Build a consultant profile that wins cases

Attorneys choose consultants in a few seconds per profile. Here's how to set up a profile that gets you invited and hired.

1. Verify your license first

You can't propose on cases until your RN license is verified. Add your license under Profile → Licenses & certifications with the state and license number. It's checked with Nursys automatically where possible, or reviewed by our team, usually within one business day, and your profile then shows License verified, the first thing attorneys look for.

2. Write a headline that says your unit and years

Attorneys match the nurse to the care at issue. Lead with the setting, not a slogan:

• Good: ICU RN, 14 years · CLNC
• Good: Labor and delivery charge nurse, 18 years
• Weak: Passionate nurse consultant

3. Pick specialties you actually practiced

Choose the clinical specialties where you've worked at the bedside. They decide which cases you're alerted to, and attorneys filter by them. Three focused specialties beat ten loose ones.

4. Set your rates

• Review rate: your hourly rate for record review, chronologies and reports. See Legal nurse consultant rates for typical ranges.
• Testimony rate: if you'll serve as an expert witness, set a separate, higher hourly rate and turn on Offers testimony.

You can still quote a flat fee or a different rate on any proposal.

5. Write a bio that answers "can she handle my case?"

In three or four sentences: where you practiced, the types of cases you review, plaintiff or defense, and what your work product looks like. Specific beats general: "I read fetal monitoring strips minute by minute against the nursing notes" says more than "detail-oriented".

6. Fill in affiliations and publications

• Affiliations: hospitals, health systems, insurers and firms you've worked for or with in the last 10 years, one per line. They're matched against case parties, so you're warned before you propose on a conflicted case. Attorneys never see this list.
• Publications from the last 10 years, for expert disclosures if you testify.

7. Turn on your public profile

Choose Show my profile publicly to appear in the consultant directory and the specialty and state pages, where attorneys find consultants from search. It shows your first name and last initial, never your license number.

8. Keep "Accepting cases" honest

Turn it off when you're full. Attorneys filter by consultants who are taking cases, and a quick "not right now" beats a slow reply.