Case-cost financing for high-value litigation: experts, depositions, trial prep. We structure each deal around the case timeline and risk profile — because we come from the profession.
Litigation finance is single-case (or single-portfolio) non-recourse capital deployed against the future recovery of specific matters. Unlike attorney lending (which finances the firm), litigation finance is structured against the case itself. It's the right product when a specific case has substantial expected value but the cost to properly work it up — expert witnesses, focus groups, depositions, trial prep — exceeds what the firm can (or should) carry on its own balance sheet.
Confidential case review under NDA (case file, damages theory, defense posture, projected timeline). If we can structure, we present terms tied to case-milestones. Draws are typically calibrated to the litigation phase — a chunk at complaint, more at expert-designation, more before trial. Repayment is contingent on recovery and non-recourse to the firm.
Different customer, different purpose. Pre-settlement funding is for the plaintiff's personal cash-flow. Litigation finance is for the case itself — funding the litigation work. Different underwriting, different structure, different economics.
High-severity personal-injury (catastrophic MVA, trucking, med-mal, product liability, wrongful death), mass torts, and complex commercial litigation with clear damages theories. Ohio's most common qualifying profiles are commercial trucking cases and delayed-diagnosis med-mal cases.
Yes, in Ohio. Ohio does not currently require disclosure of litigation funding arrangements to opposing counsel in most cases, and our contracts include confidentiality clauses. Federal court practice is evolving — a few districts have started standing orders requiring disclosure in specific case types.
Pricing is deal-specific and reflects case risk, timeline, and capital deployed. Non-recourse pricing is by necessity higher than recourse debt because we absorb the full loss if the case doesn't recover. We're transparent about how the multiplier compounds over time before terms are signed.