Real World Experience for Added Credibility as a Vocational Expert
Rona Wexler provides employability expert witness services and litigation support to matrimonial and employment attorneys nationally, with focus in New York, Connecticut New Jersey and Florida. She has testified in the courts of New York and Florida and the NLRB.
As an employability expert, she has made numerous presentations about employment, the job search and career transitions, and was a featured panelist and speaker at the Westchester County (New York) Bar Association Family Law CLE, the Fairfield County (Connecticut) Bar Association and the New York County Lawyers Association. Ms. Wexler’s articles have appeared in publications including the New York Law Journal and the New York State Bar Association Family Law Review.
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Why do attorneys and clients turn to Rona Wexler?
She brings a unique expertise that allows her to quickly grasp the key issues in employability assessment. She provides clear, objective and credible reports and testimony. She supports her findings with solid research and an understanding based on thirty years of real world experience as a vocational evaluator, career consultant, executive recruiter and business consultant with a Fortune 200 company.
Who consults Ms. Wexler?
Divorce attorneys or mediators, employment attorneys and others involved in legal matters when questions arise about a person’s employment and earnings capabilities.
During a divorce, why consult an employability expert?
Questions often arise about a spouse’s employment capabilities and earning capacity. An objective employability evaluation is used by both parties and the court to determine a spouse’s ability to contribute to maintenance (alimony) and child support. This moves the divorce forward so both parties can move on. Employability evaluations occur during a divorce or after (such as a request for a change in the amount of maintenance and/or child support). Consider an employability expert’s evaluation when a party:
When do employment attorneys consult Ms. Wexler?
During employment litigation, both plaintiff and defendant need to determine loss in earnings and benefits and the impact of the job loss on future employability and earnings. Ms. Wexler evaluates these factors and is often asked to assess the plaintiff’s job search efforts to obtain comparable employment and/or efforts to mitigate damages. She provides evaluation services to both defendants and plaintiffs.
