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Litigation Funding

USA - Nationwide

1 Years Ranked

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Provided by Stewart Ackerly

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Stewart is a Director at Statera Capital where he leads Statera’s origination efforts and focuses on business development, case underwriting, and Statera’s public policy initiatives.

Stewart is responsible for bringing commercial litigation finance to new markets and expanding the universe of lawyers and clients that can utilize litigation finance to level the playing field and ensure access to justice. He also works closely with companies on how litigation finance can de-risk the pursuit of meritorious disputes and be an important financial tool for in-house legal departments and companies generally. Stewart frequently speaks at bar association meetings, conferences, law firm retreats, and CLEs about commercial legal finance, best practices for its use, and its growing availability to lawyers and clients with meritorious legal disputes.

Stewart is a former trial lawyer. He practiced at Williams & Connolly LLP, where he represented Fortune 50 companies, sovereign nations, and other clients in complex commercial litigation and arbitration. Before joining Williams & Connolly, Stewart clerked for Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Stewart previously served as Chief of Staff at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, the U.S. Government’s $60 billion development bank that facilitates financial solutions to critical challenges in emerging markets. Prior to that role, Stewart served as Deputy Chief of Staff at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, where he helped negotiate the USMCA.

Stewart received his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Virginia.

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University of Virginia

B.A.

University of Virginia

J.D.

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Stewart Ackerly is a director at Statera Capital. A former commercial litigator and development banker, Ackerly is commended for his professionalism in assisting clients with litigation funding arrangements.

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