Would you like to utilize your time and resources as efficiently as possible? Are you
interested in improving your case outcomes with a review and analysis of medical
records, as well as valuable and pertinent medical research by a Legal Nurse
Consultant?
Do you fully understand all potential causation issues? Are you in need of highly
qualified
expert witnesses on liability/standard of care, future medical costs and pain and
suffering?
The American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants can help. AALNC is a not-
for-profit
membership organization dedicated to the professional enhancement and growth
of Registered
Nurses practicing in the specialty area of Legal Nurse Consulting and to advancing
this nursing
specialty. With more than 3,500 members, AALNC is the premier organization from
which to find
a Legal Nurse Consultant. Visit http://www.aalnc.org/hire/locator.cfm to find a Legal
Nurse
Consultant in your area. To learn more about the value a Legal Nurse Consultant
can bring to
your case, read the attorney testimonials below!
How Can Legal Nurse Consultants Help Me?
Recognizing that your time and resources are invaluable, Legal Nurse Consultants
relieve the
strain and time constraints of your extensive medical research and analysis. As
licensed
Registered Nurses, Legal Nurse Consultants bring specialized healthcare
education and clinical
experience to the medically related issues of the litigation process. This education
and
experience distinguishes Legal Nurse Consultants from paralegals and legal
assistants and
provides the foundation for the Legal Nurse Consultant's ability to recognize,
interpret and
examine all relevant medically related information in a claim or case.
Legal Nurse Consultants are experts in evaluating, analyzing and rendering
informed
opinions regarding Standard of Care, areas of liability and the injuries sustained
as a
result of an alleged negligence. For more than 20 years, Legal Nurse Consultants
have acted
as collaborators and strategists, offering support in medically related litigation and
other medicallegal
matters to aid in numerous aspects of your cases.
What Lawyers Are Saying about AALNC Members
“Your member has been an invaluable resource for me when evaluating both the
liability and
damages phases of medical malpractice cases and the damage/causation phase
of other
personal injury cases. She has a very professional, candid and insightful method
of addressing
issues and a basic, common sense way of explaining the complexities inherent in
these kinds of
cases.
Her circle of consultants includes some of the very best and brightest medical
professionals
available, upon whom I feel confident in relying. Importantly, I know that I am
getting opinions
which can withstand the type of scrutiny which is sure to be applied in the crucible
of litigation. If I
have a bad case or serious weaknesses in a case, she identifies them for me
before my
opponent does. I want to be the first one to know about it. Nothing is worse than
agreeing to take
on a case and then having your opponent discover critical flaws in it after you have
spent
thousands of dollars. In addition, I know that when I spend money on a case, I am
also potentially
spending my client’s money too. Your member always keeps me aware of costs
associated with
case reviews, and I find her approach is quite cost effective.
I would highly recommend her to any lawyer.”
George J. Badey III, Esq.
Sheller, Ludwig & Badey, P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
“Our Legal Nurse Consultant is my right arm when it
comes to medical product liability litigation. As a trained
Legal Nurse Consultant, she picks up the nuances of a
case that an attorney can't. Not only can she decipher
the medical language, but she puts it into a context that
I can understand, teaching me the case as we go.
Her attention to detail is wonderful, she reviews the
records over and over and researches the information
that she doesn't understand herself. She gives me a
summary of the records, plus an added column of
information researched from other sources. She is very
thorough. I couldn't do this type of work without her and
I wonder how attorneys who don't have someone equally
as good get through these cases.”
Kathy A. Brown
Wexler | Toriseva | Wallace
Wheeling, WV
“Whether the task at hand is evaluating new case
inquiries in an emerging pharmaceutical mass tort or
reading through hundreds of pages of a hospital chart in
order to put together a chronology of what happened
and when, Legal Nurse Consultants bring invaluable
expertise to any firm whose practice requires even a
basic knowledge of medicine. I have personally used
Legal Nurse Consultants at almost every stage of a case.
A well versed Legal Nurse Consultant can screen
damages issues in potential new cases, can help put
together medical timelines for use at deposition or at
mediation, and, to the attorney who knows more law
than medicine, is a constant source of education and
insight. Did your client receive the recalled medical
device, and did she suffer from the target injuries that
prompted the recall? Did the nursing and medical staff
attending to your client while hospitalized conform to
accepted standards of care? These and a myriad of
additional questions can eat up endless attorney time.
Leveraging the knowledge base of a Legal Nurse
Consultant saves that time and results in better
organization and preparation.”
Jason Mark
Mark & Associates, P.C.
Uniondale, NY
comes to medical product liability litigation. As a trained
Legal Nurse Consultant, she picks up the nuances of a
case that an attorney can't. Not only can she decipher
the medical language, but she puts it into a context that
I can understand, teaching me the case as we go.
Her attention to detail is wonderful, she reviews the
records over and over and researches the information
that she doesn't understand herself. She gives me a
summary of the records, plus an added column of
information researched from other sources. She is very
thorough. I couldn't do this type of work without her and
I wonder how attorneys who don't have someone equally
as good get through these cases.”
Kathy A. Brown
Wexler | Toriseva | Wallace
Wheeling, WV
“Whether the task at hand is evaluating new case
inquiries in an emerging pharmaceutical mass tort or
reading through hundreds of pages of a hospital chart in
order to put together a chronology of what happened
and when, Legal Nurse Consultants bring invaluable
expertise to any firm whose practice requires even a
basic knowledge of medicine. I have personally used
Legal Nurse Consultants at almost every stage of a case.
A well versed Legal Nurse Consultant can screen
damages issues in potential new cases, can help put
together medical timelines for use at deposition or at
mediation, and, to the attorney who knows more law
than medicine, is a constant source of education and
insight. Did your client receive the recalled medical
device, and did she suffer from the target injuries that
prompted the recall? Did the nursing and medical staff
attending to your client while hospitalized conform to
accepted standards of care? These and a myriad of
additional questions can eat up endless attorney time.
Leveraging the knowledge base of a Legal Nurse
Consultant saves that time and results in better
organization and preparation.”
Jason Mark
Mark & Associates, P.C.
Uniondale, NY
"I have been working with Legal Nurse Consultants for over twenty years
and cannot imagine practicing personal injury law without them. Legal
Nurse Consultants at our law firm play critical roles in virtually every type
of personal injury case including motor vehicle accidents, product liability
and medical malpractice cases. For all personal injury cases, they are
able to identify, organize and summarize the medical records, identify and
evaluate the injuries, analyze causation issues and assist with the
medical portions of discovery responses. For the malpractice cases, they
are also able to do research regarding the applicable standard of care.
In our experience, the more complex the case, the more the Legal Nurse
Consultant can contribute. Thus, in the more complex personal injury
cases, such as medical malpractice and pharmaceutical product liability
cases, our Legal Nurse Consultants are involved from the initial intake call
through resolution. In addition to obtaining, summarizing and analyzing
medical records, they are involved in meeting with potential clients,
following up with clients about their evolving medical condition,
evaluating whether to investigate and undertake a claim, researching and
analyzing medical liability and causation issues, identifying experts and
serving as a liaison with medical and nursing experts.
Attorneys considering adding Legal Nurse Consultants to their team would
be best served by nurses with excellent reading comprehension, writing,
organizational and analytical skills, as well as a strong clinical
background, work ethic and interest in learning the applicable legal
standards. "
Brian Zorn, Esq.
Faraci Lange, LLP
bzorn@faraci.com
and cannot imagine practicing personal injury law without them. Legal
Nurse Consultants at our law firm play critical roles in virtually every type
of personal injury case including motor vehicle accidents, product liability
and medical malpractice cases. For all personal injury cases, they are
able to identify, organize and summarize the medical records, identify and
evaluate the injuries, analyze causation issues and assist with the
medical portions of discovery responses. For the malpractice cases, they
are also able to do research regarding the applicable standard of care.
In our experience, the more complex the case, the more the Legal Nurse
Consultant can contribute. Thus, in the more complex personal injury
cases, such as medical malpractice and pharmaceutical product liability
cases, our Legal Nurse Consultants are involved from the initial intake call
through resolution. In addition to obtaining, summarizing and analyzing
medical records, they are involved in meeting with potential clients,
following up with clients about their evolving medical condition,
evaluating whether to investigate and undertake a claim, researching and
analyzing medical liability and causation issues, identifying experts and
serving as a liaison with medical and nursing experts.
Attorneys considering adding Legal Nurse Consultants to their team would
be best served by nurses with excellent reading comprehension, writing,
organizational and analytical skills, as well as a strong clinical
background, work ethic and interest in learning the applicable legal
standards. "
Brian Zorn, Esq.
Faraci Lange, LLP
bzorn@faraci.com
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Please make sure when you use the services of a Legal Nurse Consultant
they are a member of the AALNC and have a listing in Martindale-Hubbell.
"integrating medicine and law"
they are a member of the AALNC and have a listing in Martindale-Hubbell.
"integrating medicine and law"
Attorney's, Businesses, Corporations, Insurance Companies
and Private Investigators all utilize Legal Nurse Consultants
for the same reason: ROI- Superior knowledge of medicine,
nursing and other disciplines allows RN's to quickly scan
with expertise what is or isn't missing from a medical record
at a cost effective fee giving you, the client an outstanding
Return On Investment.
and Private Investigators all utilize Legal Nurse Consultants
for the same reason: ROI- Superior knowledge of medicine,
nursing and other disciplines allows RN's to quickly scan
with expertise what is or isn't missing from a medical record
at a cost effective fee giving you, the client an outstanding
Return On Investment.