planner
Vocational Solutions, LLC
San Antonio, Texas
Vocational Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning
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Board Certified Vocational Expert, Board Certified Life Care Planner, Loss of Future Earnings, Earnings Capacity, Life Care Planner, Life Care Plan Reviews, Self-Employment Earnings Capacity, Pediatric Wage Loss, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Oil and Gas Injuries, amputations, labor market surveys, transferable skills analysis
Dr. Jeffrey Kiel is the Managing Partner of Vocational Solutions, LLC, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, and is nationally recognized for his distinguished expertise in forensic vocational rehabilitation and life care planning. With about 25 years of experience, Dr. Kiel brings a depth and breadth of knowledge that sets him apart from others in his field.
Dr. Kiel is regularly retained in complex litigation involving Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance, personal injury, employment discrimination, medical malpractice, workers’ compensation, and long-term disability claims. His ability to integrate clinical, vocational, and economic factors into well-supported, objective evaluations makes him a respected contributor in both plaintiff and defense matters.
He has served as a forensic vocational rehabilitation expert witness and life care planner across multiple states, providing expert testimony in a wide range of legal matters. Notably, Dr. Kiel has testified in over...
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Brandon J Goff, DO
Physician Life Care Planner
Boerne, Texas
Life Care Planning, Physical Medicine & Rehab
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Life Care Planning, Life Care Planner, PM&R, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Extensive experience as a PM&R physician and Life Care Planner. I create Life Care Plans and review Life Care Plans.
Board certified (American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation)
1. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
2. Pain Medicine
- Certified Life Care Planner
- Certified Physician Life Care Planner
Experienced in civilian medicine, military medicine, academic medicine, and private practice.