Certified Life Care Planner · Registered Nurse · Attorney
Life care planning that understands the medicine, the law, and the numbers.
Christiane Pittaluga, BSN, RN, JD, CLCP — Registered Nurse, attorney, and Certified Life Care Planner. Comprehensive life care plans, medical cost projections, and expert witness services for individuals facing catastrophic injury or illness. $300 per hour · $1,500 minimum retainer. Serving clients nationwide.
About Your Life Care Planner
Christiane Pittaluga, BSN, RN, JD, CLCP
Christiane Pittaluga brings a rare combination to life care planning: a Registered Nurse who has delivered hands-on patient care, an attorney who has litigated medical malpractice and motor vehicle liability cases, and a Certified Life Care Planner who translates catastrophic injury into the concrete, defensible numbers a case requires.
As a home health care case manager, Christiane provided direct care and case management to homebound patients — sourcing medical equipment for patients with paraplegia and fractures, collaborating with physicians on medication cost savings, and developing wound care alternatives for ulcers and traumatic injuries. That bedside experience means every plan reflects what injured people actually need, day after day, for the rest of their lives.
- Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP)
- Registered Nurse — BSN, Georgetown University School of Nursing
- Juris Doctor — Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
- RN licensure — Florida (Multistate)
- Member, The Florida Bar and New York Bar
- Former medical malpractice and motor vehicle liability litigator
- Deposition and trial testimony experience — nationwide
Services
From the medical record to the courtroom
Comprehensive litigation support where medicine, damages, and future care costs meet.
Life Care Plans
A thorough evaluation of current and future needs arising from catastrophic injury or illness — medical care, equipment, medications, therapies, housing modifications, and long-term care — assembled into a comprehensive, defensible life care plan.
Medical Cost Projections
Detailed projections of future medical expenses, rehabilitation costs, and necessary lifestyle accommodations.
Expert Witness & Testimony
Consultation and expert testimony for legal cases involving life care planning and future damages. Experienced and comfortable in the courtroom — deposition and trial testimony available nationwide.
Medical Record Chronologies
Clear, organized chronologies of complex medical records — prepared with a clinician’s eye for what matters, so the treatment story is easy to follow and nothing important is missed.
Medical Billing Disputes
Analysis of disputed medical bills under state and federal surprise billing laws, grounding negotiations in objective market rates.
Disability Application Preparation
Assistance preparing disability applications — organizing the medical evidence and presenting the functional picture clearly, drawing on nursing judgment and legal training.
Working Together
A straightforward engagement, start to finish
Clear scope, clear timeline, clear billing — from the first call to trial.
Reach out about your case
Call, text, email, or use the contact form below. We’ll discuss the injury, the records available, your deadlines, and whether the case is a fit.
Engage with a signed agreement
Work begins upon receipt of the signed Fee Agreement and the $1,500 minimum retainer, which is applied against time billed at $300/hour.
Records review & assessment
Medical records are reviewed with a clinician’s eye, future needs are identified, and costs are researched and documented.
Deliverable — and testimony if needed
You receive a comprehensive, defensible report. If the case requires it, deposition and trial testimony are available at the same $300/hour rate.
$300 / hour
$1,500 minimum retainer — applied to your bill.
- One rate for all professional time — review, research, reports, testimony
- Retainer due at engagement; work begins on receipt
- Every retainer dollar is applied against actual time billed
- Itemized invoices — you always know where the time went
Get In Touch
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Serving clients nationwide. Office hours Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm Eastern. Inquiries are typically answered the same business day.
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