• Forensic evaluations for personal injury malpractice pediatric evaluations, wrongful death, wrongful versus Post-injury earnings capacity is at issue
• Development of Life Care Plans for disabled individuals
• Case Manager assisting the disabled community
• Trust advocacy/guardianship for severely disabled pediatric cases
• Evaluations for Workers' Compensation vocational rehabilitation, long-term disability, & longshore & harbor worker cases.
• Social Security representation
• Vocational & personal counseling
• Vocational rehabilitation plans for selective job placement, on-the-job training, & academic training.
• In-depth labor market research
• Consultations for Americans with Disabilities Act
• Consultant, County of Santa Barbara GAIN program
• Consultant, U.S. Department of Labor
• Consultant, disability retirement plans
• Consultant, Social Security Administration, Office of Hearings & Appeals.
• Consultant, long-term disability carriers
• Consultant for States of California, Washington, Florida, Alaska & Hawaii
• Disability advocate to aid & assist the disabled community in obtaining rightful benefits
• Assessment of physical aspects of jobs (Job analysis)
• Vocational testing, work tolerance evaluation, & job-seeking skills instruction
• Testimony as vocational expert:
  • Superior Court
  • U.S. Federal District Court
  • Arbitrations
  • Deposition testimony
  • Administrative law hearings regarding Social Security
  • Informal/formal conferences for California workers' compensation vocational rehabilitation
  • WCAB hearings
  • Longshore & harbor workers ALJ hearings
  • Disability retirement ALJ hearings
  • Teacher removal, ALJ hearings (fit for duty)
  • Railroad retirement, ALJ hearings

• University of Florida, Winterpark, Florida
  Post-graduate certificate: Life Care Planning for Advanced Catastrophic Case Management, April 1995
• University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
  • M.A. Degree, Vocational Rehabilitation - 1976
  • B.S. Degree, Vocational Rehabilitation - 1975
• Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York
  A.S. Degree, Liberal Arts & History - 1972

• 1974, Wayne County Vocational Services, psychometric testing
• 1976, Department of Rehabilitation; vocational rehabilitation counselor intern serving generalized case load
• 1976, Rehabilitation Institute of Santa Barbara
  (aka Memorial & Rehabilitation); dual capacity, vocational rehabilitation counselor & intern psychological counselor intern serving catastrophically disabled & underChief Clinical Psychologist, Ronald Hartley, PhD

• Insurance Rehabilitation Institute, Certificate - 1977
• Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), Commission on Rehab Counseling Certificate #11674 - 1978
• Vocational Expert, Social Security Administration, Hearings & Appeals, Department of Health & Human Services - 1978
• Certified Disability Management Specialist, Commission of Rehabilitation Counseling Certification, #00462, 1984
• Certified Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Federal Government, OWCP #13-31, 3/85
• Diplomate, American Board of Vocational Experts, #292-85, 1985
• Vocational Expert, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, 6/86
• Out-of-State Provider, Rehabilitation Counselor Certification
  • State of Washington, Dept. of Labor, #7645, 2/89
  • State of Florida, Dept. of Labor, #XA003536, 6/90
  • State of Alaska, Dept. of Labor, #26619, 4/23/92
  • State of Colorado, Dept. of Labor & Employment, #1640, 9/590
  • State of Nebraska, Workers’ Compensation Court, VRC Cert. #PC-0320
  • State of Nebraska, WC Court, Job Placement Specialist Cert. #PJ-0303
• Independent Vocational Evaluator, State of California, Dept. of Industrial Relations, 6/90
• Certified Life Care Planning Expert, Certified For Life Care Planning for Advanced Catastrophic Care Mgmt, 1995
• Certified Life Care Planner (Cert. #0028), Commission on Disability Examination Certification, 4/16/96
• Fellow, International Academy of Life Care Planners, 11/11/02

• National Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector NARPPS
• Southern California Rehabilitation Exchange Association SCRE
• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (aka California Trial Lawyers Association)
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Pacific Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center (ADA Panel)
• International Academy of Life Care Planners

• 1975, Rehabilitation Services traineeship grant awarded by U.S. Government

• Vocational Evaluations & Life Care Plans in Personal Injury Cases
  American Board of Trial Advocates, 5/31/83
• Nuts & Bolts Aspects of Forensic Vocational Evaluations
  Santa Barbara Bar Association, Litigation Division, 8/31/89
• Defense Forensic Vocational Evaluations & Life Care Plans
  Paper presented in-house, Law Firm of Lawler, Bonham & Walsh, 5/3/90
• Defense & Plaintiff Forensic Vocational Evaluations & Life Care Plans
  Paper presented in-house, Law Firm of Mullen, McCaughey & Henzell, 5/16/90
• Defense Forensic Evaluations & Life Care Plans Law Firm of Archbald & Spray, 1990
• Defense Forensic Evaluation Law Firm of Nordman, Cormony, Hair & Compton, 1991
• Defense Forensic Evaluation Law Firm of Henderson & Wolgamuth, 1991
• Forensic Vocational Evaluations & Life Care Planning St. Paul Fire & Marine, 1993
• Provisions of American with Disabilities Act In-house presentation, Kinko's Corporation, Phoenix 1994
• Plaintiff & Defense Vocational Evaluations & Life Care Plans Santa Barbara Legal Assistants Association, 1994
• Plaintiff Vocational Evaluations & Life Care Plans Santa Barbara Bar Association, 1994
• Life Care Planning, Las Vegas Consumer Attorneys, California Trial Lawyers Association, 1995
• Panel Presentation: Plaintiff vs. Defendant Vocational evaluation & Life Care Planning
  Ventura Bar Association, 1995
• American Law Institute - American Bar Association
  Committee on Continuing Professional Education
  6th Annual Advanced ALI-ABA Course of Study for Plaintiff & Defense Bars
  Current Developments in Employment Law
  Santa Fe, New Mexico - 7/15/99 - 7/17/99
  Topics:
  
  • Vocational Rehabilitation Experts in ADA & Other Employment Cases (Mitigation; Substantial Limitations; Loss of Future Earnings; When to Use Such an Expert; Special Problems in Preparation for Direct/Cross Examination)
• Mock Trial/Panel Discussion: Cross-Examination of Vocational Expert
  Ventura County Trial Lawyers Association, 7/27/99

• American Disabilities Act Alliance Newsletter
  Center on Education & Work - University of Stout
  Kinko's Way Ahead on ADA; Chapter on Life Care Planning, 4/93
• Dental Malpractice. Author: Safler; Publisher: Wylie & Sons, Inc. Chapter on Life Care Planning, 4/26/96

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