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Mary C. Meinhard RN-BC, BS, JD, CLCP, MSC-C is a Nurse Attorney/ Legal Nurse Consultant, Certified Life Care Planner, Board-Certified Nurse Case Manager, and Medicare Set-Aside Consultant-Certified. She has offices in California and Nevada, and provides Medical/Legal Consulting services nationwide. She has over 35 years of experience working with catastrophically injured patients and clients as a Registered Nurse, in addition to 20+ years of experience as a California Attorney.

Ms. Meinhard is a skilled Negotiator and Patient Advocate, with excellent communication skills. She is retained by both Plaintiff and Defense as a Consultant in Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice and Workers’ Compensation cases, and provides:

Life Care Planning
Legal Nurse Consulting, including, but not limited to:
Medical Record Review/Summary
Case Merit Evaluation
Attendance at Independent Medical Evaluations
Expert Fact Testimony regarding the extent of injury, treatment, response to treatment, and pain and suffering
Case Management, particularly for individuals with Special Needs Trusts
Litigation Support, including, but not limited to:
Formulation of Discovery Plans
Preparation of Deposition / Cross Examination Questions
Conducting Medical Expert and Opposing Life Care Planner
Depositions
Medicare Set-Aside Allocations
Mediator, particularly in cases involving competing Life Care Plans

Representative diagnoses include, but are not limited to:

Traumatic Brain Injury
Acquired Brain Injury
Spinal Cord Injuries / Paralysis
Severe Burns
Amputations
Orthopedic Injuries
Complications of Pregnancy, Premature Births and Birth Injuries
Complications of Diabetes
Chronic Pain / Illness

Organ Transplants

Chronic Renal Failure

End Stage Renal Disease

AIDS

Non-Healing Wounds

Malignancies

Toxic Exposure

Mental Illness

Addiction

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Lois Hawkins, RN, CLCP of Hawkins Forensic Consulting, Inc, specializes in Medical and Vocational Damage Assessment in personal injury and catastrophic injury cases throughout the United States. For over 10 years, Ms. Hawkins has been evaluating cases involving children and adults with complex, catastrophic injuries, as well as less serious injuries.

Areas of Expertise:

Catastrophic Medical Case Management - Traumatic Brain Injury, Acquired Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Amputation, Soft Tissue Injury, Chronic Pain, Burns, Cerebral Palsy & Developmental Delay, Chronic Respiratory Conditions, Visual & Hearing Impaired
Life Care Planning - Comprehensive Record Review and supportive documentation / Case Analysis, Case Summary Chronology, Clinical Interview and History with Patient, Medical-Legal Research, Assessment of Future Medical / Rehabilitation Needs
Legal Nurse Consulting

Professional Memberships and Associations
International Academy of Life Care Planners (IALCP) - Present
International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP) - Present
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) - Past
American Operating Room Nurse (AORN ) - Past

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Ms. Elizabeth D'Alesio has 30 years experience in ICU, including Medical, Surgical and Acute Care. She is ICU certified. She has managed the ICU and telemetry floor which includes bed monitoring. Ms. D'Alesio has also been involved with creating policy/procedure to meet JACHO requirements as well as ongoing recruiting of new ICU staff. She has served on the ethics committee for four years while in management.

Ms. D'Alesio is currently employed at the Reproductive Science Center of Milford and Milford Regional Medical Center where she administers Conscious Sedation, assists physicians with pacemakers, arteriograms and picc lines for septic patients.She currently holds certifications as and Adult Nurse Practitioner and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner,and has recently completed the Kaplan Life Care Planning Course.

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Yolanda Anderson, RN, BSN, CEN, CLNC is a Registered Nurse and has been working in the Emergency Department for more than 25 years. She began work in the Emergency Department of Los Angeles County, USC Medical Center, a level I Trauma Center. She then worked in the Emergency Department at Saint Anthony Hospital Central in Denver, Colorado, a level I Trauma Center where she helped initiate the Hyperbaric Medicine program. For 15 years, she was employed as a staff RN, Charge RN and Assistant Nurse Manager in the Emergency Department at Littleton Adventist Hospital - Littleton, Colorado, a level II Trauma Center. There, she helped with the expansion and reconstruction of the current Emergency Department facility.

A Certified Legal Nurse Consultant, Ms. Anderson is knowledgeable about all aspects of Hospital Care and Standards of Care for Physicians, Nurses and Ancillary Personnel. Her consulting services include:

Hospitals, Clinics, and Offices - Consult and organize for the development and expansion of a new facilities or offices and related care patterns
Personal - Consult with family members to organize health care history, needs, and medications and to help understand healthcare information and interpretation
Teaching - Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course Instructor, Triage Class instructor, Charge Nurse class instructor

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