Medico-Legal
for Registered Dietitians
Your Quick-Start Roadmap to Getting Retained. Your clinical expertise is exactly what the legal system needs — learn to step into the arena as a credible, confident expert and build a high-earning consulting practice alongside your existing career.
This is not a general CE course. It's a professional transformation program for RDs ready to turn clinical expertise into legal consulting authority.
You have the credentials, the mindset, and 2+ years of experience. This course shows you exactly how to translate your clinical background into a recognized legal specialty — and real income.
You've wondered how dietitians end up as expert witnesses. This is your complete roadmap — from mindset and CV to billing, depositions, and trial testimony.
Cathy built this course because she wanted other medical professionals to have access to this space. If you're driven by impact as much as income, you're in the right place.
Concrete, marketable skills you can deploy from the moment you finish the course.
Transition from a job-seeking résumé to a credibility document that survives line-by-line attorney scrutiny.
Set competitive rates, structure non-refundable retainers, and bill professionally from day one.
Analyze medical records, identify standard of care breaches, and draft expert reports in complex cases.
Walk into any legal proceeding prepared — including how to handle aggressive cross-examination and attorney tactics.
Market to attorneys, get listed in expert directories, and avoid the mistakes that sink most new expert witnesses.
Understand your duties to the court, the Academy Code of Ethics, and how to build a reputation that lasts.
A structured, step-by-step system taking you from curious clinician to confident expert witness — with templates, scripts, and real-world guidance throughout.
Your expertise is invisible if no one knows you exist. Module 5 gives you a complete visibility playbook built specifically for expert witnesses — and it works fast.
Profile optimization, content pillars, and outreach templates to build your reputation with the attorneys who hire experts.
Step-by-step guide to SEAK, JurisPro, ExpertPages, and more — which to prioritize, how to write your listing, and what attorneys actually search for.
Publish articles and case commentary that establishes you as the go-to RD for legal teams — before they ever pick up the phone.
Scripts, email templates, and referral strategies to build relationships with litigation attorneys in your specialty niche.
Mary Catherine (Cathy) Peters is a seasoned Registered Dietitian who successfully bridged the gap between clinical practice and the legal system. As the founder of Catalyst Practice Labs, she empowers clinicians to step into the expert witness role with confidence and credibility.
"My mission is to help medical professionals translate their clinical background into authoritative legal consulting. The court needs teachers — and your expertise is exactly what the legal system is missing."
All tiers include the full 7-module course. Start anytime. Keep forever.
Includes personal 1:1 coaching call with Cathy
The legal system needs the unique perspective that only a Registered Dietitian can provide. Be meticulous in your analysis, courageous in your opinions, and unwavering in your ethics.
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