Benefits -

• Cost Effectiveness

• Resourcefulness

• Thorough Knowledge Base

• Experience

• Defense Attorney - save time and money on medically related cases.

• Plaintiff Attorney - ensure settlement commensurate with injury.

• HMO, TPA, Insurance Company - reduce liability and conserve medical resources.

• CPA - assistance with medical claims review and analysis.

• Government Agency - prevent fraud and abuse in usage of medical services.

• Self-Insured Private Corporations - retrospective and prospective review.
Services Provided by a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant.
As Certified Legal Nurse Consultants, we can apply our knowledge and understanding of medical, nursing and health-related issues to make the your job easier, more efficient and more effective.

We are a medical insider who knows the inner workings of our complicated healthcare system firsthand. Our professional expertise as an RN and a legal nurse consultant qualifies us to provide the following services:

Assessing Medical Records and Analyzing the Case
  • Identify, locate, review and interpret relevant medical records, hospital policies and procedures, other documents and tangible items.
  • Organize, tab and paginate medical records for easy reference.
  • Prepare chronologies of the medical events involved in a case.
  • Summarize, translate and interpret medical records.
  • Identify issues of tampering with the medical records.
  • Screen medical malpractice cases for merit.
  • Identify, locate, summarize and interpret applicable standards of care.
  • Identify adherences to and deviations from these standards.
  • Identify causation issues, assess damages/injuries and identify contributing factors.
  • Identify and recommend potential defendants.
  • Develop written reports for the attorney's use as study tools.

Supporting the Attorney's Case

  • Search and summarize medical and nursing literature and integrate results of your search into case analysis.
  • Analyze the validity of research studies relied on by all parties.
  • Coordinate and attend independent medical examinations.

Serving as the Attorney's Liaison

  • Interview plaintiff and defense clients, key witnesses and experts.
  • Consult with healthcare providers.
  • Meet with other consultants and service providers on the attorney's behalf.

Working with Experts and Other Witnesses

  • Identify types of testifying experts needed for the case.
  • Find and communicate with appropriate expert witnesses for deposition and trial.
  • Analyze potential experts' reports and other work product.
  • Help prepare witnesses and experts for deposition and trial.
  • Serve as an expert witness and testify to the nursing standard of care.

Assisting with Discovery and Preparing for Court

  • Prepare questions for deposition or trial examination (direct or cross).
  • Prepare interrogatories and requests for production.
  • Review and draft responses to various legal documents and correspondence for the attorney's signature.
  • Analyze and summarize depositions and past testimony.
  • Assist with exhibit preparation and other demonstrative evidence.
  • Attend courtroom proceedings when relevant.