Vocational Evaluations

Vocational Evaluations

Vocational Evaluations

Vocational Evaluations: Transforming Cases Through Career Insights


Vocational evaluations provide clients with a clearer understanding of their abilities, career options, and the impact of their disabilities on employability. Through hands-on work activities and in-depth assessments, clients gain invaluable insights into their vocational skills, empowering them to make informed decisions about their future.


For attorneys, vocational evaluations are a game-changer. While liability often takes center stage in a case, the economic damages caused by an injury—particularly its effect on a client’s ability to work and earn a living—can’t be overlooked. Thorough damages preparation, including vocational evaluations, not only strengthens your case but can significantly impact its outcome once liability is established.

OAS vocational experts specialize in providing comprehensive evaluations across a wide range of cases, including: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, Workers’ Compensation, Matrimonial Disputes, Age Discrimination, Wrongful Termination.


With decades of experience, OAS is your trusted partner in demonstrating the full vocational and economic impact of your client’s injuries. Our evaluations deliver clear, data-driven findings that attorneys can rely on to support their litigation strategy.


When to Call a Vocational Expert


Attorneys often wonder when it’s the right time to involve a vocational expert. To determine if expert assistance is necessary, consider these critical questions:

  1. What are the functional consequences of the client’s injuries?
  2. How will these injuries impact the client’s ability to work?
  3. Will the client’s earning potential be diminished as a result?


If the answers to these questions reveal significant limitations on your client’s ability to function, work, or earn a living, retaining an OAS vocational expert could be pivotal to your case.


OAS provides the clarity and expertise attorneys need to assess vocational damages comprehensively, strengthening cases and maximizing outcomes.


Vocational Experts for Attorneys

In personal injury cases, attorneys know they have a "substantial" case if they can overcome the hurdle of liability and there is sufficient coverage. However, many attorneys are not aware of how to document damages in an objective and meaningful way that justifies their demand to the defense or the insurance company.


OAS vocational experts help bridge the gap between medical evidence relating to the disability and economic reports projecting future damages. With expertise in rehabilitation, employability, and earning capacity, an OAS vocational expert can support and enhance the testimony of medical and economic experts, educating the jury on the injury's impact on a person’s employability and earning capacity.


Key benefits of using OAS vocational experts include:

  • Determining the worth of the case
  • Moving the case toward settlement by justifying the amount of the demand
  • Objectively documenting case damages at the time of trial

Vocational Assessments & Expert Witness Services

An Occupational Assessment Services (OAS) Vocational Evaluation or Life Care Plan allows attorneys to present damages to the jury in a clear, concise, and demonstrative manner.


Contact OAS at 1-800-292-1919 to hire us as your vocational evaluation and life care plan expert. We’ll help you determine the amount of earning capability.


For over fifty years, Occupational Assessment Services has been performing vocational assessments and providing expert witness services. Through objective consulting, analysis, and vocational testing, we specialize in assisting attorneys in documenting damages in catastrophic injury cases as well as Matrimonial, Employment, Social Security Disability, Workers’ Compensation, and Veterans’ Disability. We offer our services nationwide and conduct remote interviews exclusively, ensuring accessibility and convenience.

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