Employment Expert Witnesses in Oregon

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...

Bend, Oregon

Employment, Human Resources - employment discrimination, employment testing, job analysis, Promotional exams, industrial-organizational psychology, disparate impact, test validation, public safety hiring, Promotional assessments, Assessment centers, employment assessment validity, test development and validation, adverse impact

Dr. Fred Rafilson, Ph.D., is one of the nation’s leading experts in public safety (and private sector) assessment validity, fairness, and litigation support. With over 35 years of experience, including landmark test development work, defended and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, and a recent $40M verdict for the Plaintiff in Spencer v. Tatum, Dr. Rafilson provides expert consulting and testimony for law firms, public safety agencies, and unions facing employment-related litigation. * Proven expert testimony in high-value judgments * 35+ years of experience in I/O Psychology and assessments * Founder & former owner/CEO of I/O Solutions, a national public safety assessment firm * Authored 30+ employment exams assessing cognitive ability and personality traits * Served as an expert for DOJ Employment Litigation Division in public-safety testing * Collaborated with hundreds of public safety agencies, Fortune 500 firms, and government entities * Provided expert services for enterpri...

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...