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Read the record before the other side does.

Medical-legal consulting for attorneys, from a nurse practitioner who still treats patients.

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What you can rely on

/Thoroughness

I read every page, including the ones nobody ordered.

The missing films, the orders with no results, the chiropractor from two years ago. The pages that change a case are rarely the ones in the demand package.

/Candor

You’ll hear the weak points from me first.

If the chart cuts against your theory, it’s far better to learn that on a call with me than in a deposition. Every review puts both sides of the record on the same page.

/Access

The clinician who read the chart is the one who calls you.

There’s no intake team and no reviewer you never meet. You talk to me before the work, during it and after it.

Hanging file folders with handwritten tabs, including medical records and insurance denials. A stethoscope resting on a clipboard of medical forms. Two people passing printed documents across a dark wooden conference table.
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Flagstaff, Arizona Where every file is read, start to finish, by the clinician you spoke to.

For the part of the case written in medicine.

When you need help understanding the medical aspects of a case, these are the ways in. Personal injury, medical malpractice and defense work, each scoped in writing before I open a record.

Case merit screeningA provider’s read on the medical facts before you accept the case or advance costs: whether the injury, the treatment and the timeline will hold up. Medical record reviewA full review of the chart for attorneys and law firms, judged by someone who orders the imaging and writes the prescriptions. Medical chronologies and summariesDate-ordered chronologies and plain-language summaries, every entry cited to its page, built in the format your team already works from. Medical causation analysisWhere the old condition ends and the new injury begins, stated as precisely as the records allow, and no more precisely than that. Medical literature researchPeer-reviewed literature on the clinical questions in your case, summarized so you can use it in a demand, a motion or a deposition outline. Expert witness locationWhen the case needs a testifying expert, I identify the specialty your jurisdiction requires and find a qualified clinician to fill it. Deposition and trial supportDeposition summaries, questions for treating providers and opposing experts, review of IME reports, and a clinician on call from discovery through trial.
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Most of what decides an injury case was written by clinicians. Someone on your side should read it like one.

Shawn Jones, FNP-C, in a navy jacket and white shirt, in a sunlit office.

Shawn Jones, FNP-C

Fifteen years in medicine, from the ICU to the urgent care clinic. Northlight is one clinician: I take the first call, I read every page, and I’m the person you reach when the adjuster comes back with questions.

I started as a registered nurse in intensive care, the emergency department and surgical recovery, then became a board-certified family nurse practitioner in primary care, urgent care and accident and injury medicine. Today I also practice regenerative and longevity medicine, and I still see patients every week.

That range is the point. Most injury and malpractice files cross several of those settings, and I’ve worked in each of them. You get one reviewer who can follow a patient from the ambulance bay to the last follow-up visit, and who notices when the chart doesn’t add up. Licensed in Arizona, Utah and Colorado.

Where I’ve practiced

  • Intensive care
  • Emergency department
  • Post-anesthesia recovery
  • Pre-operative care
  • Primary care
  • Urgent care
  • Accident and injury medicine
  • Regenerative medicine
  • Peptide and hormone therapy
  • Longevity medicine

You’ll know the scope before I open a file.

A short call

Tell me the clinical question and the deadline. No records yet, and no charge for the conversation.

A conflict check

Parties, providers and facilities, cleared before anything changes hands.

Scope in writing

What you’ll receive and when. Nothing beyond it happens without your say-so.

The review, then a conversation

Records arrive by secure transfer. You get the written review, and we walk through it together.

What attorneys ask first.

What does a review cost?

It depends on the size of the record and the question you need answered. After a short call you’ll have a written estimate, and the fee never depends on how the case turns out.

Do I need to send records to get started?

No. Start with a call. Records come after a conflict check and a signed engagement, by secure transfer.

Can a nurse practitioner evaluate a physician’s care?

As your consultant, yes. I review the whole chart and point to the decisions that deserve scrutiny. When you need a physician’s opinion, I’ll tell you which specialty to retain.

Do you work with plaintiff and defense counsel?

[YOUR ANSWER]

Do you take matters outside Arizona?

I’m licensed in Arizona, Utah and Colorado, and I review records for matters elsewhere by arrangement.

Tell me what’s bothering you about the file.

Need help understanding the medical side of your case? Ask someone who writes these charts for a living. The clinical question and your deadline are enough to start.

A short call, at no charge, to see whether a review would help.

Schedule a free consultation

Prefer email? shawn@northlightmedicallegal.com

General facts only until we’ve cleared conflicts. No patient names or records, please.