Legal Nurse Consulting
$15,000-$120,000
$1,500
10 hrs/wk
2-4 months
Review medical records for attorneys on malpractice, personal injury, and workers-comp cases. One of the highest-paid uses of a nursing license outside the bedside.
Why it fits shift work
Case review is done on your schedule from home. Attorneys care about turnaround, not when you work.
How to launch it
- 1Take a legal nurse consultant (LNC) course to learn the workflow and deliverables.
- 2Build a simple professional site and a sample case chronology.
- 3Network with personal-injury and med-mal attorneys locally and on LinkedIn.
- 4Start with chronologies and record reviews; grow into expert work over time.
Where to start
The tax win
Once this earns 1099 income, these expenses become deductible on Schedule C, lowering the tax on your day-job income too.
Honest reality check
Highest hourly on this list ($75-$150+), but you have to build attorney relationships first. It rewards patience and professionalism.
Time to first dollar: 2-4 months: relationship-driven, so the ramp is slower but the rate is high.
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Join the waitlist for the done-for-you version: EIN filing, sole-prop registration, and expense tracking wired to this exact business.
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