Earning Capacity Expert Witnesses

Earning capacity 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 earning capacity. The earning capacity expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Disability Evaluation, Economics, Employment, Forensic Psychology, Human Resources, Legal, Life Care Planning, 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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DT North, MS, CRC, CDMS, ABVE/D

Vocational Expert Providing Expertise Since 2000

Achieve Consulting Team, Inc.

California
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...
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DeAndrea Williams, CRC, CVE, CLCP

Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment, ERISA, Wage

Land of Goods Vocational Consulting

Aurora, Colorado
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...
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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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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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Robin Richardson, CRC, CVE

Transferable Skills & Labor Market Expert

Land of Goods Vocational Consulting

Saint Petersburg, Florida
Vocational Rehabilitation, Disability Evaluation - Transferable Skills, Labor Market Analysis, physical restrictions, Vocational Evaluation, work tolerance, Earning Capacity, sedentary work assessment, activity tolerance, light duty analysis, Voc Rehab, Loss of Earning Capacity, ortho, Job Placement, Employability Analysis, ergonomics, job demands analysis, career assessment, CVE, CRC
Robin Richardson, M.S, CRC, CVE is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and Certified Vocational Evaluator with extensive experience in vocational evaluation, employability assessment, labor market analysis, transferable skills analysis, workforce development, rehabilitation counseling, and vocational expert consultation. Her professional career has focused on helping individuals with disabilities and other barriers to employment achieve meaningful vocational outcomes through comprehensive assessment, rehabilitation planning, career development, and evidence-based vocational services. She brings a unique combination of frontline vocational rehabilitation experience, management and supervisory experience, vocational evaluation expertise, and workforce development knowledge to her consulting and expert witness practice. Ms. Richardson currently serves as a Vocational Evaluator and Trainer with Land of Goods Vocational Consulting, where she conducts comprehensive vocational evaluation...
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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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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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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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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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Kenneth J. Manges, Ph.D.

Psychological trauma and wage loss

Dr. Kenneth Manges & Associates, Inc.

Cincinnati, Ohio
Vocational Rehabilitation, Forensic Psychology - Wage Loss, Earning Capacity, TBI, Sexual trauma, sexual abuse, rape trauma, gender/sexual harassment, PTSD, Competency to stand trial, wrongful termination, will contests, Psychology, Dogs
Former President of the American Board of Vocational Experts. 30+ years’ experience as a retained expert witness. Testified as an expert witness more than 120 times including Hearings and Depositions in State, Federal and Military Matters. American Board of Vocational Experts/Diplomate 1999. American Board of Professional Disability Consultants/ Diplomate 1995. Ohio Disability Evaluators Panel/ Certification 1990. Licensed Psychologist, Ohio, 1985 to present. Licensed Psychologist, West Virginia, 1978 to present. Experienced Public Speaker Current practice includes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL-GvA5eQGM •Vocational-wage loss consultation and psychological testimony for defense and plaintiff as well as testimony in spousal support exams. •Evaluations to determine the vocational and emotional impact of intellectual, academic, cognitive (TBI) and emotional functioning post injury. •Forensic exams to determine the effect of trauma (birth injury, physical trauma as well as c...
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DT North, MS, CRC, CDMS, ABVE/D

Vocational Expert Providing Expertise Since 2000

Achieve Consulting Team, Inc.

Oregon
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...
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Maria A. Babinetz, MS, CRC, ABVE/D, CDMS, CCM, IPEC, LPC-PA, LRC-NJ

Board-Certified ABVE/D Forensic Vocational Expert

Signature Rehabilitation Services, LLC

Lansdale, Pennsylvania
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment - Vocational Assessment, Earning Capacity, Disability Evaluation, Divorce, Wrongful Termination, ADA, ERISA, Discrimination, Title IX, Sexual Misconduct, Employment Mitigation, Loss of Earnings, Expert Testimony, Accommodations, Labor Market Surveys, Job Analysis, Wage Data, Transferable Skills, Vocational Testing, Job Search
Maria A. Babinetz, MS, CRC, ABVE/D, CDMS, CCM, IPEC, LPC-PA, LRC-NJ Vocational Rehabilitation & Employability Expert Nationwide Forensic Practice Maria A. Babinetz is a self-employed vocational rehabilitation and employability expert based in suburban Philadelphia, consulting in federal and state jurisdictions across the United States. Over her 36+ year career, she has performed unbiased evaluations and offered courtroom testimony hundreds of times, partnering with both plaintiff and defense counsel and employing a rigorous, multi-factored methodology. Academic Profile • Ph.D. Candidate, General Psychology (Industrial/Organizational emphasis), Grand Canyon University All doctoral coursework was completed; the program was paused with plans to finish at another institution. Three chapters of the dissertation are completed. • M.S., Rehabilitation Counseling, University of Scranton, 1989 • B.S., Individual & Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 1987 Licenses & Cre...
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R. Brad Coffey, M.Ed, MBA, CVE, CRC, CDMS, FVE

Re-Employment Resources, LC

San Antonio, Texas
Vocational Rehabilitation - Vocational Evaluation, Earning Capacity
Vocational rehabilitation counselor and consultant, providing comprehensive evaluations of employability and loss of earning capacity. Areas of practice: Personal injury, medical malpractice, workers' compensation, disability insurance, and pediatric personal injury. National certifications: Vocational Evaluation Specialist, Rehabilitation Counselor, Disability Management Specialist. Registered Forensic Vocational Expert. Vocational evaluation is a process of gathering data and personal information that are synthesized into a profile of a person, that can be used both to describe functioning and to determine potential for working in specific jobs.
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Julian Shields, PhD, CRC

Vocational Expert

Blue Ridge Vocational Associates

Winchester, Virginia
Vocational Rehabilitation, Legal - Personal Injury, Vocational Assessment, Earning Loss, Earning Capacity, Medical Malpractice, Vocational Evaluations, Maritime Cases, Family Law, Workers Compensation, Job Analysis, ERISA
Blue Ridge Vocational Associates, LLC (BRVA) is a vocational expert practice specializing in loss of earning capacity, employability, and labor market analysis for litigation matters involving personal injury, disability, ERISA, family law, and employment related claims. Our approach combines traditional vocational methodology with real world corporate workforce insight developed through experience within large scale employment systems. We exist to assist Plaintiff and Defense attorneys in connecting functional limitations to measurable vocational damages.
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Scott D. Sevart, M.A., CRP, CRC, ABVE/D, CLCP

Vocational Expert

Sevart Vocational and Forensic Services

Merrifield, Virginia
Vocational Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning - Earning capacity, loss of earning capacity, employability in spousal/child support, employment law, personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability, worker's compensation cases, life care plans, catastrophic injuries, chronic health care needs
Scott Sevart has over 27 years of experience as a vocational rehabilitation consultant in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. He is a nationally Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), a nationally Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP), a member of the American Board of Vocational Experts/Diplomate (ABVE), the International Association of Life Care Planners (IALCP) and a member of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP). He has provided testimony in over 40 hearings, depositions, and trials. He is bilingual in English/Spanish. Earning capacity/loss of earning capacity and employability in spousal/child support, employment law, personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability, worker's compensation cases, and life care plans for those who have experienced catastrophic injury or who have chronic health care needs.
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DT North, MS, CRC, CDMS, ABVE/D

Vocational Expert Providing Expertise Since 2000

Achieve Consulting Team, Inc.

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...