Matthew Putts, PhD Expert Witness
Curriculum Vitae

Vocational Evaluation & Life Care Planning Expert

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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Vocational Rehabilitation and Life Care Planning

Keywords/Search Terms:

Life Care Planning, Employability Evaluation, Lost Earnings, Lost Wages, Personal Injury, Employment Law, Divorce, Matrimonial, Cost Projections

Education:

Doctorate in Rehabilitation Counseling and Administration, East Carolina University; Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling, Rutgers University

Years in Practice:

17

Additional Information

Dr. Putts serves as a Director at Large the American Board of Vocational Experts. He is a Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP), Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), Licensed Rehabilitation Counselor (LRC), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Dr. Putts provides vocational evaluations/earning capacity evaluations and life care planning in personal injury, marital, and employment matters, among other services. Specialty Areas Include: - Rehabilitation Needs - Wage Data Knowledge - Vocational Evaluation - National/State Wage Research - Labor Market Analysis - Vocational Rehabilitation - Employability Assessments - Assistive Technologies - Social Security Vocational Expert - Career Counseling - Job Search Activities - Test Administration and Analysis - Life Care Plans - Medical Cost Projections - Loss of Household Services - DVOD/ATUS Methodology - Rehabilitation Expert Witness - Experienced in Court/Deposition Principal, Kincaid Wolstein Vocational and Rehabilitation Services, 2006- Present Vocational Counselor and Consultant Evaluator - Composing labor market surveys and job analysis reports for company - Performing transferable skills analyses - Vocational evaluation and assessments - Career counseling needs - Assessing vocational history, educational history, past earnings and medical history for vocational reports - Life care planning assessments and reports - Analyzing needs and researching costs related to home care services - Counseling consumers in the evaluation, planning and treatment processes of rehabilitation counseling - Diagnostic interviews for career counseling, personal injury and matrimonial cases - Researching assistive technologies - Assessing rehabilitation needs - Administering and interpreting a wide range of assessments and instruments - As a consultant evaluator: Providing deposition and court testimony - Loss of Household Services using Dollar Value of a Day/American Time Use Survey