Protect the floor
Set the minimum cash and credit headroom the firm will preserve before committing more capital.
Financial intelligence for plaintiff firms
The Financial Engine of Justice.
Turn case timing, capital deployment, and liquidity into one forward-looking operating view—built for the economics of contingency law.
Firm-isolated financial data Your policy tolerances Source-labeled research
Illustrative portfolio model
13-week liquidity outlook
Cash
$1.42M
Usable LOC
$760K
Headroom
$1.25M
Projected liquidityPolicy minimum
Plan for time to resolution
Use authoritative court timelines to stress-test payroll, case costs, and liquidity—not as a promise of when any case will settle.
15.6 months
Median filing-to-disposition time across U.S. district court civil cases terminated in FY 2025.
U.S. Courts · Sep. 30, 202530.7 months
Median filing-to-disposition time for U.S. district court civil cases disposed during trial in FY 2025—an important downside scenario for capital planning.
U.S. Courts · Sep. 30, 2025The owner’s briefing
Three decisions before the next dollar goes out.
The dashboard is organized around questions, not disconnected reports. Each decision links liquidity, portfolio value, and timing.
Price the pipeline
Convert case estimates into probability-weighted fees, then compare the return with capital already deployed.
Model the timing
Place expected receipts and case costs on a calendar so delayed resolutions become visible before cash gets tight.
CFO Briefing
Research for capital decisions.
Portfolio concentration9 min read
De-risking the “Lumpiness Index”
A management framework for seeing how much of the next 12 months depends on a small number of uncertain case outcomes.
Read briefingCapital velocity7 min read
Capital velocity: why settlement speed can outweigh gross verdict size
A practical framework for comparing the return, timing, and liquidity burden of a contingency portfolio—not its headlines.
Read briefingSettlement velocity6 min read
Case duration is a capital variable, not just a legal milestone
Official federal court data shows why timing assumptions belong in every plaintiff firm's liquidity model.
Read briefingLiquidity5 min read
Credit capacity is not the same thing as cash
A useful runway policy separates cash on hand, committed credit, utilization limits, and timing risk.
Read briefingFrom history to forward view
Build the firm’s baseline. Set the tolerance. See the decision.
Upload prior case history, add active matters, and enter liquidity policy. JusticeCFO turns those firm inputs into a management forecast—not an industry guess.