Meet the Team

Our Staff

Conquest's team of legal nurse consultants, doctors and paralegals work as an extension of your practice to support with personal injury, medical malpractice, and mass tort matters.


Kathleen Burciaga

MSN, RN, CWCN, WCC, LNC

Kathleen Burciaga has been a practicing nurse for 17 years. Along with attending DMEs and expert work, Ms. Burciaga works full time in an acute care hospital in Orange County as the lead Wound Care Specialist. Ms. Burciaga earned her Masters of Science in Nursing from Western Governors University. Ms. Burciaga has also worked in long term acute care, home health and as a clinical nurse educator in the community college setting.


Ms. Burciaga lives in Orange County with her two sons.

Yvette RuDenski

RN, CLNC, CNLCP, CCM

Yvette RuDenski is a Registered Nurse with over 38 years of nursing experience. She has been a Legal Nurse Consultant and Catastrophic Injury Case Manager since 2011, and holds certifications as a Nurse Life Care Planner, Legal Nurse Consultant, and Case Manager.


Mrs. RuDenski earned her ADN from Golden West College in 1981. She began her nursing career in the Critical Care Departments at Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach, California. Her experience includes the Neurosurgical / Neurological, Medical / Surgical, and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Units -including Cardiac Transplant Cases- as well as the Emergency Department and IV Team.

Dr. Tavonia Ekwegh

APRN, DNP

Tavonia Ekwegh, DNP is the President of I-Help Foundation in Los Angeles, California and she also teaches and sub contracts as a legal nurse observer. Dr. Ekwegh earned a Doctorate of Nursing Practice with emphasis on Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner primary care from Chapman University in Orange county, California. Dr. Ekwegh has over 14 years of multifaceted clinical and operational experience. Dr. Ekwegh is a compassionate servant leader who is innovative and influential. Through her passion and advocacy for healthcare of the underserved permeates throughout her work; her talents and attributes all intently align with advancing the nursing profession at the community, state and national levels.

Kathleen Burciaga

MSN, RN, CWCN, WCC, LNC

Kathleen Burciaga has been a practicing nurse for 17 years. Along with attending DMEs and expert work, Ms. Burciaga works full time in an acute care hospital in Orange County as the lead Wound Care Specialist. Ms. Burciaga earned her Masters of Science in Nursing from Western Governors University. Ms. Burciaga has also worked in long term acute care, home health and as a clinical nurse educator in the community college setting.

Kathleen Burciaga

MSN, RN, CWCN, WCC, LNC

Kathleen Burciaga has been a practicing nurse for 17 years. Along with attending DMEs and expert work, Ms. Burciaga works full time in an acute care hospital in Orange County as the lead Wound Care Specialist. Ms. Burciaga earned her Masters of Science in Nursing from Western Governors University. Ms. Burciaga has also worked in long term acute care, home health and as a clinical nurse educator in the community college setting.

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