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• Provide initial case screenings for merit or lack of merit.
• Identify standards of care, causation, and damage issues.
• Conduct client interviews.
• Conduct research and summarize findings.
• Identify and apply multidisciplinary standards of care and regulatory requirements.
• Prepare chronologies of medical records facts and compare them to the allegations.
• Provide education regarding medical facts and issues relevant to the case.
• Prepare life care plans by identifying and determining damages and related costs of services.
• Organize and assist with mock trials.
• Assist with depositions and trials, including developing and preparing exhibits.
• Organize medical records and other medically related litigation materials.
• Locate and procure demonstrative evidence.
• Collaborate in preparing or analyzing: Complaints, answers, motions for summary judgment, interrogatories, deposition and trial outlines, queries for direct and cross examination, document production requests, trial briefs, demand letters, and status reports.
• Attend, witness and report on an Independent Medical Exam.
• Identify and locate expert witnesses.
• Act as a liaison among attorneys, physicians, and clients.
  Adapted from the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants