Services

Medico-Legal Consulting is serving you from the Knoxville area. We screen your cases for merit before you invest a lot of time and money. Our Certified Legal Nurse Consultant can complete the medical research efficiently, turning even the most involved case into an easy-to-follow, interesting narrative that you can present persuasively to a jury. In addition, you can rely on Medico-Legal Consulting to:

• Screen medical cases for merit to eliminate the expense of non-meritorious lawsuits.
• Review and analyze medical records, hospital policies and procedures and other documents to interpret their relevance to your case.
• Define the applicable standards of care.
• Define deviations from and adherences to the applicable standards of care.
• Assess the alleged damages and/or injuries.
• Organize, tab and paginate medical records.
• Summarize, translate and interpret medical records.
• Identify and recommend potential defendants.
• Conduct literature search and integrate the literature and standards/guidelines into the case analysis.
• Research and analyze validity and reliability of research studies relied on by all parties.
• Expand attorney's medical library.
• Interview plaintiff and defense clients, key witnesses and experts.
• Consult with healthcare providers.
• Identify types of testifying experts needed.
• Locate and interface with expert witnesses.
• Communicate with potential testifying experts.
• Analyze and compare expert witness reports and other work products.
• Serve as liaison between the attorney and healthcare providers, testifying experts, parties, witnesses and other consultants.
• Prepare interrogatories.
• Review and draft responses to various legal documents and correspondence for attorney's signature.
• Assist in exhibit preparation.
• Prepare deposition and trial examination (cross or direct) questions.
• Review, analyze and summarize depositions, including past testimony.
• Attend depositions, trials, review panels and arbitration and mediation hearings.
• Help prepare witnesses and experts for deposition and trial.
• Develop written reports for use as study tools by the attorney.
• Coordinate and attend independent medical examinations.
• Develop life care plans.
• Coordinate and assist in facilitating focus groups and mock trials.