Consulting Services Provided:
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Screen and evaluate cases for merit.
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Create customized written reports an attorney/client can use as a guidebook.
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Analyze, organize, and summarize medical records and other related materials.
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Identify the applicable standards of care.
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Identify deviations from and adherences to, the applicable standards of care.
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Assess the alleged damages and/or injuries, and identify factors that may have contributed to or caused the alleged damages and/or injuries.
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Identify all potential defendants.
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Research medical literature and incorporate the literature and standards/guidelines into the case evaluation.
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Investigate and consider the reliability and validity of research studies relied on by all parties.
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Identify and review relevant medical records, hospital policies and procedures, other vital documents and relevant tangible items.
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Identify record tampering, omissions and contradictions within a medical record.
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Augment and strengthen the attorney's medical library.
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Provide education on clinical issues and facts to attorney/client.
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Participate in interviewing clients, key witnesses and experts.
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Identify weaknesses and strengths in a case.
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Recommend types of testifying experts needed.
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Assist is locating, obtaining and collaborating with appropriate expert witnesses.
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Evaluate expert witness reports and other work products.
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Serve as a intermediary between the attorney and healthcare providers, parties, witnesses, testifying experts and other consultants.
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Assist in preparing requests for production and interrogatories, to ensure that all relevant discovery is received.
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Assist in preparing exhibits for deposition or trial.
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Assist in preparing deposition and trial (direct or cross) questions.
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Evaluate and summarize depositions, including past testimony for those testifying.
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Attend arbitration and mediation hearings, depositions, and trials.
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Assist in preparing witnesses and experts for deposition and trial.
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Attend independent medical examinations (IMEs), to ensure an appropriate and complete evaluation is done.
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Assist in facilitating mock trials.