Nicole Valentine

Nicole was amazing! I recently had an accusation against me with the Board of Nursing for my LVN license and Nicole was my attorney for the whole process. She was able to break down step by step on what to do and was able to help guide me the whole way. I ended up winning my case with no penalties/ac...tions against my nursing license! I highly recommend her!

If your nursing license is in jeopardy and you are dealing with the BRN - call Nicole Valentine!She is simply “THE BEST” .Nicole handled my case with professionalism and achieved an outstanding result.She took time to listen to me, asked probing questions, and read hundred of pages of documents to u...nderstand my case before giving me her professional opinion. She was honest in her assessment, and was straight forward in what she could do for me. She showed that she cared not only about my case but about me as an individual, a rare quality when it comes to attorneys.As nurses ,we care and protect the ill and Nicole Valentine is there to protect us when we are falsely accused because of hospital politics.I highly recommend Nicole Valentine when dealing with BRN.Thank you Nicole Valentine for being my Guardian Angel…

Nicole, did an excellent job in helping me get my credentials reinstated. During the lengthy process of over a year, she made sure to stay on top of the whole process and keep me informed at every step, and ultimately prepared me for the final hearing and we obtained every goal I wanted. I highly rec...ommend her services to anyone needing a lawyer for employment related issues. The main work of the case was all done separately in different states, but as I mentioned her and her paralegal were very accessible to reach via phone call and always replied promptly to any email I sent within 24 hours. She is a reasonable and fair lawyer. She is knowledge, well-spoken, and knows what needs to be said and done to obtain the desired results. My highest praise I could say is that if I could go back in time, I would have hired her 10 years earlier to represent me to reinstate my credentials.

Nicole is hands down the best attorney I could have ever asked for! A couple years ago, I made a huge mistake and I was ultimately charged with a DUI. On top of the fact that I was extremely upset with myself over the whole situation and nervous about the court process, I was terrified about the idea... of my pharmacist license being disciplined and I had no idea what the next steps of my life would look like. I had worked so hard for so many years to become a pharmacist and I was terrified at the thought that I may have my license suspended/revoked. My criminal defense attorney, who was extremely helpful with the criminal proceedings, advised me to reach out to an experienced professional license defense attorney to help me with the licensing side of this process. That's when I reached out to Nicole -- the best decision I could have ever made for my case. Nicole handled my case with tremendous care and consideration, and she helped me SO much with every step of the process. Initially, Nicole wrote a collateral consequence letter for my criminal defense attorney, which ultimately helped get my case reduced to wet reckless driving! This was a huge initial success for the criminal proceedings, but there was still the licensing side to handle. After the final court hearing, Nicole then helped me compile all of the documents I would need and organized them into a packet that she sent to the pharmacy board in a very timely manner. If it weren't for Nicole and her amazing expertise in the matter, I would have been doomed at this point because there were a lot of different documents that needed to be sent and I honestly would not have even thought of some of them. After some time had passed, my case was ultimately dismissed and Nicole immediately helped me report the dismissal of my case to the pharmacy board. After what felt like an eternity of waiting, coupled with lots of anxiety and uncertainty, the case was ultimately closed and the end result was no discipline!!! This was the best news I could have ever received and I finally feel like I can breathe again! There were so many times throughout this process where I had questions, felt stressed, and didn't know what to do, and Nicole and her team were there for me every single time. To Nicole and the team at Goyette, Ruano & Thompson, thank you so much for everything! You guys are amazing! To anyone reading this, I HIGHLY recommend Nicole Valentine for your legal needs!

I am a physician and received a complaint from medical board of California on behalf of a parent whose child was given wrong vaccines by medical assistant who failed to review my correct orders in EMR. Of note, I work for a big organization and training of medical assistants in not my job responsibil...ity as I do not own the clinic. Fortunately, the complaint case was closed without any further action needed in my case. Niclole Valentine did an excellent job in representing my case and explaining to the board how the error committed was not a result of my incompetence but highlighted some operational issues in clinic where extra steps needed to be taken to ensure patient safety. She also did a fabulous job in explaining to board how clinic had taken remediation steps to prevent errors in future. You are responsible for being completely honest with her and provide her all possible and necessary supporting documentation to represent your case. She is easy to communicate with and is very honest with you. Overall, I am very grateful and satisfied that I used her services and would definitely recommend her other medical professionals.