Which best describes you?

Law firms & attorneys

Working capital
for your law firm

Fund case costs, growth, and operations, repaid as your cases resolve.

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Plaintiffs & individuals

Money now, while
your case settles

Cash for living and medical costs while your lawsuit resolves.

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For law firms

Law firms & attorneys

Financing built on your cases

Tell us about your firm and your caseload. We'll come back with clear terms, usually within days. No personal guarantee.

Case cost financing

Let your cases carry the cost.

Fund case expenses with Cartiga Working Capital, not your own money. The interest you'd otherwise absorb is recovered at settlement, so your real cost on those dollars heads toward zero.

No personal guarantee Approved on your docket Recovered at settlement

What case costs cost you

myCartiga · planning estimate

Your numbers

What does your firm advance on case costs in a typical year?

Your money, locked in case files

$375,000

Sitting in active cases at any moment — roughly 1.5× your annual case-cost spend, waiting ~18 months to settle.

Interest you absorb each year

$90,000

The interest that accrues on those case-cost dollars — recovered at settlement instead of absorbed by the firm.

On case-cost dollars, your effective borrowing cost heads toward ~0% as the case covers it.

Planning estimate · 18-mo avg duration · $50K–$5M sized to your docket

How it works

Case Expense Lifecycle

Draw an advance, report each expense in myCartiga as you spend, let the interest accrue while the case is pending, and recover it at settlement — where the plaintiff's net is protected first.

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Draw to fund the costs

Borrow from the line — built on your docket, not your operating account — to pay case expenses as the work demands them.

Experts & IMEs Depositions Court reporters Medical records Filing & service Trial exhibits
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Accruing

Built for plaintiff firms

Why finance case costs with Cartiga?

Your money shouldn't sit in case files for years. The line funds the work, the interest is recovered at settlement, and the plaintiff is protected the whole way through.

Your money keeps working

Stop locking capital in case files for 18 months. Fund the costs from the line and keep your cash liquid.

Stop absorbing the interest

Interest on case-cost dollars is recovered at settlement, so your effective rate on them heads toward zero.

Approved on the docket

Underwritten on the value of your active cases — not your house. No personal guarantee.

The plaintiff is protected

Interest is last in the waterfall, capped by proceeds, and waivable to zero. Their net is never pushed below what it would have been.

Attorney FAQ

Questions, answered
attorney to attorney.

Is this a separate product?+

No — it's our working-capital line, the same instrument firms already use. "Case cost financing" is the recovery mechanism that applies to the dollars you draw for case expenses: the interest on them is recovered at settlement instead of absorbed by the firm.

What about my plaintiffs — are they paying more?+

No. The cost of financing the case existed before — your firm was absorbing it. The product moves it off the partner. The interest is last in the waterfall, capped by available proceeds, and you can waive it down to zero on any case. The plaintiff is held harmless and can never go below what they'd otherwise net.

What if a case settles low — or is lost?+

Proceeds are paid in order: attorney fee, cost reimbursement, then case-cost interest. If they run short, the interest line is the first thing trimmed and the firm absorbs the gap. If a case is lost there's no recovery on it — the line keeps being repaid by the rest of the docket. One outcome never changes another case's economics.

Do I need a personal guarantee or to pledge my house?+

No. The line is approved on your docket — the value of your active cases — not on your personal assets.

How much can I get, and what does it cost?+

Capital from $50K to $5M, sized to your docket. The line carries an agreed rate like any line of credit; the difference is that on the dollars you spend on case expenses, the interest is recovered at settlement — so your real cost on those dollars approaches zero.

See what your docket can carry.

The cases you're already working can fund the costs of working them — and recover the interest along the way.