Attorneys and Law Firms
Many attorneys recommend that their clients consider lawsuit loans as a way to provide living expenses while their claim
works its way through the courts. In most jurisdictions, attorneys may not loan money to their clients, but they want to
help those clients who face financial hardships. Just as plaintiffs do not see any cash from a lawsuit until it is resolved,
attorneys do not earn any fees or receive compensation for their expenses until the case is settled. As a result, many
attorneys use lawsuit loans to finance their expenses.
Benefits of Lawsuit Loans to the Attorney
While a lawsuit loan to a plaintiff does not appear to have an immediate benefit for the attorney, it actually does.
First of all, the plaintiff is no longer calling you every two weeks asking about money. Also, a client who ends up
homeless and careless is no good. Finally, by securing a lawsuit loan for a client, you can prevent that client from
accepting a low-ball offer from the defendant. In fact, a lawsuit loan can help a plaintiff reject low-ball offers, hang
tough, and work with you to get the larger, fairer settlement the client deserves!
Lawsuits Loans for Attorneys and Law Firms
Just as plaintiffs wait until the outcome of a lawsuit to see any cash in their pockets, so do their attorneys. Lawsuit
loans are also available to attorneys. However, rather than make a lawsuit loan against a single lawsuit, the lawsuit loan to
the attorney is made against a package of cases. As those cases close, the lawsuit loan, and the accumulated risk premium
on that lawsuit loan, is paid back from the proceeds of the lawsuit.