Frequently asked questions

Knowledge. Experience. Scope.  

Liz is a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant with 10 years of diverse nursing experience in a wide variety of settings with a specialty focus in Cardiac Intensive Care. She has worked all types of ICUs, all levels of adult patient care, across a variety of medical facilities. 

There are few nurse experts who can bring this degree of variability and scope in practice to the table.  

A legal nurse consultant is a registered nurse who uses expertise as a health care provider and specialized training to consult on medical-related legal cases. Legal nurse consultants assist attorneys in reading medical records and understanding medical terminology and standards of practice to achieve the best results for their clients

A Certified legal nurse is a registered nurse who obtains additional education from a Legal Nurse Education program to become "certified legal nurse consultant".

A CLNC screens cases for merit, reviews medical records, assists with discovery, conducts reviews of the existing literature and medical research, identifies standards of care, prepares reports and summaries, assesses injuries and damages, creates demonstrative evidence, locates or acts as an expert testifying witness, and much more. Essentially, a CLNC can assist throughout a case, from start to finish. 

CLNCs can work for plaintiff or defense attorneys.

See my list of services. 

None. She offers services that will meet with your standards of approval risk free. If something is not quite to your liking she will fix it.

No. A CLNC differs from a paralegal in that a legal nurse consultant uses existing expertise as a health care professional to consult and educate attorney-clients on specific medical and nursing issues in their cases. This differs from a paralegal who provides valuable assistance to attorneys in the delivery of legal services.

Any medically-related litigation! Here are the following examples: 

• Medical Malpractice 
• Personal Injury 
• Elder Law/Long term care litigation 
• Product Liability  
• Toxic Tort 
• Workers' Compensation 
• Risk Management 
• Life Care Planning 
• Regulatory Compliance  
• Forensic/Criminal Law 
• Family Law
• Civil Rights 
• Employment discrimination 
• Medicare set-aside

Yes! From the very start Liz can, as a CLNC, help decode the medical fact from fiction to see if the case even has merit providing you with savings right away! And, she can do so for a fraction of the cost of physician consultants. 

Each case is unique and will need to be assessed based on it's own merits of scope, complexity, and the types of services requested. 

Hiring her at the start of any case means you won't be leaving good deals on the table or stuck holding the bag in the courtroom. She can guarantee you will be armed with the knowledge you need to succeed. 

Not convinced? Try a free case screening today. 

Discussions about billing will be handled personally. So please contact Liz to find out!

Just click: Contact Liz. You'll want her working for your side in mediation or the courtroom.