California's Medical Legal Experts
Founded by a Physician and Surgeon, MedicoLegal Partners is wholly physician-owned and -operated. We are dedicated to assisting our California physician colleagues with legal expert witness work.
Physicians
A busy medical practice often lacks the bandwidth to additionally handle a medicolegal practice. California has a larger demand for medicolegal work than any other state. There is a significant need for QMEs in California to help settle disputes between injured workers and Workers Compensation insurance companies as a neutral party. MedicoLegal Partners supports doctors in every specialty—Cardiology, Neurology, Orthopaedics, Psychiatry, Surgery, Occupational Medicine and more—to conduct thorough evaluations and deliver reliable, defensible reports.
Our services include:
- Legal Expert witness work for physicians in state of CA
- Qualifying and managing QMEs across all specialties
- Handling the full QME lifecycle: registration, scheduling, evaluation compliance
- Ensuring quality, on‑time reporting aligned with California regulations
Applicants, Attorneys, and Patients
Work-related injuries can span a wide range of systems—beyond musculoskeletal. MedicoLegal Partners provides expert assessments in:
- Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine
- Neurological & Spine
- Cardiopulmonary
- Psychological & Psychiatric
- Surgical specialties (General, Vascular, Plastic, etc.)
- Pediatrics & Geriatrics
- Occupational Medicine
Our medicolegal services include:
- Qualified Medical Evaluation (QME)
- Agreed Medical Evaluation (AME)
- Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund (SIBTF)
- Personal Injury & Third-Party Cases