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If you are an owner of a contingent-fee law firm and are self-funding your case expenses, you may not be aware of the many hidden costs that you are paying! Join President and CEO Michael J. Swanson as he discusses the 9 Hidden Costs of Self-Funding Your Case Expenses. Mike will host the webinar on September 26th 2017 at 1 PM CST/11:00 PT. Even if you mis...

Advocate Capital friend and client, Albert G. Stoll, Jr.  represented a single mom and her three children in a gross negligence case against an owner of a 40-unit apartment complex. The owner of the complex had a long history of code violations and had previously been sued both civilly and criminally for substandard housing conditions. Despite previous la...

Watch President and CEO Michael J. Swanson interview Attorney Michael Cowen of Cowen Mask Blanchard. Attorney Cowen says Advocate Capital, Inc.‘s case expense financing has helped his Texas firm get even better results for their clients.  

Congratulations to Michelle Rigsby on obtaining the QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor status.  With this additional milestone, Michelle will be even more effective assisting our law firm clients with routine account management expertise as well as practical accounting. Michelle now joins Senior Vice President Donna Jones on the QuickBooks support team.  If...

Join Attorney Michael Cowen of Cowen | Mask | Blanchard  and President and CEO Michael J. Swanson as they discuss how to use data to help prosecute trucking cases.

Advocate Capital, Inc. greatly values client feedback and strives to make AdvoTrac®, our proprietary software platform, as user friendly as possible. After reviewing suggestions from our clients to help enhance the overall user experience, we are proud to announce our new AdvoTrac® Web Portal will launch Friday, October 9, 2015. Below is an overview of al...

In Part 4, Michael J. Swanson discusses the lack of potential income, one of the 9 hidden costs that occur when you start self-funding your case expenses.  Be sure to check back for new videos as Mr. Swanson explores each hidden cost.

Watch this video featuring Michael J. Swanson to learn about the lack of utility, one of the 9 hidden costs that occur when you start self-funding your case expenses.  Be sure to also check back for new videos as Mr. Swanson explores each hidden cost.

Being able to self-fund your firm's case expenses might seem like a good idea. Not exactly. Watch this video featuring Michael J. Swanson to learn about the reduction of liquidity, one of the 9 hidden costs that occur when you start self-funding your case expenses.

We recently took the time to analyze and document the hidden costs of a contingent-fee law firm self-funding their case expenses.  We were amazed to find that we could find 9 different hidden costs!  In this new video series, I’ll explain each hidden cost and why it matters to your law firm.  Here is part one.