Expert Consultant
At Research & Planning Consultants (RPC), we provide Tennessee attorneys with defensible, well-supported expert analyses for all components of economic damages.
Our multidisciplinary team provides analysis and testimony in personal injury litigation arising from motor vehicle accidents, workplace injuries, wrongful death, and medical malpractice. Rather than coordinating multiple independent experts, RPC offers a cohesive team approach, offering you a single source.
A Tennessee resident, Certified Nurse Life Care Planner Kim Pyburn works closely with attorneys, treating and consulting physicians and other clinicians. Other RPC consultants have many years of testimony experience in Tennessee. For personal injury litigation, RPC provides comprehensive reports, expert testimony, and critiques of opposing reports in:
Life Care Planning
RPC’s certified life care planners prepare life care plans for plaintiffs and reviews life care plans for defendants to determine medically necessary services with reasonable medical certainty and provide detailed analysis of the type, quantity, timing and cost of the injured party’s current and future care needs. RPC’s economists then determine the discounted present value.
Vocational Evaluations
Other RPC consultants prepare vocational evaluations for plaintiffs and reviews vocational evaluations for defendants. Our vocational experts evaluate:
- Pre-injury earnings and career trajectory
- Assess post-injury functional limitations
- Conduct transferable skills analysis and labor market research
- Evaluate realistic employment opportunities and wage data
RPC’s economists then build on the opinions of the vocational evaluators to calculate the discounted present value of any loss of earning capacity.
Economic Damages Analysis
RPC’s team of economists prepare defensible, court‑ready economic damages reports. Analyses include:
- Past and future loss of earnings and earning capacity
- Loss of fringe benefits
- Loss of household services
- Loss of support to survivors
- Present value calculations
Medical Bill Analysis
RPC’s experts provide a comprehensive analysis of medical bills in personal injury litigation.
- Reasonableness of charges and expected reasonable value of services
- Correct coding of services
- Medical necessity and relatedness
- Future medical costs in life care plans and medical cost estimates
- Discounted present value calculations
Our experts have been accepted in state and federal courts and routinely provide deposition and trial testimony in complex personal injury matters.
To discuss a case, contact Kim Pyburn, BSN, RN, LNCC, CNLCP at 512-371-8002, kpyburn@rpcconsulting.com or Personal injury Case Manager, Athenna Dill, CPC at 512-371-8005, adill@rpcconsulting.com.