L.M. Cantone & Associates provides litigation support services for plaintiff or defense attorneys specializing in Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Workers' Compensation, Medicare Compliance, Home Care, Long Term Care and Elder Care issues.

A demanding majority of today's cases involve complex medical information that needs to be interpreted and analyzed. L.M. Cantone & Associates offers the services of diligent, highly skilled professional certified legal nurse consultants (CLNC's) who can provide medical and nursing opinions as the experts on health, illness and the health care system.

WHY HIRE A LEGAL NURSE CONSULTANT?
The major role of the legal nurse consultant is to educate jurors, attorneys, judges, plaintiff or defendant clients, and laymen. Oftentimes, deviations from nursing standards of care are often overlooked and not included in the alleged damages/injuries. Legal nurse consultants are a cost effective alternative to expensive physician reviews to perform the initial evaluation of a case for merit. We possess the expertise needed to accurately screen cases and identify significant medical issues. We can provide this service at a fraction of the cost of a physician review. We can save attorneys time and money by developing a strong case through investigation, research and case theme. Additionally, a legal nurse consultant provides the real-world medical experience that a paralegal is lacking.

Legal nurse consulting services include:

• Screen and/or investigate medical malpractice cases for merit
• Define the applicable Standards of Care (all disciplines) and define deviation from or adherences to the Standards of Care
• Assess and/or identify factors that caused or contributed to the alleged damages/injuries
• Serve as a liaison between the attorney and health care providers, testifying experts, parties, witnesses or other consultants and service providers.
• Identify and review relevant medical records, hospital or home care policies and procedures, essential documents and other tangible items needed to form an opinion
• Interpret, translate and summarize medical records
• Develop written reports for use as study tools by the attorney
• Organize, tab and paginate medical records
• Analyze cases integrating literature search and applicable standards/guidelines
• Review and draft responses to various legal documents and correspondence under the attorneys signature
• Prepare interrogatories and review depositions
• Identify, locate and communicate with expert witnesses
• Assist with exhibit preparation
• Attend depositions, trials, review panels, arbitration and mediation hearings

Members of our staff are not licensed attorneys and cannot render legal opinions.