Solo and Small Firm
The Practitioner Summer 2016, Volume 22, Issue 3
Content
- 7 Tips For a Successful Initial Prospective Client Interview
- Client Acquisition Strategy: I Get Referrals Because of My Socks
- Ethical and Practical Implications and differences between Sports Agents and Attorneys
- Letter From the Chair
- Letter From the Editor
- MCLE Article: Selected Issues in Bankruptcy Litigation
- MCLE Article: What To Do When the State Bar Calls
- Profile of Neil Pedersen 2016 Solo and Small Firm Section Attorney of the Year Award Recipient
- Table of Contents
- Who Owns "Work Product" ̶ the Attorney or the Client?
- How Commercial Litigation Funding Can Help Small Firms and Solo Practitioners
How Commercial Litigation Funding Can Help Small Firms and Solo Practitioners
By David Gallagher
David Gallagher is an Investment Manager in Bentham IMF’s Los Angeles office. He was formerly a senior litigator at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Bentham is the most experienced commercial litigation funder in the world. It provides funding to plaintiffs and lawyers for legal disputes in the United States and in international arbitration.
This article is the second of a two-part series covering the burgeoning topic of litigation funding. The first was published in the Spring 2016 issue of Big News for Solo & Small Firms. It provided a brief introduction to two forms of commercial litigation funding that can help solo practitioners and small firms. This article covers some of the ethical questions that arise in connection with litigation funding, focusing specifically on some of the California Rules of Professional Conduct that directly or indirectly implicate litigation funding.