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OrthoLegal assists Orthopaedic Surgeons to deliver Quality, On-Time Reporting

Board Certified Orthopaedic Foot Ankle Surgeon ·

After working for OrthoLegal for over one year, I could not be more pleased with my decision to join their company.  The founder, Dr. Alexis Dixon, designed the organization to eliminate common pain points for examiners and has done a fantastic job executing that vision. The company truly takes care of its examiners by handling much of the heavy lifting, including comprehensive medical record summaries prepared by skilled medical historians and high-quality editing by experienced report editors…

-Ronald Wyatt, MD, QME

Who We Are

OrthoLegal was founded by Orthopaedic Surgeon and QME Alexis E. Dixon, MD to make medicolegal practice realistic — and rewarding — for busy California surgeons.

A demanding Orthopaedic practice rarely allows for the time and effort required to keep pace with California’s state-enforced QME requirements. Yet the need for qualified evaluators is significant: the vast majority of work-related injuries in California involve the musculoskeletal system, and those disputes can only be resolved by physicians with the right expertise.

We are the experts on musculoskeletal evaluations — General Orthopaedics, Spine, and Hand — and we exist to handle everything around the medicine so our physicians can focus on the medicine itself.

What Sets Us Apart

Why Physicians Choose OrthoLegal

Physician-owned, physician-run, and built for the realities of an Orthopaedic practice. Every part of our process is designed by people who have done the work.

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Physician-owned and physician-run

Owned and led by practicing physicians, our corporate decisions prioritize the physician’s interests over the financial returns of outside investor’s. Compensation is structured to be fair, transparent and equitable across every physician in the network.

 

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Dedicated report support

Every physician receives medicolegal report quality assurance, helping produce clear, well-organized, defensible reports without adding to the physician’s administrative load.

 

03

A statewide footprint

OrthoLegal maintains evaluation sites across California, providing physicians with convenient, professionally managed locations that exceed the limited footprint typical of smaller independent groups.

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In-house coordination, supported by technology

Scheduling, records, and correspondence are seamlessly handled by a dedicated in-house team and proprietary medicolegal technology, allowing the physician to focus entirely on evaluations and reporting rather than logistics.
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Education and mentorship

Physicians new to or scaling their medicolegal work benefit from structured, approved in-person education and dedicated mentorship, replacing trial-and-error with proven professional guidance.

 

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Specialty depth

The network is orthopaedic and specialty focused, positioning physicians to collaborate with peers who understand the clinical and medicolegal demands of the cases they evaluate.

OrthoLegal Education

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SoCal: September 12th & 13th, Biltmore Hotel, DTLA
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A DWC-approved, dual-purpose course that fulfills both the 16-hour report writing requirement for new California QME test-takers and California’s continuing education requirement for practicing QMEs.

QME Test Takers

  • Fulfills the full 16-hour report writing course required for QME appointment in California.

  • Physician-led preparation, with a 99% exam pass rate among physicians who complete the course.
  • Write clear, defensible reports that earn attorney trust and build your reputation from your first case.

Practicing QMEs

  • Fulfills your full two-year continuing education requirement at a stunning venue, all in one weekend.
  • Sharpen your report writing, stay current on new case law, and build toward AME status.
  • Deposition preparation that keeps you confident when your reports are questioned.