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Portside Legal Nurse Consulting Services

Portside Legal Nurse Consulting offers merit screenings, full case review and analysis, medical record research, and expert witness location services. We have a national team of trained experts to attend your Defense Medical Examinations.

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Medical Records Analysis

To save you time and money, we can assess the merits of your case before you even commit. Use our expertise as medical insiders to show you firsthand the complicated healthcare system’s inner workings.

  • Screen or investigate cases for merit
  • Prepare chronologies of the medical events involved in the case
  • Define the applicable standards of care
  • Define deviations from and adherences to the applicable standards of care
  • Assess the alleged damages and/or injuries
  • Identify factors that caused or contributed to the alleged damages and/or injuries
  • Identify and recommend potential defendants
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Criminal Cases

Portside Legal Nurse Consulting is here for our prosecuting attorneys, public defenders, and defense attorneys. We are available to help you navigate the medical issues in your cases and use them to your advantage against opposing counsel. Portside Legal Nurse Consulting is here to assist you on a case-by-case basis for homicide, child/elder abuse, DUI, domestic violence, or assault and battery cases. Our criminal cases services include:

  • Identify and define the medical issues in your case, and explain their importance and how they can affect your case negatively or positively
  • Prepare chronologies of the medical events involved in the case
  • Assess the alleged medical damages and/or injuries
  • Identify, procure, and vet any needed testifying experts
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Testifying Experts

We have a vast network of expert doctors, nurses, and allied health providers. Our experts are up to date on new medical advances in their field, and have a mix of experience in direct patient care, research, and academia. Our experts will tip the scales in your favor in the battle for credibility.

  • Identify the best expert or experts for your case
  • Procure your expert organically-not just a “hired gun” from a website
  • Vet the candidate to know what qualifications and experience your expert brings
  • 20-point checklist to ensure top-tier expert for your case
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Defense Medical Examination (DME)

Do not leave your client alone---have a nurse advocate on your side at the DME! Our experienced nurses guarantee adherence to all civil codes of procedure and protects your client from revealing information that may impact the outcome of your case.  Our services include:

  • Complimentary plaintiff prep-ask about our DME Teaching Tool
  • Attend and audiotape the exam (videotape for an additional fee subject to availability)
  • Written statement provided covering the exam omissions and discrepancies
  • Review MD’s report for accuracy regarding what transpired
  • Serve as a rebuttal witness to testify regarding what occurred in the exam versus what the physician claimed occurred
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Discovery and Court Preparation

Let us apply our nursing experience to ensure you have all the crucial facts which can be the difference between winning and losing your case. Our services include:

**We DO NOT provide consultative services to professional nurses related to licensure suspensions. We DO NOT provide any legal nurse consulting services to any individual not represented by an attorney. Please have your attorney reach out to us directly for assistance.