What is a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant? A Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC) is a Registered Nurse who has taken advanced training in legal nurse consulting and has passed the certification exam.

Why do I need to hire a legal nurse consultant? Many of today’s legal cases involve complex and voluminous medical information that must be analyzed and interpreted. Burton Legal Nurse Consulting can provide you with nursing and medical opinions as the experts on causality, Standards of Care, propriety of care, etc. A CLNC can bring years of medical experience to your case. She can see things in the medical records that might otherwise be overlooked.

Types of Services Provided:

  • Screening of cases for merit
  • Organization and summarization of medical records
  • Identify causation and contributing factors of injuries
  • Identification of prior medical conditions
  • Development of questions for Interrogatories and Depositions
  • Identify missing records and tampering issues
  • Define Standards of Care/deviations from SOC
  • Schedule/Attend Independent Medical Exams
Who could benefit from the services of a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant? Attorneys for defense and plaintiff, insurance companies, corporations and industries.

Can’t paralegals do the same work for less pay? Most paralegals lack the necessary medical expertise to properly review a case with the accuracy and attention to medical details that ultimately will deliver the best outcome for your case.

Why should we use a CLNC when a doctor will eventually need to give an expert opinion? A Certified Legal Nurse Consultant can do the initial review for less money than a physician. If the case needs to go to a physician, the CLNC’s summary of the case will assist the physician in understanding all of the pertinent details contained in the records. The CLNC can also suggest experts who can build the strongest possible case.

The CLNC is a highly-skilled professional who can assist you in any environment in which the delivery of healthcare is in question:

  • Products Liability
  • Medical and Nursing Malpractice
  • Defense or Plaintiff
  • Toxic/Tort/Environmental Issues
  • Personal Injury
  • Criminal Law where health/injury is a factor