About Greater Orlando Chapter of AALNC

Robin has been an active clinical nurse for 34 years and a full-time LNC for 20 years with Wood Atter & Wolf. Her extensive clinical experience includes Med/Surg, ICU, and ED nursing and she remains clinically active in the ED of a large medical center. Robin also works independently for plaintiff and defense firms with areas of expertise in medical malpractice and personal injury and serves as an ED Nursing Expert Witness. Robin has been a member of AALNC since 2005 and was Treasurer and President of the Jacksonville Chapter for 9 years. In 2015, she joined the Geater Orlando Chapter, and has served as Director at Large and Mentor for the LNC Success – Q&A sessions.

Michelle is the owner of Gaines Medical Consulting, providing expert consultation in reviewing medical records and testifying expert services in anesthesia-related cases. During her 29 years in nurse anesthesia, Michelle has worked in many different care settings obtaining a broad background of expertise in nurse anesthesia.  In her LNC practice, Michelle provides thorough medical case analysis to determine deviations and adherence to standards of care, and vets and locates expert witnesses. Michelle has been a member of AALNC and the Greater Orlando Chapter for 4 years, serving on the Program Committee and as Director at Large.

Patty’s nursing career spans over 24 years in a variety of settings, to include cardiac/telemetry, intermediate care, med/surg and administration. Patty began her LNC career in 2014, and obtained her CLNC certificate. For 8 years, her LNC career incuded independent practice for both plaintiff and defense, med/mal, personal injury, product liability and mass torts. In 2022, Patty began working full time as an LNC for a large medical malpractice defense firm. Patty has been involved with AALNC and Greater Orlando Chapter since 2015. She has served as Director at Large, President, Treasurer, Chair of the Program Committee and mentor for the LNC Launchpad – Q&A sessions.

Jillian has over 17 years of acute care experience in the ED setting. She has a great deal of clinical achievement on her resume’, including involvement in the development of a Primary Stroke Program ED Response, Hospital Professional Development and Recognition Council, and Process Improvement Initiates. Jillian is an experienced LNC working for the law firm, Estes, Ingram, Foels & Gibbs in Maitland, FL. In 2021, Jillian achieved her LNCC certification. She is very involved in AALNC and the Greater Orlando Chapter and has served in multiple offices and roles including the Social Networking/PR Marketing Committee, previous Director at Large, President Elect, President and Immediate Past President, and as mentor for the LNC Success-Q&A sessions.

Pamela’s entire professional career has been in the perioperative area, first as a Surgical Technologist and then as an RN, CNOR. She recently completed her BSN and considers herself a lifelong learner. Pamela’s LNC work over the past 2 years has been as an independent testifying expert, and she is looking forward to obtaining work as a subcontractor. She continues to work full-time in the operating room as a travel RN, and interim clinical manager. She is active in her local AORN chapter in Michigan, where she has served as past president, and is currently on the board of director. As her interest in legal nurse consulting grew, Pamela joined AALNC and completed the AALNC professional course. She served AALNC as a volunteer on the 2023 Program Committee for Forum. She has been a member of the Greater Orlando Chapter for 2 years, and looks forward to continuing her service to the legal nurse consulting community.

Jill’s professional nursing career includes an extensive background in critical care, managing numerous complex patient populations. She also has 18 years of extensive experience in organ donation to include management of ICU organ allocation, logistics of surgical teams and OR management. She is a Certified Procurement Transplant Coordinator (CPTC). For the last 12 years, Jill served as the transplant procurement coordinator for Mayo Clinic Florida, where her vast roles and responsibilities included medical analysis of organ donor medical data to assess compatibility and transplant suitability, followup analysis to ensure safe and compliant outcomes, and coordination of the entire organ procurement and transplantation process. In 2024, Jill established her legal nurse consulting company, through which she uses her experience to provide meticulous discovery within medical records, facilitate collaboration between healthcare and legal experts, and optimize the overall efficiency of legal proceeding in intricate medical cases. Jill has been a member of the Greater Orlando Chapter for almost a year, and looks forward to serving in the role of Director at Large.