TriMark Legal Funding is one of America’s oldest & best pre-settlement funding companies. We have provided fast, low-cost lawsuit loans to seriously injured plaintiffs since 2003.
Lawsuit Loans For Injured Plaintiffs
Plaintiff legal funding (often referred to as lawsuit loans*, settlement loans, or pre settlement funding) is designed to provide immediate financial relief to injured plaintiffs.
TriMark Legal Funding provides non-recourse lawsuit cash advances to accident and injury victims who are involved in civil lawsuit in most states throughout the nation.
Pre settlement funding can help you get caught up on bills and pay rent, car payments, insurance, utilities, medical expenses, and anything else you need. It’s your money, so you can use it however you decide.
The most powerful benefit legal funding provides is that it can eliminate the need to settle early. That alone can give your attorney the extra time they need to negotiate the maximum compensation you deserve.
Fast & Easy Pre-Settlement Funding
Approval of pre-settlement lawsuit loans is determined by the strength and merits of the underlying lawsuit, not credit scores or personal assets.
That makes pre-settlement funding extremely easy to qualify for. In addition, there are no credit checks, monthly payments, or income verification.
Best of all, settlement loans from TriMark don’t have to be repaid unless and until you win your case. If you don’t win, you get to keep the lawsuit cash advance and owe nothing.
Plaintiff-Focused Legal Funding
Personal injury lawsuits usually take a long time to settle. The national average is between six months and three years.
But it’s easy to fall behind financially when you’re hurt, can’t return to work, and are out of money.
If it’s happening to you, a lawsuit cash advance from TriMark Legal Funding could be just what you need to start turning things around.
Legal Funding Is Available on Hundreds of Case Types
In addition to settlement advances for all types of motor vehicle accidents and personal injury lawsuits, we provide employment lawsuit loans, workplace injury and workers comp settlement loans, and even civil rights legal funding.
We also provide inheritance loan, probate advance, and structured settlement sales, as well as law firm financing options and post settlement funding for attorneys with settled cases waiting to receive their earned fees.
If you’ve been seriously injured due to the negligence of another person or company and you’re having trouble making ends meet, TriMark Legal Funding can help you get the money you need today.
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Lawsuit Loans FAQ
As you might expect, we receive a lot of questions about lawsuit loans. Here are answers to some of the most common ones we get. If you don’t find the answer you need, give us a call.
Pre-settlement lawsuit funding is available from $1,000 up to $250,000+. Several factors will affect the final approved amount of any funding request, including:
❇️ Extent, severity, and permanence of injuries
❇️ Accepted or contested liability
❇️ Case status: pending or settled
❇️ Total available insurance coverage
The maximum legal funding settlement advance we can offer on any given case is determined after a thorough case review by one of our underwriters.
Our lawsuit loans typically range from $1,000 up to $250,000+.
The maximum approval amount for any case is determined by the underwriter during case evaluation. Factors that can affect our decision may include:
❇️ How much you request
❇️ Extent, severity, and permanence of injuries
❇️ Total medical liens to be paid by the settlement
❇️ Any prior settlement funding you received
❇️ Total available insurance coverage
❇️ Case status: pending or settled
❇️ Our underwriter’s value estimate
The underwriter will estimate a net settlement value for the case. We can then advance up to a maximum of 20% or 50% for pending or settled cases, respectively.
➡️ Pending cases: Up to 20% of the anticipated net settlement.
➡️ Settled cases: Up to 50% of the actual net settlement.
It means you must have been seriously injured.
Broken bones, surgery(s), hospitalization, off work for a significant period of time, things of that nature.
The minimum injuries we can usually consider are on the level of bulging or herniated discs, torn muscles, tendons, or ligaments, torn meniscus, torn ACL, torn rotator cuff, etc.
If you were uninjured, or if your most serious injury is scuffs, scrapes, bumps, bruising, headache, back or neck pain, chiropractic treatment, whiplash, minor lacerations, pulled muscles, sprains, strains, etc., you will likely not qualify for legal funding.
If you’re not sure if your injuries qualify, just give us a call and we’ll be happy to discuss them with you.
TriMark Legal Funding is one of the oldest and most well-respected pre settlement funding companies in the legal funding industry.
TriMark was founded in 2003 and has been one of America’s foremost lawsuit loan companies ever since.
In addition to glowing Trustpilot and Google reviews, we also have a stellar A+ Rating with the Better Business Bureau.
❇️ You can apply online in about 2 minutes
❇️ We contact your attorney for case details
❇️ Our underwriter reviews your case
❇️ After approval, a funding agreement is sent via DocuSign to you and your attorney
❇️ Funds are wired directly into your bank account
Our typical turnaround time with a responsive attorney is 12 to 24 hours (one business day).
Yes. At least minimally.
TriMark will request case details from your attorney and will work with them to determine if your case qualifies for pre settlement funding.
And after you are approved, you and your attorney will both sign the funding agreement.
No.
A lawsuit loan against your future lawsuit settlement money is not reported to any credit bureaus.
As a result, legal funding will not affect your debt-to-income ratio, nor will it negatively impact your eligibility for home loans or home equity loans, auto loans, or other credit products.
Legal funding requests are processed very quickly. In fact, under ideal circumstances, we have gone from application to disbursement of funds in less than 4 hours.
That is atypical, however.
With a cooperative attorney, processing, approval, and funding can typically occur within 12 to 48 hours (1 to 2 business days).
Our pre settlement funding rates start around 3% monthly, non-compounding (simple interest). Not every case will qualify for that rate, however.
Legal funding rates reflect relative risk, case quality, and strength of liability. In addition, economic factors, such as skyrocketing inflation and fluctuations in the prime rate, can also impact lawsuit loan rates.
To receive the best, most accurate quote for a lawsuit loan, complete an application or call (877) 932-2628.
Generally speaking, most plaintiffs in civil lawsuits should qualify for a lawsuit cash advance, provided they can meet these basic criteria:
❇️ Received significant injuries due to someone else’s negligence
❇️ Represented by a contingent fee attorney who is willing to work with a legal funding company like TriMark
❇️ Have clear liability against a sufficiently-insured defendant
❇️ Does not reside in a state where legal funding is prohibited or can satisfy the requirements in states where legal funding is restricted
That’s not a benefit that we usually lead with, but according to Jennifer Marshall, an insurance industry ratings department director, in a July 12, 2021, Business Insurance article, winning larger awards and settlements is precisely what she said legal funding helps plaintiffs do. Her words:
“Litigation funding puts upward pressure on claims costs and drives increases in awards and settlements.”
You can read more about it here.
No, unfortunately not.
All plaintiffs requesting non-recourse legal funding must be represented by a contingent fee attorney.
Pro Bono (free representation), pro se (self representation), hourly retainer (pay as you go), government representation (the EEOC, for example), and class action lawsuits are all ineligible for lawsuit funding.
Simply put, we can provide pre settlement funding and post settlement funding on virtually any kind of civil lawsuit as long as:
❇️ You received significant injuries due to someone else’s negligence
❇️ You are represented by a contingent fee attorney
❇️ Your attorney can prove clear liability against a sufficiently insured defendant
Some of the most common types of legal funding we provide are car accident loans, slip and fall lawsuit loan, motor vehicle accident loans, settlement funding for medical malpractice cases, employment lawsuit loans, work injury accidents, and workers comp settlement funding.
It will depend on several factors, including how much you have already received in relation to the 20%/50% funding rule discussed earlier.
If TriMark has already given you a lawsuit cash advance and you need another, give us a call and let us know how much more money you need.
If you got your lawsuit cash advance from another company, complete an application.
Be sure to include the name of the funding company and the balance owed, as we will need to arrange to buy out the prior advance and add it to your new funding.
Does Your Case Qualify For Legal Funding?
The minimum requirements to be considered for a settlement advance are simple. You must:
- Have significant injuries due to someone else’s negligence
- Be represented by a contingent fee attorney
- Be able to prove clear liability against a sufficiently insured defendant
And after you’re approved, you could receive cash as quickly as the same day you apply.
If you’re behind on bills and need to get caught up today, let TriMark lend our expertise and support to make things easier for you during this difficult time.