Tiburon, CA
Litigation Lawyer at Tiburon, CA
Practice Areas: Litigation
OUTCOME:
Plaintiff, who had been subject to age discrimination in the workplace, filed a law suit and was awarded a substantial money judgment. The defendant appealed. Plaintiff was unemployed, lacked the fund ... s to hire an appellate attorney and could not afford to wait for the appeal to run its course. With appellate funding, plaintiff was able to hire an experience appellate attorney and pay for living expenses during the course of the appeal.
OUTCOME:
A contingency fee law firm won a money judgment for a client. Defendant appealed. The case wasn’t likely to settle and was expected to be decided in 18-20 months. The firm had a sizable investment ti ... ed up in litigation expenses in the case on appeal as well as in others. The firm needed capital to prepare several other cases for trial and to take several new cases which it knew would require significant capital to prepare. The bank would not increase the firm’s line of credit and the partners wanted to avoid putting more or their own capital into the firm. Appeal Funding Partners provided a non-recourse advance against the fee lien the attorneys owned for winning the case. The firm was able to accomplish its objectives.
OUTCOME:
A medical negligence action was filed on behalf of plaintiff. The jury awarded a very substantial award, but defendant appealed. Plaintiff no longer had medical insurance and couldn’t borrow any more a ... gainst his house. He needed the money from the judgment to pay for his ongoing medical treatment and care for his family. Non-recourse appeal finance allowed plaintiff to continue medical treatment and pay for living expenses, during the ongoing appeal.
OUTCOME:
Plaintiff, a sizable corporation, paid its law firm by the hour for legal fees and reimbursed them for case expenses over the course of litigation. The legal bill, which included intense discovery, ext ... ensive trial preparation and a war-like trial, was substantial. The case was won by plaintiff, and defendant appealed. Although plaintiff had the cash, they did not want to use it to pay for the appeal. Their law firm generally did not work strictly on a contingency. Utilizing appellate financing, they created a win-win fee structure wherein the law firm worked for a reduced hourly fee plus a contingency, and plaintiff used non-recourse appeal funding to obtain the cash to cover the hourly portion of the fee. Basically the corporation structured a contingence fee for all of the legal work on appeal.
OUTCOME:
Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against a large corporation for breach of contract. Knowing that plaintiff did not have deep pockets, they forced plaintiff to rack-up attorney’s fees and litigation expenses. ... The plaintiff nearly went bankrupt before the case went to trial. However, the plaintiff won a substantial judgment, which defendant appealed. Plaintiff could not afford to defend the judgment and was about to settle the case for pennies on the dollar. Appeal funding provided plaintiff with the capital to hire an appellate attorney and keep his business open during the course of the appeal.
OUTCOME:
An elderly plaintiff won an insurance bad faith case, which was appealed. Plaintiff was facing foreclosure on his home and mounting living expenses. Plaintiff, who had recently undergone major surgery, ... feared he might not live long enough to collect any of his judgment, even if he won the appeal. Non-recourse appeal funding removed the anxiety and financial pressure on plaintiff, and provided him with a sizeable amount of money before the appeal was decided.
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