Vocational rehabilitation experts and economists who quantify lost earning capacity, future medical costs, life care planning, and economic damages for personal injury and wrongful death litigation.
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Based in New Rochelle, NY
CRC Services LLC provides vocational expert consulting and rehabilitation services to both the plaintiff and defense bar from offices in New Rochelle, New York and Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Their…
Based in Jacksonville, FL
Intercoastal Consulting & Life Care Planning, founded in 2018, provides life care planning and expert witness services from Jacksonville, Florida.
Based in Tampa, FL
National Life Care Planners, led by Dr. Timothy Bundy, provides life care planning and expert witness services from Tampa, Florida.
Based in New York, NY
OAS has been a leader in vocational expert and life care planning services for over 50 years, with offices across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Nevada, and…
Based in Austin, TX
RPC is an Austin, Texas-based firm with a full-time staff of life care planners, economists, vocational consultants, and neuropsychologists. Their consultants have been accepted as testifying experts…
Based in Los Gatos, CA
Simon Group Consulting is a vocational expert firm in the San Francisco Bay Area led by Scott Simon, who holds a Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling and has maintained CRC certification for over 40…
Based in Portland, OR
Solutions Northwest provides vocational counseling, employability evaluations, and forensic vocational assessments within the Washington and Oregon workers' compensation systems. Their consultants are…
Based in Haddonfield, NJ
The Center for Forensic Economic Studies provides forensic economics and economic-loss expert testimony from Haddonfield, New Jersey.
Based in Atlanta, GA
The Knowles Group, led by Eric Knowles, provides forensic economic consulting and expert witness testimony to attorneys and litigation firms nationwide. The firm analyzes factors including…
Based in Fort Worth, TX
Thomas Roney LLC provides forensic-economic consulting and damages analysis with offices in Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, and Atlanta.
Based in Phoenix, AZ
Vocational Diagnostics Inc. has provided earning capacity evaluations, life care plans, and expert witness testimony for 40 years. Their CRC-certified rehabilitation counselors use the RAPEL…
Based in Louisville, KY
Vocational Economics is a national forensic consulting firm specializing in economic damages and loss of earning capacity, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
Based in Columbus, OH
Vocational Experts of Ohio is based in Columbus and provides vocational expert testimony for courts, federal and state agencies, and administrative proceedings. Their experts document job…
Based in San Antonio, TX
Vocational Solutions, led by Dr. Jeffrey Kiel, is a board-certified vocational expert and life care planning firm headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.
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These experts quantify the financial consequences of injury, disability, or death in dollar terms a jury can evaluate.
A vocational expert evaluates employability: what jobs the individual could have performed before the injury, what they can perform after, and how the injury has affected their ability to compete in the labor market. A forensic economist then translates those findings into dollar figures, calculating the present value of lost earnings over the individual's remaining work-life expectancy.
In many cases, a single expert performs both functions, particularly when they hold dual credentials. In complex cases, attorneys retain separate vocational and economic experts. The vocational expert establishes what the plaintiff could have earned and can earn now; the economist builds the damages model, accounting for wage growth, fringe benefits, taxes, discount rates, and mortality risk.
When an injury requires ongoing medical treatment, assistive devices, home modifications, or attendant care, a life care planner documents every anticipated future need and its cost over the individual's lifetime. This plan feeds directly into the economist's analysis so that future medical expenses are properly quantified in present-value terms.
These experts matter most when a case involves lost income or diminished earning capacity.
This field draws professionals from several disciplines. Here are the key credentials to look for.
A vocational expert focuses on employability, evaluating education, skills, limitations, and available jobs to answer: what can this person do for work? A forensic economist focuses on quantification, calculating the dollar value of lost earning capacity using discount rates, actuarial data, and fringe benefit projections. Complex cases often benefit from separate experts in each role.
Ideally once the plaintiff has reached maximum medical improvement (MMI), typically several months after injury. However, early consultation is valuable. A vocational expert retained before MMI can advise on needed medical documentation and begin labor market research. In wrongful death cases, retain early since the analysis focuses on the decedent's projected career trajectory.
The expert establishes base earning capacity using tax returns, pay stubs, and Bureau of Labor Statistics data, then projects it forward over remaining work-life expectancy. They account for wage growth, promotions, and fringe benefits. The difference between pre-injury and post-injury earning capacity, reduced to present value using an appropriate discount rate, yields the lost earning capacity figure.
A life care plan identifies all future medical and non-medical needs resulting from an injury and estimates their lifetime costs: physician visits, surgeries, medications, therapy, assistive devices, home modifications, and attendant care. It is needed in any case involving catastrophic or permanent injury such as spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, or amputations.
Yes. This is one of their primary functions. They evaluate residual functional capacity, transferable skills, age, and local labor market conditions to determine what occupations remain accessible. Their testimony addresses whether the individual is employable at all and what reduction in earning capacity they have suffered. A well-credentialed expert who clearly explains their methods strengthens the damages case considerably.
How vocational experts quantify lost earning capacity in personal injury cases — methodology, credentials, and what attorneys should expect from engagement.