Healthcare (General)

Paula Deaun Jackson RN, MSN, CRNP, LNC, is a Healthcare Consultant who provides technical assistance and staff development to Attorneys and the Child Care Industry regarding Health and Safety Liability Issues.

Ms. Jackson assists attorneys and other legal entities with medical-legal matters such as Medical Record Review, Case Feasibilities, Chronologies, Exhibit Preparation and Expert Witnessing . She provides staff training and development of parent/child health education programs and assists with on-site assessments of health and safety practices of childcare and school staff.

Areas of Expertise:

Expert Testimony

Pediatrics

Life Care Assessments & Planning

Occupational Medicine

Personal Injury Estimates

Perinatology

Neonatology

Depositions Child Care Health and Safety/School Health

Social Security

Adult Health

Disability An

Sandra J. Higelin is the owner of Ask The Expert Nurse, Inc. A consulting service providing guidance on Pathways to Health and a Wound Care Advisor to the healthcare and legal communities. She is a legal nurse consultant working with elder neglect/ elder abuse cases especially dealing with pressure ulcer prevention & management, nutrition, dehydration, falls, and nursing standard of care. Ms. Higelin can also offer legal consultation on a variety of medical malpractice issues in acute care, long-term care, home health, and hospice. Ms. Higelin provides Legal Nurse Consultation and Expert Witness Services to the legal community. She also offers Healthcare Consultation, Wound Care Consultation, Clinical Support, and Educational programs. Other Professional Experience includes:

Clinical Nurse Specialist / Medical-Surgical and Geriatrics.

General Clinical Support & expertise to interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Established standards for patient care and evaluation of interventions to improve care through the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies and procedures, protocols and programs.

Consultant for Clinical Issues, Risk Management, Patient Relations, and Regulatory Compliance.

Licensure And Certification:

Registered Nurse Licensure: California

Clinical Specialist Gerontological Nursing (California)

Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN)

Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (NACLNC)

Benjamin Lerman, MD is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and a practicing Emergency Physician with extensive experience as a medical expert witness. He is well regarded for his efficient and fast review of the records, as well as his ability to communicate effectively when testifying. Dr. Lerman has reviewed and testified in both Plaintiff's and Defense cases on the following matters:

Aneurysms

Appendicitis

Abdominal Pain

Heart Attacks (MI)

Trauma

Stroke

LICENSES:
California Medical Board License #G065066.
Drug Enforcement Agency License #BL0748674.

CERTIFICATIONS:
Diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners.

Dr. Joseph S. Carey, M.D. is a Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon. He has served as a Clinical Professor at UCLA and is currently Clinical Professor of Surgery at UC Irvine. Since entering private practice, he has held appointments as Chairman of the Thoracic Surgery Sections at Santa Monica and Saint Johns Hospital in Santa Monica, Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, and Torrance Memorial Hospital and Providence-Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance. He currently has active staff privileges at Torrance Memorial, Providence-LCOM, Harbor-UCLA and Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach.

Dr. Carey has served as a member of the National Database and Standards and Ethics Committees of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and has served on the Society's Council on Quality Assurance and Patient Advocacy. As a member, he has addressed quality issues in thoracic surgery programs at a national level, and has served as visiting reviewer at hospitals in California as well as other states. He has managed quality improvement programs funded by private foundations, and has published papers on practice standards and processes of care in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

Caron Jones, RN, MSN,CNM, FNP, serves as an Expert Witness for Nursing Litigation involving OB / GYN, L&D, ER, ICU / CCU, and Urgent Care cases. A Certified Nurse Midwife and Family Nurse Practitioner, Ms. Jones has over 34 years of experience. Her practice includes 12 years of advanced practice serving Women and 13 years of Emergency Room, Trauma, Intensive care, Critical Care, and Labor & Delivery / Birth Center Management. She also has over 8 years of High Risk Obstetrics / Labor & Delivery, Emergency Room, and Trauma experience.

Ms. Jones has been honored with the Outstanding Emergency Nurse award from the Peninsula Emergency Council and the Govenor’s Nomination for Most Outstanding Nurse for EMS.

Memberships:

• American College of Nurse Midwives
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• NC Chapter of American College of Nurse Midwives

CARL BRYANT, RN, CLNC is a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant with more than 20 years of experience in the health care industry and 12 years of case review and investigative experience.

Cornerstone Medical Legal Consulting assists Attorneys-Clients and/or Health Care Providers by screening of investigating cases for merit while defining compliance to regulatory codes, professional practices and community standards.

Areas of Expertise

Consultant and Expert Witness

Review, analysis, and summarization of depositions, witness reports or other work products

Serve as liaison between attorney-client, health care providers, testifying experts, parties witnesses and other consultants

Preparation of witnesses and experts

Preparation of interrogatories for cross or direct examination or other work products

Provision of simple or in-depth reports

Identification and recommendation of potential defendants

Coordination and attendance of me

David Friedler, LNHA, LMHC, is a Psychotherapist with over 27 years experience as an Administrator and Licensed Clinician in the management and delivery of Health Care Services. He has extensive experience with the standard of care, institutional regulations, policies and procedures, and operational oversight at nursing homes, drug/alcohol rehabilitation centers and psychiatric hospitals.

Mr. Friedler serves as an Expert Witness on the issue of the Standard of Care for both Plaintiff and Defense.

Areas of Expertise:

Long Term care

Nursing Homes

Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation

Behavioral Health / Psychiatric Care

Dr. Danny Allen, Consultant Adult Psychiatrist is fully trained and experienced in report writing and regularly appears as an Expert Witness in Family Proceedings. Dr. Allen is an Approved Clinician, approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 and a Cardiff University accredited Expert Witness and a member of the Expert Witness Institute, the Academy of Experts and the Society of Expert Witnesses. He holds consultancies with Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Workplace Health (Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust) The Maidenhead Clinic, Phoenix Mental Health Services/Cardinal Clinic and BMI The Shelburne Hospital.

Dr. Allen appears in court regularly in public law cases. He has undertaken a number of high profile cases for Customs and Excise and the Crown Prosecution Service, including alleged rapes and murders. Dr. Allen provides services for lawyers, social services and businesses. His reports are also available to Employment & Housing Tribunals and Employers and Licensing Authorities.

Type of Reports Prepared:

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Depression

Drug & Alcohol

Specific Phobia

Sexual Offense

Adjustment Disorder

Family Proceedings

Personal Injury

Criminal Reports

Head Injury

Capacity

Gene Bruno is a Vocational Rehabilitation & Counseling expert who has provided services to disabled individuals for over 45 years. He provides Testimony, Vocational Rehabilitation, and Life Care Planning for individuals with severe disabilities. His expertise includes personal injury, work related injury, medical and legal malpractice. Mr. Bruno focuses on the areas of TBI/head injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, birth injury, pediatrics, developmental disabilities, burns, etc. He works with physicians, economists, and other experts to develop economic impacts on the injured party. Mr. Bruno has been qualified to testify in State and Federal court.

Services Include:

• Life Care Planning
• Costs & Availability of Collateral Resources
• Vocational Assessment
• Transferable Skills & Labor Market Analysis
• Loss of Earnings & Job Placement Needs

Certifications:

• Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC)
• Certified Disability Management Specialist (CDMS)
• Certified Case Manager (CCM)

Dr. Harvey Cantor has over 30 years in Pediatric Neurology private practice. He is an experienced, Ivy League trained accomplished Medical Expert. Dr. Cantor completed his training at some of the best medical institutions in the world. He has a unique ability to communicate difficult medical concepts in everyday language. As a Clinical Professor of Child Neurology, Dr. Cantor has the skills and experience to help win medical malpractice and medicolegal cases.

Areas of Expertise:

Cerebral Palsy

Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy

Birth Trauma and Injuries

Life Expectancy of Neurologically Impaired Children

Erbs Palsy

Head Trauma and Sequele

Lead Poisoning

Neurological / Brain Damage

Spinal Cord Damage

Post Traumatic Convulsions

Autism

Mental Retardation

Services Offered:

Present Information and Analysis in an easily understood manner

Assess medical records for Standard of Care Issues

Review medical records and / or examine patient

Assess and critique Life Care Plans

Identify future medical needs and costs

Provide relevant medical literature supporting important case issues