Vocational Evaluations

Vocational Evaluations

Vocational Evaluations

Vocational Evaluations are an educational process in which a client obtains greater self and work knowledge, through participation in work activities. These activities evaluate their vocational skills and abilities, so they learn about the functional impact their disability has in relation to their career options.


Many attorneys fail to realize the importance of damages in a case. Sometimes, all emphasis and energies are placed in the initial hurdle of liability, and the impact of the injury on the client’s ability to work and earn money is ignored. A good damages preparation may help to strengthen a case once liability has been established.


OAS vocational experts are used in a wide variety of cases. Our vocational evaluation expertise can benefit personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability, workers’ compensation, matrimonial, age discrimination, and wrongful termination cases.


Many attorneys do not know when they need the aid of a vocational expert. The attorney must consider such questions as:


  • What are the consequences of the injuries on the client’s ability to function?
  • How will these injuries affect the client’s ability to work?
  • Will the client’s ability to earn money be affected?

The answers to these questions will determine the necessity of retaining an OAS vocational expert.

Vocational Experts for Attorneys

In 
personal injury cases, attorneys know that they have a “substantial” case if the obstacle of liability can be overcome and if there is sufficient coverage. However, few attorneys are cognizant of how they can document damages in an objective and meaningful way that justifies their demand to the defense or the insurance company.


OAS vocational experts have been used by attorneys to bridge the gap between medical evidence relating to the disability, and economic reports that project damages into the future. Expertise in the areas of rehabilitation, employability, and earning capacity allows an OAS rehabilitation expert to support and enhance testimony of medical and economic experts, and to educate the jury as to the impact of the injury on a person’s employability and earning capacity.


  • To determine the worth of the case

  • To move the case toward settlement by justifying the amount of the demand

  • To objectively document the case damages at the time of trial

Vocational Assessments & Expert Witness Services

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


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


Occupational Assessment Services has been performing vocational assessments and providing expert witness services for over forty-four years. 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 have offices in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, and California, and also offer video conferencing.

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