Employment and Earning Capacity Evaluations
Tel: (203) 439-7920
Vocational Assessments
A vocational expert assesses the individual´s skills and abilities to engage in work.
Economic Loss Calculations
An economic expert assesses lost earnings by comparing earnings in the pre-injury and post-injury labor markets that apply to the injured person.
Case Review & Consultation
Consultation may be provided in a legal matter even when Dr. Joy is not retained as an expert witness.
Personal Injury
A vocational-rehabilitation expert determines potential future jobs and/or career opportunities based on the medical issues of the injured person and assesses a plaintiff’s physical and mental abilities. These may allow or prevent them from obtaining jobs in the labor market at particular salary rates.
Workers Compensation
Vocational experts have the training and experience to explain how a worker’s injuries affect his ability to perform specific jobs and day-to-day activities. The expert will also determine if the worker cannot perform any job and is therefore regarded as unemployable. The vocational expert opines on the impact vocational rehabilitation has on the worker’s return to his former job or how training can impact the individual’s employability.
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Family Law
A vocational expert evaluates an individual’s employability and earning capacity, which may include a skills assessment of the local labor market as well as the individual’s job seeking efforts. Under certain circumstances, the impact of reported medical or mental impairments on their employability are also considered.
Other Practice Areas
About Dr. Joy
Dr. Joy offers more than 23 years’ experience serving persons with disabilities in various vocational rehabilitation settings. Dr. Joy evaluates complex employment and disability matters involving assessment of an individual’s work capacity, skills, labor market access and earning capacity.
Dr. Joy has testified as a vocational and economic expert in both State Superior and Federal District Court jurisdictions as both a consulting and testifying Vocational Expert in Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, Family Law matters, ERISA and ADA discrimination matters.
