Legal Nurse Consultant

Legal Nurse Consultant — Meyers & Gold Litigation Group

Chicago, IL | March 2023 – Present

• Evaluated 85+ complex medical malpractice and personal injury cases, drafting systematic medical chronologies that identified critical standard-of-care deviations in 92% of cases.
• Prepared 40+ comprehensive merit reviews and expert witness recommendations, directly contributing to securing $12M in defense verdicts and plaintiff settlements over a 24-month period.
• Reviewed and audited 1,200+ pages of electronic health records per case, locating hidden electronic audit trails and metadata that proved non-compliance with clinical protocols in 18 cases.
• Coordinated with 15+ external medical experts to streamline testimony preparation, reducing case development lifecycles by 22% and saving the firm $45,000 in unnecessary expert fees.

Associate Legal Nurse Consultant — Beacon Risk Management Services

Chicago, IL | June 2020 – February 2023

• Audited 150+ workers' compensation and product liability claims, verifying medical billing accuracy and identifying $320,000 in billing discrepancies and duplicate charges.
• Drafted 90+ medical summary briefs and case assessments for insurance defense counsel, increasing early case resolution rates by 15% and decreasing litigated claims by 12%.
• Evaluated nursing standards and policy compliance across 30+ long-term care facility cases, identifying 45+ systemic documentation errors that served as pivotal case evidence.
• Educated a team of 10 attorneys on complex clinical terminologies and medical-surgical procedures, reducing the time required for deposition prep by 30% across the department.

Medical record analysis, Standard of care evaluation, Case chronology drafting, Medical malpractice litigation, Personal injury claims, Workers' compensation, Toxic torts, EHR auditing, Epic, Cerner, LexisNexis, CaseMap, Expert witness recruitment, Trial preparation support, Deposition analysis

Malpractice Audit System Integration

Role: Lead Nurse Consultant

Tools: Epic EHR, LexisNexis, Adobe Acrobat Pro

Audited and summarized a backlog of 35 complex surgical malpractice cases, identifying 8 critical nursing deviations that settled claims 4 months faster than average.

EHR Metadata Audit Initiative

Role: Legal Nurse Analyst

Tools: Cerner EHR, CaseMap, Excel

Analyzed EHR audit logs and metadata trails for a multi-million dollar class-action lawsuit, establishing medication administration timeline accuracy and resulting in a $6.2M plaintiff settlement.

• Legal Nurse Consultant Certified (LNCC) (2023)
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Illinois State Board of Nursing (2020)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Professional working proficiency)
• Affiliations: Active member of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) Chicago Chapter (2021-present)
• Availability: 3 weeks notice