Sims & White, PLLC

Lora K. White

MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CNLCP, CCM, LNCP-C

Family Nurse Practitioner, Medical Services Consultant, Case Manager
& Life Care Planner

Lora K. White is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse who has actively prepared life care plans for both plaintiff and defense since 2003. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1993 from the University of Utah and her Master of Science in Nursing in 2020 from the University of Cincinnati. She presently holds certifications as a Family Nurse Practitioner, Case Manager and Life Care Planner. She has worked in the hospital, inpatient and outpatient case management, acute rehabilitation, clinic, home care, and worker's compensation settings. She currently prepares approximately 75 care plans per year and was a contributing author to the life care planning textbook published by the AANLCP entitled A Core Curriculum for Nurse Life Care Planning. She has been a member of the American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners (AANLCP) since 2005 and is also a member of the International Association of Rehab Professionals (IARP). She is committed to serving her community and has served as a board member of the Humane Society of Southern Arizona from 2012 to 2017 and on various HSSAZ committees from 2009 to 2017. She is an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

J. Matthew Sims

MC, MS, NCC, FVE, RFE, IPEC, ABVE/D

Vocational Economist

Since 2000, J. Matthew Sims has been a Vocational Economist, specializing in areas of vocational rehabilitation, lost earning capacity, individual forensic economics, hedonic damage rebuttals, and economic damage analysis. He has worked on 120-180 litigated cases per year. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Social Ecology degree from the University of California at Irvine in 1992, a Master of Counseling degree from the University of Phoenix in 1999, and his Master of Science in Economics degree from Arizona State University in 2005. He has been a Vocational Expert for the U.S. Social Security Administration. Mr. Sims is a National Board Certified Counselor, a Forensic Vocational Expert, a Registered Forensic Economist, International Psychometric Evaluation Certified, and a Diplomat of the American Board of Vocational Experts. In September 2022, the Arizona Legislature amended A.R.S. § 25-319, about spousal maintenance orders, effective September 24, 2022. Upon gubernatorial signature, the Supreme Court established the Spousal Maintenance Guidelines Subcommittee (subcommittee) of the Family Court Improvement Committee (FCIC). Mr. Sims volunteered as the economist to create the first of its kind “Spousal Maintenance Calculator,” and to assist with the technical aspects of the Spousal Maintenance Guidelines. The calculator is located online at: https://www.azcourts.gov/cscommittees/Family-Court-Improvement-Committee/FCIC-Spousal-Maintenance-Guidelines-Subcommittee.

For his work, on June 27, 2023, Mr. Sims was presented with an Outstanding Service Award by Arizona Supreme Court’s Chief Justice, Hon. Robert M. Brutinel.

Thomas M. Mitchell

Retired

PhD, CRC, CDMS, CEA

Vocational Consultant
& Forensic Economist

Dr. Thomas Mitchell has lived in Arizona since childhood and has graduated from both the University of Arizona and Arizona State University. After a career in banking as a Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer, he started a practice of Vocational Rehabilitation and Job Placement in 1974. As a thirty year plus employee with Crawford & Company, where he managed offices in both California and Arizona, his practice expanded to include providing services as an expert witness in the areas of vocational rehabilitation, loss of earning capacity, life care planning, and forensic economics. His services are currently being utilized by insurance carriers, employers, attorneys, and both state and federal governmental agencies. Dr. Mitchell received his terminal degree in clinical psychology and his masters degree in counseling. He is also a commercially rated helicopter, single engine and multi-engine pilot.