Life Care Planning Expert Witnesses in Colorado
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of life care planning expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on life care planning and related issues. Life care planning expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these life care planning expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Brain Injury, Earning Capacity, Employment, Life Care Planner, Life Care Planning, Aba Behavioral Tx, Ada, Amputation, Amputations, Amputee, Aphasia, Augmentative Comm, Autism Asd, Auto Immune Diseases, and Brain Trauma (Tbi).
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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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Valerie Knafelc
Plaintiff Life Care Planner and Defense Reviews
Denver, Colorado
Life Care Planning, Speech-Language Pathology
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Pediatrics, Spinal Cord Injury, Autism ASD, Amputations, Glioblastoma, Geriatrics, Hypoxic Injury, Dysphagia- PEG, Decubitus Ulcer, Augmentative Comm, Medical Mal Practice, Neuroplasticity, Aphasia, Cognitive Disorder, IEP Needs, Head Injury, Developmental Delay, CVA, Hypoxic-Ischemic HIE, ABA -behavioral TX
Life Care Options provides plans and reviews based on a consistent methodology in accordance to the published Standards of Practice. My background as a speech language pathologist coupled with experience working with children from early intervention (birth) through high school transition provides a unique background to opine on all pediatric cases. As an owner of a rehabilitation clinic, I have experience working with all ages in a variety of facilities to include, hospitals, outpatient clinics, nursing homes, and home health. I hold specific certification in facial electrical stimulation (FES). As an adjunct professor, I have had the privilege of educating the next generation of therapists in keeping with the most up to date research. Please refer to my CV for further information.
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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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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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DeAndrea Williams, CRC, CVE, CLCP
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment, ERISA, Wage
Land of Goods Vocational Consulting
Aurora, Colorado
Employment, Vocational Rehabilitation
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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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Linda Curtis, RN, MS, CNLCP, CCM
Life Care Planning/Insurance offsets
Medical Record Review, LLC
Colorado
Life Care Planning
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Vaccine Injuries, Insurance offsets, Brain Injury, Multi-trauma, Spinal Cord Injuries, Auto Immune Diseases, Chronic Pain, Complex cases, Delayed recovery, Catastrophic case management, Home Assessments/Evaluations, Burns, Special Needs Trust Advisor, LCP Rebuttals, RN Flight Travel Support
Ms. Curtis has over 42 years of nursing experience that includes spinal cord and brain injuries, multi trauma, burn and orthopedic injuries, auto immune disease, home care, intensive care nursing and chronic pain. She is a Veteran having served in the United States Air Force Nurse Corp from 1985 thru 1988.
In 1995 Ms. Curtis established Medical Record Review, LLC where she has been serving as President and a consulting expert. MRR provides Life Care Planning, Medical Record Reviews, Medical Cost Projections, Catastrophic Case Management, RN Flight travel support and In-Home Veteran Assessments. She has extensive experience with use of collateral resources and insurance offsets.
Ms. Curtis works as a consultant with the insurance industry, attorneys, as well as a variety of medically related clients. Provides expert testimony as needed.
She has been a consulting expert for the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) for the past 20 years and since 2021 a consultant with ...
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