Paul J. Bourgeois, PhD, CRC, CLCP, CVE, FVE, NCC, is a vocational rehabilitation and life care planning expert specializing in the evaluation of employability, earning capacity, vocational loss, rehabilitation needs, and future care requirements.

Dr. Bourgeois holds a Ph.D. in Rehabilitation from the University of Arizona and is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, Certified Life Care Planner, Certified Vocational Evaluation Specialist, Forensic Vocational Expert, and National Certified Counselor.

His forensic vocational work includes vocational evaluations, employability and earning capacity assessments, transferable skills analysis, labor market research, job analysis, vocational testing, and evaluation of education, work history, functional limitations, and rehabilitation needs. He conducts evaluations in matters involving personal injury, disability, workers' compensation, and matrimonial litigation.

As a Certified Life Care Planner, Dr. Bourgeois evaluates future medical, rehabilitation, therapeutic, equipment, home care, assistive technology, and related support needs and associated costs. His work includes analysis of medical records, diagnostic interviews, rehabilitation needs, long-term functional considerations, and individualized future care requirements.

Dr. Bourgeois has experience providing deposition and court testimony and previously served as an impartial vocational expert in Social Security Disability hearings before Administrative Law Judges.

In addition to his forensic practice, Dr. Bourgeois has an extensive academic and research background. He previously served as an Associate Professor of Counseling and has held university faculty appointments in rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation and disability studies. He is the Editor of the Journal of Forensic Vocational Analysis and has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and professional presentations addressing vocational rehabilitation, life care planning, disability, ethics, technology, and forensic practice.

Dr. Bourgeois provides attorneys with clear, evidence-based analyses of the vocational and long-term rehabilitation consequences of injury and disability