Legal Nurse Consultant RN MSN JD Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.388

Maryland

Education

University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland Juris Doctor Degree awarded May, 1990. Class Rank:  Top 20%

University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland  Master of Science Degree in Nursing, December, 1982.

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania Bachelor of Science Degree, August, 1978.

Bar Memberships

Maryland State Bar - Admitted, December 19, 1990

District of Columbia Bar - Admitted, June, 1991

United States District Court, for the District of Maryland - Admitted, March, 1991, Federal Bar

Clinical Nursing Experience

1995 - Present
Nursing Consultant
Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children
Independent case management, nursing life care planning, and medical assessment and consulting for disabled individuals in the community.

September 1986 - Present
Staff Nurse
Maryland Professional Staffing Services, Bethesda, Maryland
Clinical staff nurse for Independent Agency.  Worked in a number major medical centers and community hospitals in Washington metropolitan area, in areas of critical care, telemetry, and medical surgical nursing.

1983 - 1986
Assistant Head Nurse
Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
Weekend Administrative Supervisor for Surgical Intensive Care unit.  Duties also included clinical staff nursing, care of open heart and surgical intensive care patients.

1982 - 1983
Staff Nurse, Surgical Intensive Care
Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
Care of open heart patients, trauma patients, and surgical intensive care patients.

1981 - 1982
Nursing Supervisor
Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
Night Administrative Supervisor for the Shock Trauma and Medical Nursing Divisions:  Medical, Surgical, Coronary Care, Trauma, and Burn Intensive care units, and Medical Surgical units.

1979 - 1981
Staff Nurse, Coronary Intensive Care
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Cared for patients in the coronary intensive care unit. Duties also included supervision of other staff and training of new personnel.

1978 - 1979
Staff Nurse, Medical Unit
Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia

Legal Experience

December 1990 - February 1997
Associate
Armstrong, Donohue & Ceppos, Chartered, Rockville, Maryland
Work involved the handling of medical malpractice defense litigation, workers compensation, public defender’s office criminal panel work for indigent clients. Work involved independently handling all aspects of pretrial discovery and pretrial workup of cases.

January 1990 - May 1990
Maryland Rule 18 Student
Criminal Practice Clinic
Montgomery County Office of the Public Defender
Work involved the independent handling of misdemeanor criminal cases for indigent clients, under the supervision of an Assistant Public Defender. 

August 1988 - December 1990
Law Clerk
Armstrong, Donohue & Ceppos, Chartered, Rockville, Maryland
Legal research and writing.  General clerking duties.

January 1988 - May 1988
Law Clerk Intern
The Honorable Stanley B. Frosh
Montgomery County Circuit Court, Rockville, Maryland.
Performed duties of Judge’s law clerk.

June 1987 - July 1987
Law Clerk Intern
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Baltimore, Maryland
Performed legal research, general clerking duties.

References

Available upon request