Jessica Thurston is the Managing Director at Somek & Associates, bringing over 25 years of experience as a Care and Occupational Therapy Expert Witness. She has worked extensively across a broad range of cases involving amputations and specifically multiple limb loss. Jessica is deeply passionate about the independence and integrity of the expert role, advocating for objective, evidence-based reporting. She is a figurehead in the medico-legal field and exemplifies our commitment to shaping the future of medico-legal excellence. She contributes to the renowned ‘Facts and Figures’ tables used in damage calculations and mentors junior experts through training programmes beyond S&A e.g. for the Expert Witness Institute, helping shape the next generation of high-calibre expert witnesses. She also works alongside the Royal College of Occupational Therapy to raise the professional standards of care and OT expert witnesses.