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Lynn S. Muller is a Nurse Attorney and managing partner of Muller & Muller. She is an Adjunct Professor in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at Saint Peter's University of New Jersey. Lynn is a certified case manager with extensive nursing and case management experience. Her practice includes defense of health care professionals before the state licensing boards, consultant on such issues as regulatory compliance and accreditation, wills, trusts and estates, and family law. Lynn is the author of numerous articles and the legal chapters of the third edition of Case Management: A Practical Guide for Education and Practice and the second edition of the CMSA Core Curriculum for Case Management. She is a former Commissioner for CCMC, a past president of the NJ Chapter of CMSA, and a former public defender, municipal court judge, and councilwoman. Joanne Reich, RN, MA, NE-A,BC, is Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Chilton Hospital located in Pompton Plains, NJ. Her practice has been primarily in maternal child health with administrative responsibility for behavioral health and chemical dependency services, spanning more than 32 years of professional nursing. Joanne has extensive nursing administration experience at community hospitals and medical centers. She holds national certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in nursing administration, advanced. For the past 5 years, Joanne serves as a board member for the nonprofit organization, Partnership for Maternal Child Health of Northern New Jersey, formerly known as The Northern New Jersey Maternal Child Health Consortium. Joanne received her bachelor's degree in the science of nursing from Seton Hall University and her master's degree in nursing education from New York University. Joanne is currently a doctoral candidate in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Saint Peter's College located in Jersey City, NJ. Address correspondence to Lynn S. Muller, RN, BA-HCM, CCM, JD, Esg., Muller & Muller, 15 West Main Street, Suite C, P.O. Box 164, Bergenfield, NJ 07621 ([email protected]). Disclaimer: The information contained in this department is for educational purposes only. It is not legal advice, which can be given only by an attorney admitted to practice in the jurisdiction/state(s) in which you practice. Attention readers: Do you have a question or issue you would like addressed here? We encourage readers to submit questions and/or manuscripts and practice concerns, as well as topics they would like to see addressed in this department. Questions and manuscript inquiries are accepted by e-mail at [email protected]. The author reports no conflicts of interest.