How Could A CLNC Help Your Case?
Are you are an attorney, plaintiff, defendant, or paralegal, and involved in a medical-related case?
If so, you need a CLNC:
Certified Legal Nurse Consultant.
CLNCs are licensed Registered Nurses (RNs) who are rigorously trained in legal processes. These experts are worth every extra penny you'll invest in bringing them onto your case. And the sooner, the better!
CLNCs have the ability to think critically about healthcare issues and to speak to their impact in legal terms. They can be a lawyer's and a paralegal's best friend. Who else has the dual expertise to interpret medical and nursing issues in any case involving heath, illness or injury?
A consulting legal nurse service is a valuable resource in many circumstances.
You need a CLNC if your practice includes:
- Medical or Nursing Malpractice
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
- Criminal Law
- Elder Law
- Toxic Tort
- Environmental Cases
- Medicare Fraud and Abuse
- Worker's Compensation
Whether you're a lawyer or paralegal, or a plaintiff or defendant in a case,
It's not your job to be an expert in medical issues, records, and terminology—
It's our job.
A Consulting Legal Nurse Service and Your Case
The Medical Expert You Lack
The truth is, even though 25% of attorneys deal with medical malpractice and personal injury, very few law firms boast medical experts on staff-and no lawyer can have the depth of understanding of the healthcare system and medical expertise that a CLNC can. That's what a consulting legal nurse service is for: to provide you with medical knowledge so that you can focus on what YOU do best.
Shirley Gorman RN, OCN, CLNC
Shirley Gorman is an RN and Certified Oncology Nurse with over 20 years of experience in Oncology and Medical Surgical Nursing, giving her a deep understanding of the inner workings of the healthcare system. She has a unique ability to quickly interpret and scrutinize medical records, with first-hand knowledge of standards of care.
This Fort Collins, Colorado-based CLNC ably serves the Western States.
She brings specialized healthcare education and clinical experience to the medical-related aspects of the total litigation process. Shirley has proven that her medical strengths are not only valuable to her patients-they are also literally priceless for law firms and in legal cases.
Passion + Skill
Shirley's passion for her consulting legal nurse service makes her a perfect addition to a legal team. Conscious of the dynamics and intensity of working on a case; incisive in her interpretations of medical records and knowledge of healthcare standards - Shirley can ID strengths and weaknesses of a case quickly and succinctly. She's comfortable right at the intersections between medical matters and legal matters.
Shirley Gorman's individual strengths, network of medical and professional resources and contacts, combined with her degrees, knowledge, and certifications make her a vital - even a critical - addition to your group of legal professionals.
Litigation Support, Expert Witness Services, and More
Shirley's consulting legal nurse service can provide the following:
- Procuring and interfacing with expert medical witnesses
- Observation and legal representation at Independent Medical Exams (IME's)
- Screening cases for merit - written evaluation of their strengths and weakness
- Identifying and assessing alleged damages and/or injuries
- Summarizing, translating, and interpreting medical records and autopsy reports
- Interviewing plaintiff and defense clients, key witnesses and experts
- Serving as liaison between the attorney and healthcare providers, testifying expert witness, witnesses and other consultants
- Preparing interrogatories
- Preparing deposition and examination (cross or direct) questions
- Helping prepare witnesses and experts for deposition and trial
- Developing written reports (briefs), charts, and timelines
For Paralegals
Overwhelmed with data, charts, and paperwork that you just don't understand? Don't pull your hair out! We offer services for paralegals to help you through difficult medical legal cases. Call us! Let us do our job so that you can do yours.
Don't wait to get help on a case that needs greater medical expertise.
Call Shirley Gorman's office today to talk to a CLNC about how consulting legal nurse services might improve—and help win—your case.
Phone: (970) 212-4646
Shirley Gorman, RN, CLNC provides consulting legal nurse services to attorneys and law firms, plaintiffs and defendants, insurance companies and other organizations, in and around Fort Collins, Colorado including Greeley, Windsor, Denver, and Boulder and Southern Wyoming, including Laramie and Cheyenne.
