Legal Nurse Consultant

K I MBERLY B E L L, R N B S N, L N C

*** * * * * A V E R N ROAD • P T . P L E A S A N T, NEW J E RSEY 0 8 7 4 2 • P HONE 7 3 2 7 1 8 - 9 2 0 9 E MAIL: S A NDPIPERS333@C OMCAST.NET PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Extensive background in Clinical Nursing

• Medical Malpractice Litigation - Defense

and Plaintiff success

• Personal Injury Litigation - Defense and

Plaintiff success

• Workmen’s Compensation Litigation

• Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiff

success

• Expert Witness Research

• Managing a large team

• Software Product Planning Success

• Green Belt Agile Certification in software

product planning and development

• Creating innovative Litigation tools for

attorneys

• Researching and formatting medical,

legal and product content

• Word, Excel, XML, and Power Point

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LexisNexis- Reed Elsevier: Product Manager, Responsible for Lexis Medical Navigator, Expert Research on Demand, Product Liability Navigator

• Successfully plan and create innovative,

intuitive, and cutting edge litigation

tools

• Responsible for research, authoring,

design presentation, and customer

discovery.

• Utilize Agile Project Management

• Work with software architects,

engineers and developers on all

iterations of product development

• Set and meet budgets goal

• Meet strict dead lines

• Analyzing customer discovery

CNA Insurance: Paralegal / Specialty Case Manager

Responsible for coordinating and devising strong medical malpractice defense strategies

• Coordinate talents of a large team in the

preparation and delivery of a “No Cause”

defense.

• Interview clients

• Gather, organize and analyze all medical

records

• Devise and implement a defense

strategy

• Secure the best qualified medical experts

• Work with insured, preparing them for

oral deposition and trial testimony

• Determine, set, and adjust reserves

• Secure settlement authority

• Devise and implement negotiation

strategies

• Monitor trial proceedings

• Review and analyze insurance policies

• Prepare and certify reservation of rights

letters

• Preparing and submitting quarterly

reports

.

Princeton Insurance Paralegal / Claims Consultant

Successful coordination of large teams in the preparation and delivery of a “No Cause” defense

• Responsible for the overarching defense

management

• Reserve setting, budgeting

• Deposition and trial preparation

• Securing medical experts

• Reviewing and analyzing insurance

policies

• Preparing and certifying reservation of

rights letters

Galex, Tortoretti & Tomes Paralegal / Nurse Consultant Coordinating successful and profitable Plaintiff verdict / Identifying Standard of Care Deviations.

• Responsible for Interviewing potential

clients,.

• Gathering, organizing, reviewing and

analyzing medical records.

• Determining the validity of the alleged

claim

• Selecting, interviewing and securing

medical experts

• Securing the Affidavit of Merit.

Preparing clients, experts, and fact

witnesses for oral depositions and court

testimony

Assisting the attorney with all aspects of trial preparation including all necessary court filings, discovery requests, discovery obligations, and exhibits.

Clinical Nursing Specialties

• School Nursing,

• Hospital Administration,

• Emergency Department,

• Coronary Intensive Care,

• Surgical Trauma Intensive Care,

• Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory,

• Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory,

• Cardiac Diagnostics,

• Cardiac Rehabilitation,

• Pediatrics, Orthopedics,

• Oncology,

• Intravenous Therapy

• Chemotherapy

Education

• College Misericordia: BSN

• Trenton State College: School Nurse

Certification

• University of Delaware: Paralegal

Studies

Certifications:

• Agile Green Belt

• Medical Record Review: Paralegal

Association

• Best Practices: Paralegal Association

• ACLS, PALS, Pediatric Trauma

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