Memberships & accreditations
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
American Legal Nurse Consultant Certification Board
Education
University of Rochester
Elizabeth K. Zorn
A certified legal nurse consultant with more than 23 years experience, Elizabeth is an active member of the Rochester Legal Nurse Network, the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) and the Monroe County Bar Association.
A recognized authority in her field, Elizabeth is the author of a chapter ‘Legal Nurse Consultant Practice Within A Law Firm,’ in the book Legal Nurse Consulting, Principles & Practice, second edition, which was published in 2003 by CRC Press for AALNC. She is also author of two chapters in AALNC’s Legal Nurse Consulting Online Course (2006), and is a member of the Audit Panel for the American Legal Nurse Consultant Certification Board (ALNCCB); AALNC’s Outreach Advocacy Committee (2007) and Attorney Awareness Program (2007).
In 2006, Elizabeth co-founded LNCExchange.com, a legal nurse consulting professional listserv on Yahoo Groups, which has grown to 1200 members nationwide. Its members consist of legal nurse consultants, attorneys, physicians, advanced practice nurses, physician’s assistants and other health care providers who assist attorneys with medical legal cases. The group has evolved into a unique networking and educational resource for its members.
Before joining Faraci Lange in 1995, she worked at the law firm of Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, where she provided medical expertise and research in defense of medical malpractice and other personal injury cases.
Elizabeth attended Vassar College from 1972 to 1974 and earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing with high honors from the University of Rochester in 1976. After graduation, she worked for two years as a staff nurse in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Strong Memorial Hospital. She later transferred to the hospital’s high-risk obstetrical unit, where she served as nursing manager from 1978 to 1985.
Elizabeth’s extensive experience in the medical legal field has allowed her to develop an advanced level of knowledge and skills to assist attorneys in the screening and prosecution of medical malpractice, wrongful death and personal injury claims. Elizabeth has been integrally involved in a number of highly complex medical malpractice and products liability cases since joining Faraci Lange, LLP including the Vioxx litigation, cases involving ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity from prolonged courses of gentamicin, birth injury cases, quadriplegia from improper anesthesia care, nerve injury sustained at the time of epidural injection and hundreds more.
