This course is also available in the 2020 Paralegal Cruise Bundle.

A candid conversation with a Board Certified Pain Management specialist with over a decade of experience in the care of patients who have suffered work related injuries, MVA, or traumatic injury. Dr. Angel Rigueras has evaluated and treated over 10,000 med-legal patients and developed the compliment of skills required for this unique patient population. In addition to his interventional and surgical accomplishments, he has honed his skills in providing succinct and relevant medical documentation and offering testimony as both a treating provider and expert witness.

In this discussion, he will share his knowledge on multidisciplinary medical treatment for patients within the personal injury framework including:

• Traumatic neuromuscular injuries common in most personal injury cases

• The practice of “medical prudent urgency” in personal injury

• The use and purpose of a multidisciplinary medical treatment model

• How diagnostic work-up and triaging occurs for personal injury patients

• Relevant medical patient-education/information typically provided to personal injury patients

Course Format

This is an on demand seminar – you’ll receive immediate access to the on demand recording, a copy of the PowerPoint and a certificate of attendance/CLE. You have lifetime access to this program, so once it’s in your account, you can return to complete it whenever it is convenient for you.

Video length: 47 Minutes.

Continuing Legal Education Credit (CLE)

NALA CP or ACP: This program meets the requirements of the NALA Certifying Board for continuing legal education credit required to maintain the CP (Certified Paralegal) credential. This program is pre-approved by NALA for 1.0 hour of substantive CLE including 0.5 Ethics CLE.

Florida Bar FRP: As approved by NALA, this seminar meets the requirements under Rule 20-6.1 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar for continuing legal education credit required to maintain the FRP credential.

NALS – This program is approved by NALS for 1.0 CLE Hour including 0.5 Ethics CLE.

NFPA RP® or CRP™: NFPA automatically accepts substantive CLE hours which bears the accreditation of NALA on the certificate of attendance.

State Bar of Texas – Paralegal Division – The Division will accept substantive law CLE approved by the National Association of Legal Assistants for credit towards the Paralegal Division mandatory membership renewal CLE requirement.

Meet your Speaker

Angel J. Rigueras, D.O. is Fellowship trained in interventional pain medicine and specializes in diagnosing and treating pain related to a variety of injuries and medical conditions. He is Board Certified in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Dr. Rigueras utilizes a multi-disciplined and multi-faceted approach to both diagnosing and treating the various sources of pain with state-of-the-art non-surgical techniques.

Dr. Rigueras is a graduate from the Nova Southeastern University and received his doctorate from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Michigan State University and continued on to completed his fellowship training in Interventional Pain Medicine at Michigan State University.