For attorneys & insurers
Legal nurse consulting
Clinical record review and case analysis from a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner with a Neuro ICU, acute care, and long-term care background.
A clinician's read on the record — before it costs you the case.
Medical records are dense, fragmented, and easy to misread. A legal nurse consultant translates them: what the standard of care required, what actually happened, what the documentation supports, and where the gaps are.
Services
How I support your case
Merit screening
Early, candid assessment of whether the records support a viable claim or defense — before significant resources are committed.
Record review & chronology
Organized medical chronologies and timelines that make a multi-thousand-page record usable, with key entries flagged and sourced.
Standard-of-care analysis
Identification of deviations from nursing and prescribing standards, applicable policies, and documentation practices.
Causation & damages support
Clarification of the clinical sequence linking care to outcome, plus analysis of injuries, treatment course, and future care needs.
Deposition & discovery prep
Question outlines for clinical witnesses, review of opposing expert reports, and help drafting medically precise discovery requests.
Expert witness location
Identification and screening of appropriate testifying experts by specialty, and preparation of materials for their review.
Areas of focus
Where my clinical background is most useful.
- Psychiatric and behavioral health across the lifespan — suicide risk assessment and monitoring, elopement, restraint and seclusion, capacity and consent, involuntary treatment, boarding and discharge planning. Informed by both bedside psychiatric nursing and outpatient prescribing practice, with pediatric, adult, and geriatric experience.
- Medication and prescribing — psychotropic and controlled-substance management, polypharmacy, adverse drug events, medication errors and reconciliation failures.
- Long-term care and skilled nursing — falls, pressure injuries, elopement, staffing and supervision, care planning, and change-in-condition response.
- Neuro and critical care — neurological deterioration, failure to rescue, monitoring lapses, and delays in escalation.
- Documentation and EHR issues — charting gaps, late entries, audit trails, and metadata questions in the electronic record.
Who I work with
Engagements
- Case types
- Medical and nursing malpractice, long-term care and elder neglect, personal injury, medication error, wrongful death, workers' compensation, and behavioral health claims.
- Clients
- Plaintiff and defense firms, insurance carriers and claims professionals, self-insured healthcare organizations, and risk management teams.
- Engagement models
- Hourly consulting, flat-fee merit screens, and per-project record review. Rates and scope confirmed in writing before work begins.
- Confidentiality
- All records handled under HIPAA-compliant safeguards. Work product prepared at the direction of counsel.
- Geography
- Record review and consulting available nationwide; clinical licensure is in Illinois.
Getting started
How an engagement works
Send a brief description of the matter — no records needed for the first conversation.
Initial conversation
A short, no-cost call to confirm the matter, check for conflicts, and scope the work.
Scope and agreement
Written confirmation of deliverables, timeline, and rate before any records are reviewed.
Review and deliverable
Records reviewed and a written work product delivered — chronology, screening memo, or analysis, as agreed.
Ongoing support
Follow-up as the case develops: supplemental records, expert coordination, and deposition preparation.
Office
2619 W. Heading Ave., Ste. 314
Peoria, IL 61604
Response time
Inquiries are typically answered within one business day. For time-sensitive matters, please call the office directly.