This expert is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and Qualified Rehabilitation Provider with more than 15 years of experience in vocational rehabilitation, specializing in vocational assessment and employability analysis in litigation and disability contexts. Her practice focuses on vocational assessments, transferable skills analysis, accommodations assessments, labor market surveys, and long-term and short-term disability evaluations. She evaluates pre- and post-injury employability, earning capacity, return-to-work potential, and job placement feasibility in matters involving workers’ compensation, wrongful termination, medical malpractice, personal injury, divorce, and disability claims. As a self-employed vocational consultant for over 10 years, she performs vocational interviews, job site assessments, and labor market research to determine competitive employment options and necessary accommodations.

Her work includes developing job placement plans, identifying feasible accommodations and assistive devices, and rendering expert opinions regarding vocational limitations and employability. She also serves as a Vocational Expert Witness for over 15 years, where she provides testimony concerning the transferability of skills, labor market incidence, and the physical and skill demands of occupations in the national economy. Previously, she worked as a vocational rehabilitation consultant for a national employee benefits provider, conducting transferable skills analyses, occupational identification, labor market surveys, and job-versus-occupation assessments for short-term and long-term disability claims. In that role, she analyzed medical and vocational documentation, evaluated return-to-work potential, coordinated with claimants and policyholders, and rendered expert opinions on complex and appealed disability claims.

Earlier experience includes serving as a vocational rehabilitation counselor for a state agency, where she reviewed medical and psychological records, interpreted functional capacity evaluations, and managed substantial caseloads involving individuals with significant disabilities. She holds a Master of Science degree in Community Service Counseling and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. She is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and a state-recognized Qualified Rehabilitation Provider. Her professional affiliations include membership in the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, including participation in its Social Security Vocational Expert section, and associate membership in a metropolitan bar association. With more than 5 years of expert witness experience, she has provided consultations, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony in vocational rehabilitation and disability-related litigation matters.