FMP provides clients with advanced case screening, completely cost free.

This includes an initial, detailed teleconference between the attorney and a board certified, exceptionally experienced physician knowledgeable in the medical specialties most pertinent to their specific case. Frequently, this screening is sufficient to identify cases that are not meritorious as well as plaintiff’s cases that are not likely to result in a successful outcome. This allows for our clients to dismiss these cases without the need to spend any  money.

Our clients find this to be a very  valuable free service. Several lawyers from small law firms or practicing alone have told us that if not for this free service, they  would not be able to accept medical negligence claims due to the high “expert witness” expenses they  have had to pay  to other agencies just to identify  claims with merit.

For cases determined to be meritorious, the physician will discuss with the attorney specific issues regarding negligence and causation; the pros and cons of litigating the case; and foreseeable expert requirements along with the associated expert fees for building a successful case outcome.

When teleconference review of the available case materials proves insufficient to reach a determination of merit, the attorney may be invited to provide select case records, usually via email or fax, so that an informative follow-up teleconference can be continued after the expert has considered these materials.

All this is provided before our clients spend any  money.


FMP is physician based and headed by an exceptionally experienced forensic medical specialist, exceedingly knowledgeable in medicolegal matters.

Having more than 20 years of experience personally  reviewing thousands of medical negligence and wrongful death claims, this board certified MD is available to FMP clients upon request, to discuss cases, case issues or any topic of interest, completely  free of charge, at any time.

All of the medical experts of FMP are physicians with impeccable credentials, practicing clinical medicine.

All of our medical experts have been carefully  vetted and are recognized leaders in their specialty of medical practice. They have a proven track  record and remain steadfast in their expert medical opinions even under intense cross-examination. We do not simply provide attorneys with “professional expert witnesses” hired to provide specific expert opinions. We provide physicians who believe in the valuable role they  fill, when providing medicolegal expertise.

The physicians providing expert services to FMP dedicate no more than 10% of their professional time to medicolegal services and the vast majority provide medical expertise exclusively through FMP.

Our clients enjoy the benefit of having on board, a highly credentialed, specialty matched physician, practicing clinical medicine, who believes in the merit of their case and is prepared to support their medical negligence claim professionally, with unwavering commitment. In addition, our clients are provided a credentialing CV of the expert along with their  fee schedule before they commit to fee based services.


FMP provides customized services that are designed to meet  specific case needs for a successful outcome.

Clients of FMP are provided individualized services, customized to suit the specific needs of the client and their cases. Having the capacity to assist with all aspects of litigation requiring medical expertise, we are pleased to provide our clients a vast selection of services from which they can draw upon. In addition to providing our clients with the best possible experts for their case, services we provide, include: review and critique of expert reports; review and critique of expert depositions; preparation of lines of inquiry and questions for attorney deposition of opposing experts and defendants; review and assessment of defendant or plaintiff depositions; clinicopathologic correlation;  online research and procurement of peer-reviewed medical literature to support expert opinions; assistance with discovery  demands; assistance with identifying potential defendants; preparation of factual case chronologies; preparation of causation assessments; preparation of peer-reviewed pharmaceutical research materials, drug side effects, toxicity profiles and mixed drug interaction reports; and preparation of scientific and medical trial exhibits; among other less commonly  requested services.


Our experts are knowledgeable in court procedure and providing skilled medical expert testimony.


“Important Aspects of Providing Professional Expert Services,” is not a course covered in medical school or an academic rotation of any US residency training program. Hence, before being made available to our clients, all of our experts are versed in topics critical to providing effective expert services, including: standard of care; tort (duty, breech, causation and damages); medical negligence; reasonable medical certainty; accepted complications; iatrogenic injury; causation; reasonable medical probability; affidavit of merit; preparation of expert reports; preparing for and providing expert depositions; preparing for and providing expert trial testimony; effective cross examination; defining and defending expert opinions; credibility; courtroom dress and demeanor; effective layperson communication; the Daubert standard; the Frye test; and use of the Bradford Hill Criteria in causation.


FMP experts provide unbiased analysis and straightforward expert opinions they are prepared to support vigorously with unwavering conviction when testimony is called for.

Our experts understand the valuable role medical professionals can play in policing the quality of healthcare in America, as well as in expeditiously identifying frivolous and unfounded claims of medical negligence that harm the integrity of the healthcare system while diverting valuable resources away from legitimate, meritorious claims.

This is exemplified by their commitment to providing thorough, unbiased, evidence based analysis of each and every case. One case at a time, our experts view their medicolegal work as an opportunity to improve the quality of healthcare in America. Every journey, no matter how great, begins with a single step.

Preventable medical mistakes are the third leading cause of death in the United States after heart disease and cancer. In 1999, the Institute of Medicine Report, "To Err is Human," uncovered that 98,000 Americans die annually from preventable and avoidable medical errors, each year. The root cause of medical malpractice is inexcusable medical error.