Curtis E. Smolar

General Counsel at Legalist

Curtis E. Smolar an all-round business litigator with 20 years of trial experience, joined Legalist as its general counsel after being a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP, becoming the company’s first lawyer. In addition to steering Legalist through regulatory requirements, he also helps vet potential investments and assess their value.

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How Litigation Finance Can Turn Your Legal Department into a Profit Center

Legal claims for companies are traditionally viewed as a cost center. Litigation finance is a way for a company that has a valid claim to pursue that claim and turn a potential accounts receivable issue into a revenue stream. The following hypothetical situation shows how a company — with insight and assistance from an informed and business-oriented general counsel — can take a potentially problematic situation and turn it into a source of revenue.