Donna S. Jones has never forgotten where she came from, and she has never stopped using those lessons in her work. Long before she founded DSJ & Associates, a trusted legal nurse consulting and expert witness resource for attorneys in the United States, Canada, and England, Jones was the youngest of seven children raised on a farm in West Virginia. Her father worked in the coal mines. Her mother raised the family while putting herself through school, teaching by day and studying at night until she earned her degree.
Jones describes her upbringing with mountain humor that does not ask for sympathy. It asks for respect. Those early lessons in grit, discipline, and survival shaped the woman who now helps attorneys navigate complex litigation, translating medical records into courtroom strategy, and helping ensure the right experts are in place long before trial.
Jones earned a partial scholarship to attend college because that was all her family could afford. She received her nursing degree through Fairmont State University, later earning a second degree in Communication at Georgia State University. Nursing was never just a profession for her. It became an education in human vulnerability, medical decision-making, and the consequences of care, including what happens when something gets overlooked.
That discernment naturally evolved into a different kind of expertise attorneys often need: the ability to interpret medical records with both clinical understanding and litigation relevance. Over the next 45 years, Jones worked as a bedside and ICU nurse in many hospital settings across Atlanta. That experience sharpened her clinical instincts and became the foundation for what is now one of the most trusted legal nurse consulting firms supporting litigation across North America and beyond.
Founded nearly two decades ago, DSJ & Associates provides legal nurse consulting, medical record review, and expert witness matching for plaintiff and defense attorneys, as well as insurance companies seeking merit reviews and standard-of-care clarity. Cases supported by DSJ & Associates have ranged from routine injury matters and medical negligence to catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and homicide.
The firm supports legal teams through medical record review and analysis, standard-of-care and merit assessments, chronologies, summaries, and issue identification, litigation strategy support, vetted expert witness recommendations, and access to nursing and ancillary healthcare specialists. In a field where expert testimony can make or break a case, DSJ & Associates differentiates itself through rigorous vetting and intentional matching, ensuring each recommended expert is credible, qualified, and aligned with the facts and needs of the matter.
For Jones, this work is not simply transactional. It is principled. She believes medical records tell stories. Some are clear. Some are incomplete. Many are complicated. All carry weight, and the people behind them deserve accuracy. This work matters because people matter, whether you are representing a patient, a family, a provider, or an institution. DSJ & Associates helps uncover the facts and the truth hidden in the records.
