The book is well written . . . The analysis is clear and the presentation concise. Practitioners might consider adopting the author's analytical framework. Those who practice in this area could use the book to create their own analytical outline or checklist for dealing with earning capacity issues.

Assessing a person's earning capacity is one of the most complicated issues in litigation. Shahnasarian writes that his intent is to both systematize and bring more science to the process, offering his earning capacity assessment form, or ECAF, as a tool for reducing variance among valuators. The second edition adds a research study that describes the ECAF's use and efficacy; other new material includes the transcript of a clinical interview from a vocational evaluation in a personal injury case and a chapter on conducting vocational assessments in cases involving long-term disability insurance. Shahnasarian is a career and human resources consultant who has testified as an expert witness on vocational and life-care- plan issues.