The International Society of Primerus Law Firms is pleased to present a FREE Webinar 

Alternative Litigation Funding

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

9:00 AM PDT/10:00 AM MDT/11:00 AM CDT/12:00 PM EDT

Presenter: Mike Blum, Appeal Funding Partners, LLC (Chicago, IL)
 

Program Outline:

  • The Problem
  • The Industry
  • Old Alternative Funding
  • New Alternative Funding
  • Opportunities for Trial Lawyers
  • Alternative Fee Arrangements
  • The Devils Curse or a Blessing
  • Criticisms
  • Guidelines for Attorneys
  • Conclusion

Presenter

Michael Blum
Founder and CEO, Appeal Funding Partners, LLC (Chicago, IL)

Michael Blum, Founder and CEO of Appeal Funding Partners, LLC, is a trial attorney with more than 40 years of professional experience. He earned his JD from the University of San Francisco in 1968, after earning a BS in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1965.

During a successful career as a trial attorney, Michael Blum handled a broad array of legal matters exclusively on a contingency fee basis. He firmly believes that our civil justice system works best when financial pressures are removed from the litigation process, allowing lawsuits and appeals to be decided solely on their merits.

In 1994 Michael Blum founded a finance company that specialized in purchasing portions of money judgments on appeal and providing working capital and cost loans to law firms. His company invested more than $350 million with trial attorneys and plaintiffs.  In 2010, he founded Appeal Funding Partners, LLC which invests exclusively in money judgment on appeal.  He is a member of the American Association for Justice, and has served on the Board of Directors of the Consumer Attorneys of California and the Marin Trial Lawyers Association.  He speaks to trial-lawyer groups and writes for TLA magazines on the financial management of a contingency-fee law firm.