Vocational Diagnostics Inc

What Vocational Diagnostics Inc does

Vocational Diagnostics Inc. (VDI) is a U.S. private professional services firm specializing in forensic damages assessment for litigation. Founded in 1985 by Robert Taylor and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, VDI delivers earning capacity evaluations, life care planning, expert witness testimony, medical record review, catastrophic and pediatric case evaluation, reasonableness-of-cost analyses, and household services analysis. Its methodology is built around certified vocational rehabilitation counselors (CRC), licensed professional counselors (LPC), certified life care planners (CLCP), and legal nurse consultants using peer-reviewed frameworks such as the proprietary PEEDS-RAPEL pediatric earning capacity methodology and Daubert/Kumho-compliant standards for expert admissibility.

Name

Vocational Diagnostics Inc

Legal name

Vocational Diagnostics Inc.

Website

https://vocationaldiagnostics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vocational Diagnostics Inc is a Phoenix-based forensic damages assessment firm providing earning capacity evaluations, life care planning, and expert witness testimony to plaintiff and defense attorneys in personal injury, medical malpractice, and birth injury cases nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Expert Witness Testimony and Consulting Services: VDI generates revenue by providing expert witness testimony, earning capacity evaluations, and life care planning services to plaintiff and defense attorneys in legal cases. Services are retained on a per-case basis with consultation fees and testimony charges.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Vocational Diagnostics Inc (VDI) is a forensic damages assessment firm that provides life care planning, earning capacity evaluations, and expert witness testimony to plaintiff and defense attorneys in litigation cases. The firm is staffed by certified rehabilitation counselors (CRC), certified life care planners (CLCP), and legal nurse consultants, using peer-reviewed methodologies including PEEDS-RAPEL for pediatric cases. Services are retained on a per-case basis across the United States, Canada, and internationally.

Product overview

Vocational Diagnostics Inc (VDI) is a professional services firm specializing in forensic damages assessment for legal cases. The company offers a unified suite of services centered around two core offerings: Life Care Planning (future care needs assessment) and Earning Capacity Evaluation (vocational assessments for lost wages). These are supplemented by Expert Witness Testimony, Medical Record Review (both litigation and non-litigation), Catastrophic Case Evaluation, Pediatric Case Evaluation, Reasonableness of Cost of Care Analysis, and Analysis of Household Services. The company serves both plaintiff and defense attorneys in personal injury, medical malpractice, birth injury, toxic torts, and other complex litigation matters across the United States, Canada, and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Life Care Planning

Quantifiable outcome

• $65 million verdict achieved in K. P. v. UPS birth injury case
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Economist PartnershipminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023VDI has partnered with an economist who can perform present value and other necessary calculations for cases, complementing their vocational and life care planning services.
• Physical Therapist PartnershipminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023VDI has partnered with a physical therapist who can provide Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCEs) to support vocational assessments and damages evaluations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• J.S. Held: A global consulting firm providing economic, forensic, and expert services including damages assessment and life care planning. Comparable to VDI in expert witness services, but operates at broader scope and scale with many more practice areas.
• Analysis Group: One of the largest economic, financial, and forensic consulting firms providing expert testimony across health care, labor economics, and damages. Comparable to VDI in forensic damages and expert testimony, but operates at a much larger scale with broader practice areas.
• The TASA Group: A national expert witness referral and consulting network connecting attorneys with vocational, economic, and medical experts. Adjacent to VDI's market — same attorneys as customers — but operates as an expert marketplace/platform rather than an expert practice itself.
• Rimkus Consulting Group: A multi-disciplinary forensic consulting firm offering economic damages, life care planning, and expert testimony services. Overlaps with VDI in life care planning and damages assessment, but is significantly larger and diversified across engineering, environmental, and scientific forensics.

Direct peers

• Vocational Economics, Inc. A vocational expert witness and life care planning firm providing earning capacity evaluations, life care plans, and expert testimony. Directly comparable to VDI in service mix, customer base (plaintiff and defense attorneys), and per-case professional services model.
• EFS Forensic Consulting: A forensic economics and vocational expert firm retained by attorneys for earning capacity, life care planning, and economic damages analysis. Closely comparable to VDI in forensic damages positioning, multi-state expert coverage, and plaintiff/defense representation.
• Robert E. Ratliff & Associates: A vocational rehabilitation and life care planning practice providing expert testimony in personal injury and medical malpractice matters. Directly comparable to VDI in service mix, methodology emphasis, and attorney-client retention model.
• BrundageGroup: A life care planning firm producing Life Care Plans and expert testimony for catastrophic injury cases across the US. Comparable to VDI in core service offering (life care planning) and reliance on attorney clients in personal injury and medical malpractice litigation.
• Network Affiliates: A life care planning organization providing Life Care Plans and expert testimony to plaintiff and defense attorneys nationwide. Directly comparable to VDI in life care planning focus, methodology-driven approach, and litigation-driven service delivery.

Emerging players

• Catawba Valley Consulting: A regional vocational rehabilitation consulting firm offering earning capacity evaluations and expert testimony. Comparable to VDI in core vocational expert offering, but smaller in scale and concentrated in a single geographic region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/vocationaldiagnostics
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vocational-diagnostics-inc-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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