Mr. Frank P. Diaz has been a Vocational Consultant and Vocational Counselor for over 45 years providing vocational services for industrially injured employees, sight and hearing-impaired individuals, developmentally disabled individuals, individuals with substance abuse issues, the economically disadvantaged, or for individuals simply seeking a career change. Mr. Diaz is also experienced in the preparation of on-site job analyses, and for ten years provided on-site job analyses regarding the employees for the Santa Clara County Department of Corrections.
Diaz & Company is a full-service, vocational consulting firm that was founded in 1987 by Mr. Frank P. Diaz. As a Forensics Vocational Expert, Mr. Diaz has provided vocational opinions in the fields of law regarding Workers’ Compensation, Longshore and Harbor Workers, Long Term Disability, Social Security, and Personal Injury.
Prior to establishing Diaz & Company, Mr. Diaz practiced in various non-profit firms obtaining experience with various cultural backgrounds including refugees from the Cambodian Khmer Rouge and refugees from the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. Mr. Diaz established and administered various training programs that returned to work individuals with sight impairment, hearing impairment, developmental disabilities, and Farm Workers.
From 1985 through 2005 Mr. Diaz counseled injured workers for the State of California’s Workers’ Compensation program. Mr. Diaz was successful in direct job placement, on-the-job training programs, and vocational training program development that returned injured workers back to the labor market.
Mr. Diaz served as a Social Security Vocational Expert between the years of 1987 and 1997, and gave testimony in over 700 cases. Overall, he has worked with over 12,000 individuals in rendering an opinion regarding their level disability or establishing a career path following an injury.
Diaz & Company is located in Pacifica, California; however, Diaz & Company is able to evaluate individuals nationwide with the use of Zoom. Diaz & Company was the first vocational consulting firm to utilize virtual evaluations in the State of California in 2008.
Mr. Diaz has qualified as a Vocational Expert at the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Boards (WCAB) located in San Francisco, Oakland, Stockton, Walnut Creek, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Salinas. He has also qualified and testified as a Personal Injury Vocational Expert at the Superior Court of Marin County, Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco as well as for Longshore in Federal Court in San Francisco, California.
Mr. Diaz has obtained favorable decisions including Michael Thomas v. Peter Kiewit Son’s, Inc., Thomas Hasson v. Ann Taylor regarding the Vocational Expert’s ability to use medical objective findings of pain in determining an individual’s level of disability.
In the Cindy Kenzy v. Flour Creations as well as in the Thomas decision, Mr. Diaz established that a Vocational Expert can utilize the concept of synergy to show that multiple injuries create a greater level of disability when taken in their entirety rather than when taken individually.
In the Euwanda Sexton v. American Red Cross, Mr. Diaz established an understanding of the concept of amenability to rehabilitation in the State of California Workers’ Compensation System.
Mr. Diaz holds a United States Patent (Patent Number: 6539647) for a Safety Shoe.
Mr. Diaz developed and sells a cloud-based case management software, Convergence Case Management Data Retrieval Software, which is designed, implemented, and sold for vocational offices for office administration and client tracking. This software has allowed Diaz & Company to create a virtual office allowing his staff to work from various locations throughout the United States.
