Experts

Phillip D. Sidlow, M.S., NCC, F/ABVE is a vocational analyst with Vocational Economics, LLC.  He provides expert vocational testimony specific to earning capacity and worklife expectancy for persons with a disability.  He is a Nationally Certified Counselor and a fellow on the American Board of Vocational Experts.

Mr. Sidlow holds a Master of Science in Educational Psychology and Counseling with an emphasis in Career Counseling from California State University, Northridge.  He completed post-graduate coursework in medical aspects of disability at California State University, Los Angeles.  He holds an undergraduate degree in American Studies with a concentration in Film from Yale University.

Mr. Sidlow has experience working with clients of all ages.  He works with clients who have a work disability and clients who do not show outward signs of a work disability.  He is knowledgeable about the ways a work disability impact worklife expectancy and earning capacity, and he is familiar with the methodology used to apply a worklife expectancy value to a specific individual who has suffered a work disabling condition.

Mr. Sidlow is currently a board member and treasurer of the California Career Development Association.  He is an active member of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals and the National Career Development Association.  He is an adjunct member of several sections of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and Los Angeles County Bar Association.  He has written articles on the use of vocational experts in family law cases and has spoken on the topic of career counseling strategies for clients who are attorneys.  An active career counselor in private practice, he also provides forensic services in wrongful termination, civil litigation, workers compensation, and family law matters.  He is qualified as an expert and testified in Los Angeles Supreme Court.