Ms. Cohen has been admitted as an expert witness in state courts in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska and in Federal Court . She provides vocational rehabilitation services to workers covered by state and federal worker's compensation systems such as the Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act, Jones Act, and the Federal Employee's Liability Act and serves as a VocationalExpert for the Social Security Office of Disability Adjudication and Review.
MERRILL A. COHEN, M.C., C.D.M.S., C.R.C., C.C.M., CLCP
STRATEGIC CONSULTING SERVICES INC.
15 S. Grady Way, Suite 410, Renton, WA 98057
Telephone: 425.917.2001
Website: www.scsvoc.com
EDUCATION
Master of Counseling, Seattle University
Seattle, Washington, 1995
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, George Washington University
Washington D.C., 1977
CERTIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
• Certified Rehabilitation Counselor #35083, March 1997
• Certified Case Manager #24212, December 1997
• Certified Disability Management Specialist #08345, March 1996
• Registered Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, 1994
Counselor #8841; Provider #218134,
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Approved Vocational Expert, 2005
U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review,
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and Case Manager
Strategic Consulting Services, Inc. March 2007 to present
OSC Vocational Systems, Inc. 1993 to March 2007
• Vocational Assessment.
• Rehabilitation planning and implementation.
• Psychometric Testing.
• Job development and client placement.
• Wage earning capacity analysis.
• Life Care Planning and Medical Case Management.
• Expert testimony.