Questions legal teams ask first

Yes. ECS is a trusted partner for both plaintiff and defense counsel, providing unbiased expert witness and consulting services in nursing home, assisted living and long-term care matters.

Within 24 hours, usually sooner. Inquiries are handled by the firm's principal rather than routed through an expert's own calendar, because attorneys reaching out on a deadline are normally contacting several experts at once.

A 20-minute call with an elder care expert who reviews the facts you have, identifies the clinical, care and regulatory issues involved, and tells you what kind of expert the matter needs. ECS experts address standards of care and records, not legal conclusions; those stay with counsel. From the first contact you speak with an experienced elder care expert rather than a salesperson.

ECS maintains multiple experts in the same areas of expertise, which mitigates the delays caused by conflicts of interest or an expert withdrawing. If no panel member fits, ECS runs a Precision Expert Search.

Yes. Through the ExpertPays partnership, expert retainers and case costs can be financed under a non-recourse, interest-free, flat-fee deferred payment agreement.

Yes. ECS experts provide case and document review, affidavits of merit, expert reports, case strategy consulting, deposition question drafting, exhibits, deposition testimony, arbitration and court testimony.

Once experts are matched, you can have a brief call with the expert before retaining them, at no charge. It exists to confirm the expert is the right fit for the facts, the venue and the deadline, so neither side commits to an engagement that does not suit the case.

Yes, and most do. Send whatever case detail you have, even briefly, and ECS pairs it with an expert from the pre-vetted panel. If the inquiry arrives with no detail, expect a short email or call asking for specifics first, because that is what makes the match accurate rather than fast and wrong.

All 50. ECS handles matters nationwide. Tell us the venue and ECS matches experience with that state's regulatory framework.

Yes. Assisted living is licensed by the states rather than certified under the federal nursing home requirements, so those cases are matched to experts familiar with the applicable state framework.

Fees vary by discipline, scope and deadline. ECS sends the fee schedule together with the CV as a matter of course, so your team can evaluate cost and credentials at the same time. Testimony history is sent on request, and conflict checks are normally run at the point of retention rather than at first contact.