Your case inventory is an asset. We value it from the record.
Criterica Capital provides succession capital, acquisition capital and a sale or merger path for owners of contingency-fee firms, and values the case inventory from the record. A written read of the docket comes first, with no obligation.
The firm is the owner’s largest asset, and the hardest to price.
A contingency docket has no balance sheet that shows what it is worth. Partners who want to retire, sell, merge or buy need someone who can read the inventory matter by matter and say what it supports.
Five ways to transition or grow a practice.
Succession capital
Capital so the next generation of partners buys the founders out, repaid from the firm’s fees as cases resolve.
Acquisition capital
Capital for a firm buying another practice or a book of cases, sized on the inventory it acquires.
An outright sale of the practice
The case inventory is valued from the record and the practice is sold, to a buyer we bring or to one you choose.
A merger with the inventory financed
Two firms combine and the combined inventory finances the transition.
Keep your name and your clients
Some structures leave the firm’s name, its staff and its attorney-client relationships in place. The structure is set with the owners and reviewed by counsel.
A written read of the docket.
No obligation, and nothing is said to anyone without your instruction.
The docket read
We read the docket matter by matter: stage, venue, expected resolution and what the inventory supports. You receive it in writing, and you decide what to do with it.
Value my practiceFrom docket to a transaction.
- STEP 1Value my practiceTell us who you are, what you want and when.
- STEP 2Send the docketA case list and the fee agreement template.
- STEP 3Written readWhat the inventory supports, in writing.
- STEP 4Path and structureThe path you choose, set out in writing and reviewed by counsel.
Three items start the read.
Send what you have. We tell you what else is needed.
Law firm succession in all 50 states and DC.
Each state page covers the legal market and practice areas, and how the three paths apply to a firm there.
Value my practice.
Questions
No, unless you decide they should. The inquiry stays with the people working the file. A confidentiality agreement can be signed before you send the docket.
A written read of the docket follows a complete case list within days. The timing of a transaction depends on the path you choose and on counsel.
Criterica Capital provides capital and arranges the transaction. The buyer may be the firm’s own partners, another firm, or capital we bring.
Structures are built to the rules of the state where the firm practices, and counsel reviews every transaction.
That depends on the path and on the rules of the state. Where notice or consent is required, the firm gives it, and counsel reviews the language.
No minimum is stated. Send the docket and we tell you what it supports.