Statement of Ownership, Management,
and Circulation Oct 2017
1. Publication Title: Paralegal Today. 2. Publication Number:
732-110. 3. Filing Date: September 26, 2017. 4. Issue Frequency:
Quarterly. 5. Number of Issues Published Annually: 4. 6. Annual
Subscription Price: $32.00. 7. Complete Mailing Address of
Known Office of Publication: 1627 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2505,
Miami, FL 33129-1251. Contact Person: Charles Buckwalter.
Telephone: 306 860-5625. 8. Complete Mailing Address of Headquarters
or General Business Office of Publisher: 1627 Brickell
Avenue, Suite 2505, Miami, FL 33129-1251. 9. Full Names and
Complete Mailing Addresses of Publisher, Editor, and Managing
Editor: Publisher, Charles Buckwalter, 1672 Brickell Avenue,
Suite 2505, Miami, FL 33129-1251; Editor, Elona M. Jouben, 6030
Marshalee Drive, Suite 570, Elkridge, MD 21075-5935; Managing
Editor: Elona M. Jouben, 6030 Marshalee Drive, Suite 570,
Elkridge, MD 21075-5935. 10. Owner: Conexion International
Media, Inc., 1627 Brickell Ave., Suite 2505, Miami, FL 33129-1251;
Albert J. Buckwalter, 6030 Marshalee Drive, Suite 455, Elkridge,
MD 21075-5935; Charles Buckwalter, 1627 Brickell Ave., Suite
2505, Miami, FL 33129-1251. 11. Known Bondholders, Mortgagees,
and Other Security Holders Owning or Holding 1 Percent or
More of Total Amount of Bonds, Mortgages, or Other Securities:
None. 12. Tax Status Has Not Changed During Preceding 12
Months. 13. Publication Title: Paralegal Today. 14. Issue Date for
Circulation Data Below: Q2 2017 (Volume 34, No. 2) 15. Extent
and Nature of Circulation: a. Total Number of Copies (Net press
run) -- Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12
Months, 3,000; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to
Filing Date, 3,000. b. Paid Circulation (By Mail and Outside the
Mail): (1) Mailed Outside-County Paid Subscriptions Stated on
PS Form 3541(Include paid distribution above nominal rate,
advertiser’s proof copies, and exchange copies) -- Average No.
Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 2,529; No. Copies
of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 2,388. (2)
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-- Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months,
0; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 0.
(3) Paid Distribution Outside the Mails Including Sales Through
Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors, Counter Sales, and Other
Paid Distribution Outside USPS® -- Average No. Copies Each
Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 0; No. Copies of Single Issue
Published Nearest to Filing Date, 0. (4) Paid Distribution by
Other Classes of Mail through the USPS (e.g. First-Class Mail®)
-- Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months,
11; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date,
12. c. Total Paid Distribution, Average No. Copies Each Issue
During Preceding 12 Months, 2,540; No. Copies of Single Issue
Published Nearest to Filing Date, 2,400. d. Free or Nominal Rate
Distribution (By Mail and Outside the Mail): (1) Free or Nominal
Rate Outside-County Copies included on PS Form 3541 -- Average
No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 0; No.
Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 0. (2)
Free or Nominal Rate In-County Copies Included on PS Form
3541 -- Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12
Months, 0; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to
Filing Date, 0. (3) Free or Nominal Rate Copies Mailed at Other
Classes through the USPS (e.g. First-Class Mail) -- Average No.
Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 0; No. Copies
of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 0. (4) Free or
Nominal Rate Distribution Outside the Mail (Carriers or other
means) – Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding
12 Months, 308; No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest
to Filing Date, 385. e. Total Free or Nominal Rate Distribution
308 -- Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12
Months, 385; f. Total Distribution -- Average No. Copies Each
Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 2,847; No. Copies of Single
Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 2,785. g. Copies not
Distributed Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding
12 Months, 153 No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest
to Filing Date, 215. h. Total -- Average No. Copies Each Issue
During Preceding 12 Months, 3,000. No. Copies of Single Issue
Published Nearest to Filing Date, 3,000. i. Percent Paid – Average
No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 89.2%.
No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date,
86.2%. 16. Publication Statement of Ownership is printed in
Q3 2017 (Volume 34 No. 3). 17. Signature and Title of Editor,
Publisher, Business Manager, or Owner: signed
Charles Buckwalter, Publisher, September 26, 2017.
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nurse consultants practice in a variety of environments. Increasingly, many
legal nurse consultants are self-employed and work from home, allowing for a
flexible schedule and continued full or part-time clinical practice. Independent
legal nurse consultants contract directly with entities handling medical-legal
matters and bill hourly for their services. An in-house legal nurse consultant
is typically a staff member of a law firm, insurance company, healthcare
organization, or governmental agency, and their role varies greatly depending
upon the size of the employer, the nature of the work, and the employer’s
familiarity with the services legal nurse consultants can provide.
Legal nurse consultants provide support in medically related litigation and
other medical-legal matters in a variety of practice areas including medical
negligence, personal injury, product liability, worker’s compensation, toxic torts
and mass tort class actions, fraud, abuse and regulatory compliance, criminal
law, elder law, and life care planning.
Given the frequent changes in healthcare, it is likely that the list of practice
settings for legal nurse consultants will continue to grow.
Embracing the Entire Legal Community
As the field of legal nurse consulting has grown, so have the opportunities for
participation within the legal community, as bar associations and professional
legal associations offer associate membership opportunities for legal nurse
consultants. In June 2002, the West Virginia Bar Association invited legal
nurse consultants to join the organization as associate members, becoming
the first statewide bar association to create a special membership category for
legal nurse consultants. Citing enhanced collegiality and an overall positive
impact on membership, the WVBA encouraged other bar associations to follow
suit in expanding associate memberships. Currently, opportunities for legal
nurse consultant membership within the bar exist in several local, county,
and state bar associations, including California, Florida, New York, Tennessee,
Washington, and West Virginia.
The American Association for Justice accepts legal nurse consultants as
paralegal affiliate members when sponsored by an AAJ member.
In 2014, The American Bar Association’s Health Law Section announced
it had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the AALNC,
setting forth the organizations’ common objectives regarding the education
of legal and nursing professionals, and stating that they will work together
to collaborate on programs and other initiatives where a mutual interest is
present. This partnership is important to both organizations for the education
and professional development it can provide their respective members.
Conclusion
Legal nurse consultants have carved out a niche in the legal world by
providing invaluable, cost-effective expertise in medical-related litigation.
Legal nurse consultants possess a unique understanding of healthcare
issues and trends, and their services should be considered by individuals
whose law practice requires even a basic knowledge of healthcare science
and practices. For more information visit the American Association of
Legal Nurse Consultants Web site at http://www.aalnc.org. To locate a
legal nurse consultant or nurse expert in a specific geographic location or
by area of expertise, visit the LNC Locator® at http://www.aalnc.org/page/
lnc-locator.
Alicia Davis, RN, LNCC is president and
CEO of ALN Consulting, LLC in Nashville,
Tennessee. She has over 20 years of clinical
expertise in out-patient and in-patient
services, telenursing, and healthcare
management. She has worked over 15 years
in the legal nurse consulting industry. ALN
Consulting is comprised of a team of highly
specialized medical-legal consultants
dedicated to providing unsurpassed litigation
support services to the legal community.
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