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Whether representing the plaintiff or defendant in a case with medical or nursing elements, You can benefit from Villareal & Barraza Legal Nurse Consultants services because:
  • You can save time and money through expert medical case screening, summaries, timelines and reports.
  • You could benefit from having an additional viewpoint to identify areas of potential vulnerability earlier on in the discover period.
  • Your client questions appropriateness of their healthcare and/or outcomes
  • You represent clients who have experienced life-changing catastrophic injuries or medical misadventures.
  • Your workload prohibits you from addressing all of the medical or healthcare aspects of your cases
  • You need top quality medical or nursing expert referrals
  • You are representing a case of insurance or Medicare billing fraud
  • You need a registered nurse to attend and document a defense medical exam with your client.

Medical Record Review

While a paralegal is highly beneficial and able to develop a narrative summary that states the facts of the case in chronological order, a legal nurse consultant can provide further information to the attorney that includes an analysis of the medical-legal issues present in the records. This review of the medical records completed by a legal nurse consultant aims to assist the attorney in understanding the diagnosis, medicine, protocol, and how these interact. The legal nurse consultants can clarify an attorney’s questions due to their first-hand experience in the practice area. In addition, they are available to notify the attorney of missing records, tampering with medical records, and expected medical records as it pertains to the case at hand. Therefore, legal nurse consultants are valuable team members to lawyers navigating a matter related to the medical field and its associated complexities.

  1. Deciphering Health Care Documentation
  2. Identifying errors made in the documentation.
  3. Standards of Care
  4. Knowledge of standards of care is integral to the role of a legal nurse consultant by assisting lawyers in determining the elements.
We are ready to assist you with
All areas of medical negligence & Personal Injury
Committed legal experts in all areas of medical negligence and personal injury. Advocating for your rights and well-being with precision and care.
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Criminal Law & Elder Abuse
Championing justice in criminal law, we specialize in elder abuse cases. Our dedicated legal team ensures protection and seeks justice for those who need it most.
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Product Liability & Risk Management

Medical Records Review: DME (dependent medical exams) and IME (independent medical exams), Life Care Planning (assisting attorneys with their clients who have had a catastrophic event), and medical records review (looking for any negligence from the standard of care).

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Regulatory compliance & Sexual harassment/Assault
Expertise in regulatory compliance. Compassionate support for sexual harassment/assault victims. Committed to justice and safeguarding rights in the workplace.
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Life Care Plans & Needs Assessments
Crafting comprehensive Life Care Plans and Needs Assessments. Our expertise ensures tailored solutions for a future of well-being and security.
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Attendance at Defense Medical exams (DME’s)
Attending Defense Medical exams with precision. Our commitment to thorough assessments ensures a strong foundation for legal proceedings and client advocacy.
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An internal Nurse Consultant verses a testifying nurse expert

A Legal Nurse Consultant helps the attorney identify the medical components of the case, the interpretation and significance of the lab and tests results, and identifying witnesses to be deposed or records to be obtained, variations in the standard of care delivered. The Legal Nurse Consultant will also create a chronology, cast of characters, and case summary. Generally, the behind the scenes Legal Nurse Consultant’s work is protected as attorney work product.
A testifying expert will testify at trial after having reviewed the appro-priate records and documentation. Most frequently, the testifying ex-pert will testify to the standard of care versus what care was deliv-ered. 

Villareal & Barraza Legal Nurses charge for Referrals
If we are already working on the case with you, you are only billed for the time, if needed, to locate the specialist.
Villareal & Barraza Legal Nurses will provide you with a honest opinion if the case has merit
Villareal & Barraza Legal Nurse Consultant provide the attorney with their honest opinion, as well as the basis for that opinion. If we feel we cannot support the case, we will discuss that immediately with. It is important to us to be your and your client’s advocate. We believe that if they must hear it, whether plaintiff or defense, sooner is better than later.
Villareal & Barraza Legal Nurses charge for Referrals
If we are already working on the case with you, you are only billed for the time, if needed, to locate the specialist.
Villareal & Barraza Legal Nurses prepare ques-tions for deposition
Preparing questions for deposition and trial is something that we do.
Villareal & Barraza Legal Nurses provide refer-rals for physician specialties
We have an extensive database of medical specialists across the United States.
Villareal & Barraza Legal Nurses provides support for a wide range of specialties.

For all types, we have a staff of highly experienced legal nurse consultants. We offer the most experienced nurses in the specialty field of concern. Many of our nurses are advanced practice nurses as well. This offers the law firm the consistency of one source for all cases. Familiarizing with your firm’s practices ensures our ability to provide value-added service.

A partial list of the experts’ specialties we provide include:

  • Cardiac Disease
  • Elder Abuse
  • Criminal Law
  • Emergency Room
  • Geriatrics
  • Home Health
  • ICU – adult, pediatrics, and neonatal
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Operating Room
  • Orthopedics
  • Outpatient
  • Psychiatric
  • Pulmonary Disease
  • Sexual Assault
  • Skilled Nursing Facilities
  • Transplantation
  • Wound care