Doctoral Nursing Credential
A Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) grounds every plan in advanced clinical training and evidence-based practice standards.
Medical-Legal Consulting
Evidence-Based Life Care Planning & Medical-Legal Expertise
Comprehensive, court-ready medical cost projections for catastrophic injury cases, retained nationally and internationally for plaintiff and defense counsel.
- Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
- Plaintiff & Defense Retained
- Cross-Border Case Specialist
- Life Care Planning
- Catastrophic Injury Analysis
- Medical Cost Projections
- Expert Witness Testimony
- Plaintiff & Defense Retained
- Cross-Border Case Consulting
- Doctor of Nursing Practice
The Discipline
What is a Life Care Plan?
A life care plan is a dynamic, comprehensive document outlining the medical, rehabilitative, and daily care needs arising from a catastrophic injury or chronic health condition. It translates clinical requirements into a defensible projection of lifetime financial cost.
Each plan is built on the medical record, published standards of care, and verified regional cost data, then documented so that every line item can be traced, tested, and defended in deposition or at trial.
Why Metekingi & Associates
Balanced Advocacy
Retained by both plaintiff and defense counsel, producing objective opinions that withstand cross-examination.
National & International Reach
Engaged across U.S. jurisdictions and in matters spanning eight or more foreign countries.
Cross-Border Expertise
Case development in England, France, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Israel, Australia, and New Zealand.
Founder
Dr. Judy Metekingi, DNP
Doctor of Nursing Practice / Life Care Planner
Dr. Metekingi brings vast experience in life care planning and medical-legal consulting, dedicated to a rigorous, evidence-based approach and a meticulous methodology that holds up under scrutiny from opposing counsel and the court.
- Clinical rigor drawn from doctoral-level nursing practice
- Evidence-based methodology anchored in published standards of care
- Meticulous, line-by-line documentation of every projected cost
Core Services
Retained expertise across the litigation lifecycle
Life Care Plans
Pediatric and adult catastrophic injury evaluations detailing lifetime medical, rehabilitative, and daily care requirements.
Cost Analysis
Precise lifetime financial forecasting built from verified regional cost data and defensible economic assumptions.
Plaintiff & Defense Work
Balanced, unbiased, objective opinion and testimony, retained with equal frequency by both sides of the bar.
International & Foreign Cases
Expertise for U.S. citizens injured abroad and foreign nationals injured in the United States.
Medical Record Reviews
Detailed, structured chronologies and summaries with clinical insight that clarifies the medical narrative.
Direct Legal Consultation
Ready to discuss a new case or catastrophic injury evaluation? Reach out directly to our principal consultant for rapid timeline estimates.
Sample Work
Representative work product
Redacted samples are provided to retaining counsel upon request. The categories below reflect the structure and depth of a typical engagement.
Methodology
Evidence-Based Practice Sample
Excerpt demonstrating how published standards of care and peer-reviewed literature support each recommended service line.
Plaintiff
Plaintiff Case Report Summary
Representative catastrophic injury plan with lifetime care categories, frequencies, durations, and cost tables.
Defense
Defense Case Report Summary
Critique-style review evaluating an opposing life care plan for clinical support, duplication, and cost accuracy.
International
International Jurisdiction Report
Cross-border matter reconciling foreign health system provision with U.S. private-pay cost projections.
Counsel Feedback
Trusted by litigators on both sides
“The plan was meticulously sourced and every cost line traced back to the record. It held up completely through cross-examination.”
“Objective, measured, and clinically precise. Her review identified duplication in the opposing plan that materially changed our valuation.”
“Her command of foreign care delivery and cost structures made a complex cross-border claim comprehensible to the court.”
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Questions from counsel
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