Legal Nurse Consulting
Our certified legal nurse consultants combine their professional expertise and extensive healthcare knowledge to evaluate the questions of each individual case. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive, in-depth, and detailed case analysis based on current standards of practice, evidenced-based research, and current practice guidelines.
Founded by a seasoned family nurse practitioner and registered nurse with more than 40 years of experience, Sowers & Associates Nurse Consultants, PLLC (SANC, PLLC) provides a comprehensive set of services to assist our clients.
Our vast array of professional experiences includes primary care, family practice, neurology/sleep medicine/sleep apnea, telemedicine/telehealth critical care, critical nursing, burn/trauma nursing, disability exams, environmental hazards, pre-employment physicals, emergency nursing, and rehabilitative nursing.
We bring a global approach based on a breadth of professional experiences and skill sets to traverse the complicated intersection of medicine and the law.
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Screen all cases for merit
Define the applicable standards of care.
Define deviations from adherences to the applicable standards of care
Assess the alleged damages and/or injuries
Identify factors that caused or contributed to the alleged damages and/or Injuries
Conduct literature review and integrate the literature and standards into the case analysis
Identify and recommend potential defendants
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Organize, tab, and paginate medical records
Summarize, translate, and interpret medical records
Identify and review relevant medical records, hospital policies, procedures, other essential documents, and other tangible items
Research and analyze the validity and reliability of research studies relied on by all parties
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Serve as a liaison between the attorney clients, healthcare providers, testifying experts, parties, witnesses, and other consultants
Interview clients, key witnesses, and experts.
Consult healthcare experts
Identify testifying experts
Locate and interface expert witnesses
Communicate with potential testifying experts
Help prepare witnesses and experts for dispositions and trial
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Review, analyze and summarize dispositions, including past testimony
Analyze and compare expert witness reports and other work products
Prepare interrogatories
Assist in exhibit preparation
Prepare deposition and trial (cross/direct) questions
Attend depositions, trials, review panels, and arbitration and mediation hearings
Coordinate and attend independent medical examinations
Develop life care plans
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Review and draft responses to various legal documents and correspondence for the attorney’s signature
Develop written reports for use as study tools for the attorney
Expand the attorney’s medical library
Coordinate and assist facilitating focus groups and mock trials
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Analyze medical literature and research to provide expert opinions on medical issues involved in the case
Identify and summarize medical standards of care applicable
Evaluate the chronology of events and medical treatments to assess the progression of care
Conduct research on medical procedures, medications, and their potential side effects
Research relevant laws and regulations impacting the medical situation under scrutiny
Practice Areas
Our consultancy group is built on over 40 years of experience in primary care, family practice, neurology/sleep medicine/sleep apnea, telemedicine/telehealth critical care, emergency nursing, and rehabilitative nursing, as well as 25 years of experience providing nursing education.
