From Convicted to Rehired: Why AICA Orthopedics Keeps Dangerous Providers in Rotation

One Felon, Two Survivors, and a Clinic That Still Hasn’t Learned

In 2023, a woman named Nubia E. Causey filed a federal lawsuit against AICA Ortho Spine Chiropractors and their staffing partner Proco LLC. She alleged that a provider under their roof, Dr. Mills, sexually harassed her. She alleges he touched her inappropriately while she worked. Made her uncomfortable. Crossed boundaries. And when she spoke up about it, they retaliated against her creating a hostile work environment.

Instead of protecting her, they retaliated. Instead of investigating, they ignored her. Instead of removing the provider, they preserved their image. This is the same tactic they're doing to me and potentially many others. And might I say, AICA is on a roll!

But here’s what makes this story worse. AICA didn’t defend Dr. Mills’ behavior. They didn’t say it didn’t happen. They didn’t even deny that she complained. They simply argued that it wasn’t their responsibility. They told the court Dr. Mills didn’t technically work for them. That he was just a contractor. And that because Causey didn’t write AICA’s name on her EEOC form’s caption line, they shouldn’t be held liable.

And it worked.

After over a year of motion after motion, filings, objections, and slippery courtroom maneuvering, the case was dismissed in October 2024. No discovery. No jury. No accountability.

AICA won—not because the claims were false, but because they made sure the jury never heard the full story. Dr. Mills is still practicing. The woman who was harmed? Silenced. Erased. Discarded by the very system she turned to for help. As for AICA? Just another day at the office. Business in the front and allegations in the back.

Dr. Douglas Keith Mills, the same provider named in Nubia Causey’s lawsuit against AICA, is a convicted felon. 

According to official state records, he practiced chiropractic medicine without a license for nearly two years. In 2009, he was convicted in Paulding County Superior Court for felony-level unlicensed practice—after knowingly treating patients without proper certification. He broke the law. He put lives at risk. And instead of blacklisting him from ever touching another patient, AICA hired him as a contractor.

By 2020, Dr. Mills was working inside AICA clinics when Causey alleged that he sexually harassed her. A convicted felon with a history of violating patient trust was allowed back into treatment rooms—and when another woman came forward, AICA claimed investigated, but wouldn't share the findings. Omg it's like history repeating itself again. Coincidence? I think not, this seems to be a hiring pattern. If you look at the public records, it looks like AICA doesn’t just fail to screen out dangerous providers—they keep bringing them back.

I'm unsure of when their work relationship ended or if he's still working there, but spoiler alert—he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar again, practicing without a license in Georgia in 2022. He studied at the infamous Life University—the very same place Dr. Steele attended. How wonderful.

This isn’t a one-off. This is becoming a scary pattern.

Whew! Let's take breather...

Did you catch your breath, yet?

Now let's play connect the dots! AICA hires questionable providers to operate under their roof. Deny responsibility when things go wrong. File motion after motion to exhaust the poor survivors. Gets the case dismissed before it sees daylight. AICA’s legal strategy is almost mechanical and I think it's safe to say they don't want this in front of a jury. I'm sure they'll try the same strategy. MTD after MTD. The same indifference. The same attempt to separate their brand from their wrongdoing.

But What They Didn’t Expect?

What they didn’t count on this time, is the survivor who's built to last and is fighting back . Over 3,400 and growing monthly viewers that are now watching. From all over the world. My story has reached all 50 states and 6 continents. From Atlanta to Oregon to Germany to Johannesburg to Japan. Survivors are connecting and receipts are being pulled. And their reputation is no longer protected by motions and questionable reviews. I intend to pursue accountability until every layer of protection around them burns away. For every victim who's voice wasn't heard. For every person's innocence that was taken. For every survivor whose safety was traded for liability control.

Every dismissed case becomes part of the public record and becomes a pattern. Every survivor they try to erase makes the next one stronger. Every motion to dismiss reveals a company more concerned with liability and profit than human safety and patient care.

Causey’s story didn’t end in court.

It begins here.