Legal Nurses of Canada
About Us

We are committed to providing you with the Canadian legal nurse consulting service that will make your medical case a winner!

Catherine Christensen
Catherine began her career as a registered nurse in Alberta in 1988.
Catherine sharpened her skills as a registered nurse with fifteen post-graduate certificates in nursing care and has become a maternity specialist.  Catherine has also held senior management positions with family care clinics in private practice. 

Catherine has earned her RN from Red Deer College, OR and PARR certifications from the Peter Lougheed Hospital as well as her Adult Critical Care Certificate from the Foothills Hospital School of Nursing.  She continued her academic pursuits and went on to earn a Master's degree from The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in 2003.

Catherine is active in a number of professional organizations including the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta, United Nurses of Alberta, the Canadian Law Blog and the Alumni Association for The College of William & Mary.  

While  treating every client with respect and integrity, Catherine provides expertise on all aspects of obstetrical care as well as private practice clinics.

Catherine enjoys sailing and traveling in her spare time. She is a licensed sailboat skipper.  She also enjoys cooking with her son, the budding chef.

Melissa Zeelie is a Legal Nurse Consultant, consulting with firms that provide synergy services to Adult Healthcare related business. She consults with Lawyers from a variety of fields to help create stronger medical cases.  She also does consultations for movie productions in the medical field. Prior to her current position, she acquired a 12 years vast range of experience in Adult Intensive Care, Cardiology, Surgical, Orthopedic units, specializing in the Critical Care environments.

Melissa worked at International accredited hospitals in South Africa where her last position as Hospital Outreach Nurse covered 470  ward beds, 108 intensive care beds and 29 Critical Care beds in the hospital; collecting data and investigated  cases of patients being transferred back to the ICU and Critical Care Units.  She shows pride in her work and made a difference in quality of care provided to her patients. She is very dedicated in her work and influences her colleagues to higher aspirations.

Raised in Fochville, South Africa, Melissa now lives with her husband in White Rock, BC, in Canada. Melissa has recently immigrated to Canada and is a Registered Nurse in Canada and South Africa; she completed her post basic Critical Care Certification in South Africa and has Canadian Intensive Care experience where she demonstrated her skill and expertise in this field.  Melissa has also completed her Canadian Telemetry Certification within the last few years.


Moneca Blackwell RN, Katharine Kennedy-Coquard RN, Denise Miller-Sly RN  and Kara Sealock RN are also new additions to the Legal Nurses of Canada group of experts.  Welcome!  Look for more legal nurse consultants' bios coming soon. 

The team is growing!  Interested in a career in legal nurse consulting?  Contact us.

Catherine and her team joined forces in 2009 to form Legal Nurses of Canada.  They believe that their combined knowledge and experience will achieve remarkable results for all of their clients.

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