Board-Certified Legal Nurse Consultant and Life Care Planning Expert Witness

This expert offers independent consulting services including development and review of life care plans, medical cost projections, medical bill reviews, Medicare set-aside allocations, catastrophic case management, senior care management, and legal nurse consulting. Holding advanced nursing degrees and numerous certifications such as Legal Nurse Consultant Certified, Certified Life Care Planner, Certified Case Manager, and Medicare Set-Aside Consultant Certified, the expert brings over four decades of nursing experience across emergency, trauma, critical care, pediatrics, and administrative roles. The consultant has also served in public health and correctional healthcare, conducted clinical investigations, developed clinical guidelines, taught nursing subjects, and contributed extensively to peer-reviewed publications and editorial work. With substantial deposition and courtroom testimony experience, the expert supports legal teams through record review, timeline analysis, case summaries, and expert testimony.

Professional Affiliations:

International Association of Forensic Nurses
Academy of Emergency Nurse: Fellow
American Association for Nursing Professional Development
American Nurses Association
Academy of Correctional Health Professionals
American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners
International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals
Case Management Society of America
National Association of School Nurses
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
Emergency Nurses Association
Sigma Theta Tau, National Honor Society of Nursing
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Education:

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Master of Public Administration (MPA)

Areas of expertise:

Addiction Medicine
Audiology
Brain Injury
Child Abuse
Child Psychology
Correctional Healthcare
Drug Abuse
Emergency Medicine
Geriatrics
Hospital & Medical Ethics
Independent Medical Examinations
Legal Nurse Consultant
Life Care Planning
Long Term Care
Managed Care & HMOs
Medical Billing
Medical Fraud
Neurodevelopmental Disorder/Disability
Neurophysiology
Neuropsychology
Neuropsychopharmacology
Nursing
Nursing Homes
Nutrition
Occupational Medicine
Orthopedic Surgery
Orthotics & Prosthetics
Pain Management
Pediatrics
Personal Injury
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Preventive Medicine
Psychology
Psychopharmacology
Sanity/Competency to Stand Trial
Sexual Abuse
Sexual Assault
Spousal Abuse
Suicide
Urgent Care
Wrongful Death

Case Study:

Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury
Life Care Planning Cases
Correctional Nursing Cases
Emergency and Trauma Nursing Cases
Nursing Administration and Patient Safety
Pediatrics and School Nursing
Children with Special Healthcare Needs
Wrongful Death
Civil Litigation
Catastrophic Case Management

Certifications:

Licensed Registered Nurse, State of California
California Public Health Nursing Certificate
Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN)
Nursing Executive – Board Certified (NE-BC)
Legal Nurse Consultant Certified (LNCC)
Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP)
Certified Case Manager (CCM)
Medicare Set-Aside Consultant Certified (MSCC)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider (ACLS)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor
Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider (PALS)
California Credentialed School Nurse (CSN)
Fellow Academy of Emergency Nursing (FAEN)
Special Teaching Authorization in Health

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