Medical-Legal Consulting · Northern Nevada
Bridging the gap between the complexity of medicine and the courtroom.
Objective, resourceful medical record review and consultation for criminal defense, civil, and administrative matters — from a quick "what does this mean?" to organized, Bates-stamped chronologies, written opinions, and testimony when it's appropriate.
- 16+ years
- Nursing and medical practice, from ICU and ER to rural family medicine
- Nearly a decade
- Prior experience as a paralegal for a local attorney
- Defense & plaintiff
- Consulting and testifying work on both sides of the aisle
Why attorneys bring me in
An experienced medical eye on the record
What that looks like in practice
- Record discrepancies and gaps in the standard of care
- Records that look incomplete or under-produced
- Medical jargon translated into plain language
- Reported injuries measured against the reported mechanism
- Bates-stamped, hyperlinked chronologies
Even experienced attorneys are not nurses or medical providers. A medical eye picks up record discrepancies, sees gaps in standards of care, recognizes when a produced record looks incomplete, translates medical jargon into plain language, and pieces together the relationship — or lack of one — between the reported injuries, the reported mechanism of injury, and what the record actually supports.
One of the most cost-effective services a medical-legal consultant provides is simple efficiency. I can answer quick questions about medications or findings, and make sense of hundreds — or thousands — of pages of PDF records. When it helps, I remove redundancies and produce a clear, easy-to-follow record with Bates stamping and hyperlinks to key locations. That streamlined file is also easier to hand to a specialist expert, reducing their hourly review time.
Clear records make better decisions — for settlement, for cross-examination, and for knowing when you need a specialist at all.
How I can help
Support at whatever depth the case calls for
Quick consultation
Record review & organization
Reports, prep & testimony
Deliverables built around your case, not a template
How the work product is delivered depends on your need and preference — not every method or depth of review is necessary, appropriate, or cost effective in every case. Some attorneys want a review and a verbal analysis before deciding whether anything goes in writing, which matters a great deal in criminal cases. Others want organization, Bates stamping, and a chronology, and nothing more. We agree on scope up front.
Working together
Intake, turnaround, and reach
Start with an email or a phone call. Quick turnaround on merit review, with rush service available — if you need something within the week, send a text as well as an email for the fastest response.
Primarily focused in Northern Nevada and available nationwide for remote review and consultation. I travel for depositions, hearings, and trial testimony, and provide in-person, non-testimony trial support as well.
What I look for in a file
- Whether the medical documentation and diagnoses support the theory of the case
- Standards of care, protocol breaches, and documentation gaps
- Mechanism of injury against the injuries actually recorded
- Medication-related issues and interactions
- Records that appear incomplete — before they surprise you
- What looks significant but is likely medically irrelevant
Case Assessment
The time to dig into the medical records isn't the week before the deposition.
Bring me in early and the medical questions get answered while there is still time to use the answers. Email or call to schedule a case assessment — or just to talk through what you're looking at and make those records make sense.