WHAT WE DO FOR ATTORNEYS AND THEIR CLIENTS
We bridge the gap between MEDICAL and LEGAL
7 cases and MORE, we are QUALIFIED to CONSULT
7 cases and MORE, we are QUALIFIED to CONSULT
YOUR LEGAL EXPERTISE + OUR MEDICAL INSIGHT = WINNING STRATEGY
YOU KNOW THE LAW.
WE KNOW MEDICAL.
- Partnering with a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant doesn't just strengthen your case—it transforms it. Our specialized medical knowledge complements YOUR legal expertise, creating a powerful alliance that increases YOUR chances for success both
YOUR LEGAL EXPERTISE + OUR MEDICAL INSIGHT = WINNING STRATEGY
YOU KNOW THE LAW.
WE KNOW MEDICAL.
- Partnering with a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant doesn't just strengthen your case—it transforms it. Our specialized medical knowledge complements YOUR legal expertise, creating a powerful alliance that increases YOUR chances for success both in settlement negotiations and courtroom litigation.
- When complex medical issues stand between YOU and victory, our professional analysis delivers the QUICKEST path to the BEST possible outcomes for both YOU and your CLIENTS.
LexSpark, LLC: emPOWERING Lawyers, AMPlifying Success!
7 cases and MORE, we are QUALIFIED to CONSULT
7 cases and MORE, we are QUALIFIED to CONSULT
7 cases and MORE, we are QUALIFIED to CONSULT
Certified Legal Nurse Consultants can consult on:
1. Medical and Nursing Malpractice
2. General Personal Injury Cases
3. Products Liability
4. Toxic Tort and Environmental
5. Workers Compensation
6. Criminal
7. Any Case Where Health, Illness or Injury Is an Issue
CLNC are qualified to answer questions, research topics and assist the attorney in
Certified Legal Nurse Consultants can consult on:
1. Medical and Nursing Malpractice
2. General Personal Injury Cases
3. Products Liability
4. Toxic Tort and Environmental
5. Workers Compensation
6. Criminal
7. Any Case Where Health, Illness or Injury Is an Issue
CLNC are qualified to answer questions, research topics and assist the attorney in developing the medical-related issues of many types of cases
EXAMPLES:
a. Family law (e.g., custody battle).
b. Probate (e.g., competency in issue).
c. School health (e.g., injury of a child while crossing the street, sexual assault by a teacher).
d. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
e. Employer-employee relationships (e.g., wrongful dismissal).
f. Sexual harassment.
g. Right to die.
h. Social Security benefit issues.
i. Medicare benefit issues
j. Physician-facility relationships (e.g., physician dropped from an HMO, preferred provider network or managed care network).
k. Psychiatrist or therapist abuse or injury.
l. Insurance issues (e.g., reasonableness of a medical bill, relationship of a medical bill to the alleged damages or injuries).
m. Family Leave Act.
n. Bad faith litigation against insurance companies for failure to pay a claim or for denial of access to specific care or treatment.
o. Wrongful adoption.
p. Healthcare professional board disciplinary actions.
LexSpark, LLC: emPOWERING Lawyers, AMPlifying Success!
What We Do For YOU and your CLIENTS
7 cases and MORE, we are QUALIFIED to CONSULT
What We Do For YOU and your CLIENTS
Maximize Your Law Practice with Expert Medical Insight
How a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant Delivers VALUE to Your Firm
- A Certified Legal Nurse Consultant brings specialized medical expertise to your law practice, creating substantial time and cost efficiencies that directly impact your bottom line.
Strategic Advantages:
- Streamlined Medica
Maximize Your Law Practice with Expert Medical Insight
How a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant Delivers VALUE to Your Firm
- A Certified Legal Nurse Consultant brings specialized medical expertise to your law practice, creating substantial time and cost efficiencies that directly impact your bottom line.
Strategic Advantages:
- Streamlined Medical Record Analysis
We transform complex medical documentation into clear, actionable insights, allowing your legal team to focus on core case strategy rather than deciphering medical terminology and chronologies.
- By integrating a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant into your family law practice, you gain a competitive edge through medical expertise that complements your legal acumen—ultimately delivering better outcomes for your clients while optimizing your firm's resources.
- Early Case Merit Assessment
Our expert evaluation helps you quickly identify the strength of medical claims, allowing for informed decisions about resource allocation and case strategy from the outset.
- Efficient Expert Witness Selection
Leverage our professional network and medical knowledge to identify and secure the most appropriate medical experts for your specific case needs.
- Enhanced Client Consultation
Our ability to translate complex medical issues into understandable terms strengthens client communications and builds confidence in your representation.
LexSpark, LLC: emPOWERING Lawyers, AMPlifying Success!
33 Services Offered by LexSpark, LLC Legal Nurse Consultants
DBA: MERRILL & ASSOCIATES
Assess Medical Records and Analyze the Case
- Identify and review relevant medical records, hospital policies and procedures, other essential documents and tangible items.
- Organize, tab and paginate medical records.
- Summarize, translate and interpret medical records.
- Prepare chronologies of the medical events involved in a case.
- Screen or investigate cases for merit.
- Define the applicable standards of care.
- Define deviations from, and adherences to, the applicable standards of care.
- Assess the alleged damages and/or injuries.
- Identify factors that
Support the Attorney’s Case
- Conduct literature searches and integrate the literature and standards/guidelines into the case analysis.
- Research and analyze the validity of research studies relied on by all parties.
- Coordinate and attend independent medical examinations (IMEs).
- Develop life care plans.
- Expand the attorney’s medical library.
Serve as the Attorney’s Liaison
- Interview plaintiff and defense clients, key witnesses and experts.
- Consult with healthcare providers.
- Serve as liaison between the attorney and healthcare providers, testifying experts, parties, witnesses and other consultants.
Work with Experts and Other Witnesses
- Locate and interface with expert witnesses.
- Communicate with potential testifying experts.
- Analyze and compare expert witness reports and other work products.
- Help prepare witnesses and experts for deposition and trial.
- Serve as an expert witness and testify to the nursing standard of care.
Assist with Discovery and Preparation for Court
- Prepare deposition and trial questions.
- Prepare interrogatories.
- Review and draft responses to various legal documents and correspondence for the attorney’s signature.
- Review, analyze and summarize depositions, including past testimony.
- Assist in exhibit preparation.
- Attend depositions, trials, review panels and arbitration and mediation hearings.
- Coordinate and assist in facilitating focus groups and mock trials.
- Assist in resolution of cases through alternative dispute resolution, such as arbitration
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