Planning Expert Witnesses

This certified life care planner and vocational evaluator has decades of experience in economic damages evaluation. He received specialized training in the economics of personal injury and work capacity evaluation, and he serves as a reviewer for The Earnings Analyst and the Journal of Forensic Vocationology. He has published numerous articles on life care planning and vocational and rehabilitation economics, while he is the Chairman of the Forensic Committee of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals. Currently, this expert is the Director for a board of vocational experts as well as the Director of a Michigan based personalized medical management and vocational rehabilitation organization.

This qualified expert has been involved in the field of medical technologies for over forty years and is experienced with matters concerning FDA compliance on which he has authored several articles and papers and given talks on FDA compliance worldwide. He is also the vice president of a private medical technologies firm, making him intimately qualified to comment on the case at hand.

This expert is an independent safety consultant out of the UK. For the past 27 years, he has worked in a variety of engineering environments to ensure that UK/EU safety standards were upheld. He is familiar with the UK factory safety standards and product safe design standards and has the appropriate experience to help with this case. He has worked large engineering companies to ensure their compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act, CE Marking Directives and PUWER.

Over 30 years experience. Has served on multiple medical school faculties, worked on-staff, in administrative roles and as a consultant to numerous programs and facilities. Current interests include life care planning, rehabilitation for neurological, psychiatric, medical and intellectual impairments; complex cases; behavior analysis; outcomes research; staff training; and program development. Works with diverse ages, ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics across a wide range of facility and community venues. Has published and lectured widely, is the recipient of numerous public and private grants and serves on professional association and journal editorial boards.

This life care planning expert earned a masters degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He is a certified life care planner and a licensed vocational rehabilitation counselor. He belongs to the International Association of Rehabilitation Providers and the International Academy of Life Care Planners. He is currently a self-employed life care planner and vocational consultant.

This expert is a certified life care planner and nurse consultant with clinical background in nursing, orthopedics, rehabilitation and critical care medicine. She has extensive background in evaluation of complex and long term needs of clients who have suffered catastrophic injuries. She holds expertise in health care quality and risk management, health care administration, and regulatory compliance. She has been a certified life care planner since 2010.

This board certified neurologist and certified life planner earned a BA in Psychology from Brandeis University and an MD from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He is a member of a number of prestigious societies including the International Academy of Life Care Planners and the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals. He currently provides life care planning services for a private consulting firm.

This expert is a qualified health and human service professional who serves as a Health & Rehabilitation Consultant in Texas. He has worked in the medical, vocational, legal and rehabilitation industry since 2002, and is a Certified Life Care Planner. The expert specializes in employment, vocational, and rehabilitation services; his work includes counseling, family violence education, litigation support and expert witness testimony, worker's compensation claims, life care planning, vocational services, earnings capacity evaluations, and medical bill review.

This highly qualified expert has extensive experience with Medicare Set Asides (MSA), Complex Medical Cost Projections and Life Care Plans. She is dual-certified as a Life Care Planner and Medicare Set Aside Consultant among many more with 30+ years working alongside insurance companies. She has past legal experience, court testimony regarding Medicare Set Asides and Medical Cost Projections. This expert is the Vice President and business owner of a medical consulting firm for 17 years. The focus of her company is to ensure each and every client is given the necessary actions to plan for future medical costs. Although her office is based out of Virginia, she caters to a large group of clientele nationwide.

This expert is a licensed psychologist, licensed rehabilitation counselor, and certified life care planner, whose areas of expertise include chronic pain management, physical rehabilitation, residual earning capacity analysis, the assessment of future medical needs, and life care planning. He earned his BA in psychology from Colgate University and his Master's and Doctoral degrees in Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi. He completed further specialized training at the University of Washington and has published in the areas of vocational rehabilitation and clinical decision making in rehabilitation populations.

This expert has 22 years of experience as a Life Care Planner. She completed the coursework and her residency for her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the City University of New York in 2007. She received her certification as a Life Care Planner from the University of Florida in 2000. She has continued to take education and professional development courses and been recertified twice. She is a member of various professional associations such as the International Academy of Rehabilitation Professionals and the American Psychology Association. Currently, she is the President of a private Life Care Planning company based in southwestern Connecticut.

This expert has over 20 years in the transportation demand management field. He is a nationally recognized, award-winning transportation planning executive and leader with experience in transportation planning, parking/transportation demand management and transit planning/operations. He also has a background including planning, data analysis, management, operations, and government relations. The last 15 years he has been working for leading research universities overseeing efforts to improve and grow use of active transportation modes.

This experienced nurse life care planner maintains clinical expertise in cardiovascular disease, chronic pain, brain injury, amputations, burns, and trauma. For 20+ years she has provided life care planning and case management services to clients. Prior to her life care planning career, she gained hands on experience as a nurse at New York University Medical Center and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

This mortgage expert has 30+ years of lending experience, including management positions in residential and consumer lending, secondary marketing, loan servicing, compliance, and operations. He is an accomplished third-party underwriter and quality control reviewer of mortgage loans and operations for several classifications of mortgage lenders. He has been a national-level instructor for over 20 years and has taught hundreds of lenders, as well as taught examiners and regulators on the state and federal level for banks, credit unions, and mortgage bankers/brokers. He worked with the NMLS in designing the SAFE Act federal MLO exam and in reviewing and auditing SAFE Act licensing education programs. The expert is a past Director of the Community Lending Institute Education Department for the American Bankers Association and is also the past Board Director, Strategic Planning Committee Chair, and Education Committee Co-Chair for the Connecticut Mortgage Bankers Association. In addition, he is the author of an industry standard residential mortgage textbook that is used in several hundred U.S. colleges and universities. The expert current runs two small consulting practices that specialize in mortgage and consumer lending/compliance.

This qualified expert who is a Life Care Planner and an MD, obtained his BS in Zoology from the University of Wyoming and his MD from Creighton University. He completed his internship and Residency in General Surgery and his Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care medicine at the University of Missouri-Columbia and his Fellowship in Trauma at the Oregon Health Sciences University. He has been Board Certified in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Medicine and is Certified in Life Care Planning and Mediation. He is a member of multiple Trauma and Surgical medical Associations and has 50+ Publications on Surgery Research. He is currently the Medical Team Manager for a Medical Task Force and the Medical Director and Owner of a Life Care Planning Firm.

This fellowship trained and highly qualified expert earned her BA from Northwestern University and her MD from University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. In addition, she holds an MPH from Oregon's Master of Public Health Program. As a board certified OBGYN, this expert also has extensive training and experience in family planning from her time as a fellow at Oregon Health & Science University. This expert is active in her field as a member of numerous medical societies including the Society of Family Planning and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. As a result of her clinical expertise and academic acumen, she was one of the lead developers for miscarriage management guidelines at two major medical universities. Formerly, she served as Assistant Clinical Professor at University of California San Diego. Currently, she is Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of the Fellowship in Family Planning at a major medical university.

This board certified physician earned her medical degree from Georgetown University and completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City. She has maintained an active medical practice for 25+ years. She completed training in life care planning with the University of Florida and is certified by the International Commission on Health Care Certification as a life care planner.

This expert is a certified life care planner and has spent many years in the nursing profession. She belongs to a number of prestigious societies in the space, including the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners and the Case Management Society of America. She currently owners her own Life Care Planning consultancy.

This expert has extensive credentials and training in nursing, nurse life care planning, and medicare consulting. She belongs to the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners, and the National Association of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals. She has held numerous nursing positions throughout the mid-west and is currently a nurse life care planner and consultant at a private firm in Indiana.

This highly qualified expert earned his MD from The University of Southern California. He then went on complete his residency at The University of Southern California in Obstetrics. He is also active in his field as a member of numerous medical societies including The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In addition, he has published multiple peer-reviewed journal articles. Formerly he held roles as an Obstetrics and Gynecology specialist in The United States Air Force and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at a Major University in Nevada.