Litigation Support Guide 2026 : USA - Nationwide
Ranked Individual
Provided by Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC
Levenfeld Pearlstein is one of the nation’s leading providers of transactional services in the burgeoning area of litigation finance. We represent prominent litigation finance firms, hedge funds, and other investors in entering into single-case financing transactions with plaintiffs, as well as financing transactions with law firms that are collateralized by pools of contingency fee matters (“portfolio transactions”) or, alternatively, all assets. We also represent plaintiffs and law firms in such transactions, which, when combined with our extensive experience on behalf of investors, has given us a uniquely strong understanding of market terms for the industry. Whether we are representing the capital provider or capital recipient, this understanding is foundational to a skillful negotiation and efficient transactional process.
Provided by Chambers
Chicago-based law firm Levenfeld Pearlstein is a leading provider of litigation finance transaction advice. The team acts for premier litigation funders, plaintiffs and plaintiff-side law firms on a range of matters including mass tort cases and intellectual property litigation.
Provided by Chambers
Levenfeld Pearlstein are very professional, buttoned-up and solid. They get it done.
Litigation finance deals are innately sophisticated, and the Levenfeld Pearlstein's practice group is extremely capable in handling them.
Levenfeld Pearlstein is always providing additional insights and suggestions. It helps us identify and avoid issues before we are even aware of them.
Levenfeld Pearlstein has a deep bench of talent for litigation finance transactional counsel.
Provided by Chambers
Douglas Gruener is a partner in Levenfeld Pearlstein's corporate group. His practice centres on non-traditional asset classes and he has a particularly strong reputation among clients and peers in the litigation finance industry.
Douglas Gruener is very smart, technically very sharp and advocates well for his clients.
Douglas Gruener is the single best transactional I have seen in litigation finance.
Douglas Gruener is incredibly knowledgeable about the industry. He has represented a large number of funders and is capable of handling complex deals, but also efficient in smaller investments. He is unique because we never have to check his work. He is the most reliable lawyer in the space.
Douglas Gruener is the best deal counsel in the litigation finance space. I highly recommend him.
Douglas Gruener is among the best in the market for litigation finance deal counsel.
Litigation Finance Deal Counsel
Provided by Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC
Douglas G Gruener
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