Employment Expert Witnesses in Washington

Employment, Human Resources - Human Resources, Discrimination, ADA Accommodation, Disability Discrimination, Talent Acquisition, Retaliation, FEHA protections, Constructive Termination, Wrongful termination, Worker's Compensation, Wage and Hour, Employment discrimination, Leave protection and discrimination, Whistleblower

With years of successful experience working as an HR Expert Witness, exPRt HR provides authoritative analysis and testimony in cases involving employment practices, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, workplace harassment and more. At exPRt HR, we’re passionate about offering accurate, unbiased testimonies. Legal professionals appreciate our proven ability to provide clear and concise opinions in cases covering a wide variety of topics. ‍ We don’t just provide analysis and reports, we also help unravel the complexities of HR practices within a case, whether for the Plaintiff or the Defense. Thorough case analysis by a highly skilled HR professional, Expert guidance in the nuances of HR practices, exceptional, compelling, unbiased HR testimonies. We provide case analysis, discovery review, expert witness reports, depositions, and trial testimony. exPRt HR thoroughly reviews all discovery, including deposition transcripts and related exhibits to provide compelling repo...

Employment, Vocational Rehabilitation - vocational rehabilitation, employment, FMLA, earning capacity, life care planning, Mitigation Analysis, Employability Analysis, Vocational Rebuttal, disability evaluation, Short Term Disability, ADA, Labor Market, martial dissolution, impute, Long Term Disability, Rehabilitation Counseling, ERISA, family law, divorce, Insurance

DeAndrea T. Williams, CRC, CVE, CLCP, is a nationally recognized expert in vocational evaluation, earning capacity analysis, rehabilitation counseling, and life care planning. She brings more than a decade of specialized experience in assessing the vocational impact of physical, psychological, cognitive, and developmental conditions across disability, employment law, civil litigation, ERISA, workers’ compensation, and personal injury matters. As the President and CEO of Land of Goods Vocational Consulting, Ms. Williams leads a multidisciplinary team that provides comprehensive vocational evaluations, labor market research, transferable skills assessments, employability determinations, medical and psychological record reviews, and expert witness testimony for cases nationwide. She maintains offices in Florida and Colorado and provides forensic services throughout the United States. Ms. Williams holds a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Kentucky an...

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...

Seattle, Washington

Legal, Employment - attorney employability, executive employability, attorney compensation, executive and attorney marketability, executive earning capacity, career assessment, job search analysis, job placement, executive recruiter, search consultant, wage loss, mitigation of damages, executive compensation

Mr. Kamisar has been a search consultant for attorneys for over 25 years and has served as an expert witness on the subjects of attorney compensation, attorney marketability, attorney employability, attorney earning capacity, attorney job search analysis, mitigation of damages. He has been deemed qualified as an expert in trial court, and was found in a court opinion to be a “credible and knowledgeable” expert on the subject of attorney compensation and attorney placements. Mr. Kamisar has experience testifying in depositions and at trial. Served as expert witness for plaintiff on the subject of attorney job search analysis and mitigation of damages in the federal district court in San Francisco case of Wadler v. Bio-Rad where plaintiff was awarded approximately $11 million in damages plus attorneys fees when jury found violations of Whistleblower protections in retaliatory firing of company’s General Counsel. In 2022-2023 Kamisar recently served as an expert witness on similar sub...

OLYMPIA, Washington

Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment - Earning capacity, wage loss, household services, future medical costs, retraining expenses, independent living, personal injury

Serving Northern California, Oregon, and Washington State I bring decades of rehabilitation experience as a vocational expert into the litigation setting—delivering objective, well-supported analyses that stands up under scrutiny. I help quantify loss of earning capacity, assess employability and labor market access, and evaluate future wages, benefits, rehabilitation needs, and household services damages. I work with attorneys throughout the Western United States across a wide range of matters, including personal injury and wrongful death, workers’ compensation, and employment disputes, as well as disability-related claims such as Social Security, Veterans Administration, and ERISA cases. I am a diplomate of the American Board of Vocational Experts. I have been providing vocational expert services since 2010 and vocational rehabilitation since 2000. I am available for consultation, report development, rebuttal analysis, and vocational expert testimony—providing reliable insight...

Kelso, Washington

Human Resources, Employment - HR consulting, Impartial Investigations, Complex Case Analyses, Performance Management, ADA accommodations, Employee Relations, Labor Relations, Executive Coaching, Leader Coaching, Expert Witness, Organizational Training, Organizational Effectivenesss, HR Policy Development, Equity, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Compliance

Dr. Olund has 30-year background in both federal and public sector environments, as well as Fortune 500 companies, and has a deep understanding of employment best practices, workplace regulations, compliance standards, and organizational practices. This experience supports effective analyses of employment disputes, unbiased workplace investigations, and identification of policy-related issues with precision and credibility. This approach combines practical HR knowledge with a strong attention to detail, ensuring HR services are handled with integrity and accuracy. Her background supports effective analysis of employment disputes, unbiased workplace investigations, and the identification of policy-related issues with precision and credibility. This approach combines practical HR expertise with attention to detail, ensuring services are delivered with integrity, accuracy, and professionalism.

Cashmere , Washington

Employment, Immigration - H-2A, H-2B, H2A, H2B, Guestworker, MSPA, Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act, H2-A, H2-B, Visa workers, visa programs, ag employment, Department of Labor investigations, labor audits, civil money penalties, back wages, DOL, wage and hour

www.laborbrain.com Ms. Fraser graduated from Northwestern University and is a former U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Investigator and the founder of The Labor Brain Inc., a consulting firm specializing in guestworker labor compliance. She provides insightful, accurate, and practical analysis of the enforcement of the H-2A and H-2B guest worker programs, the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA), and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), enabling clients and their counsel to make informed decisions in complex employment cases. Ms. Fraser has investigated or audited hundreds of employers for federal labor law compliance, trained fellow investigators on H-2A and H-2B enforcement, and served as a third-party monitor approved by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. She has created the nation’s first online H-2A and H-2B employer training programs, provided technical assistance to attorneys and CPAs nationwide, and conducted compliance aud...