Law firm capital in California.

Permitted — well established

Docket-backed capital for California contingency practices — single-case, portfolio, working-capital, and case-expense facilities, underwritten on 106M+ court records.

Funding Posture

California is the largest and most active litigation finance market in the United States. The state does not maintain a champerty prohibition, and commercial litigation funding is well established. Criterica Capital provides single-case, portfolio, and working-capital facilities to California firms, structured to comply with the state's professional-responsibility rules, including its fee-arrangement requirements.

California Legal Market

Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, and the Bay Area form the nation's deepest legal market. California leads in mass tort, IP and technology litigation, employment class actions (including PAGA), consumer class actions, and wildfire litigation.

Active Practice Areas
Mass tort and wildfire inventories
Employment and PAGA class actions
IP and technology litigation
Consumer class actions
Capital Available to California Firms
Single-Case Financing
Capital for a specific high-cost matter, repaid from that case's resolution.
Portfolio Financing
A facility against a defined group of cases, with flexible draws across the docket.
Working Capital
Operating liquidity against the firm's active caseload — overhead, salaries, growth.
Case Expense Financing
Non-recourse capital for experts, e-discovery, and trial costs on qualifying matters.
Capital for your California practice.
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