Personal Injury Mastermind

302. Toolkit: The Uber of Legal Funding: Breaking Predatory Lending's Grip on PI Cases


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When a $5,000 advance requires a $40,000 payback, something's broken in legal funding. Banks and credit card companies have been slamming injured clients with compounding interest rates for decades – until one former PI attorney decided to break the system with a tech-driven marketplace solution.


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In this episode of Personal Injury Mastermind, former attorney and CEO of ClaimAngel, Jeremy Alters reveals how a transparent marketplace is forcing traditional funders to compete on rates and speed. From capped interest rates to one-touch funding, discover how technology is dragging a shadowy industry into the sunlight.


We discuss:

  • Why traditional litigation funding often makes cases impossible to settle
  • How a tech-driven marketplace caps interest at 27.8% (lower than credit cards)
  • The real reason many firms stick with predatory lenders (it's not just the sports tickets)
  • Why meeting your fiduciary duty requires shopping multiple funding sources
  • How automated one-touch funding is processing claims in hours instead of weeks
  • The future of litigation funding and why transparency is winning

  • Guest Details

    Jeremy Alters spent 23 years practicing personal injury law before becoming CEO of ClaimAngel, where he's pioneering fair funding practices through marketplace technology. Under his leadership, the platform has funded over 4,000 cases totaling more than $25 million, while maintaining the industry's lowest interest rates. 

    • Jeremy Alters: LinkedIn
    • Claim Angel: Website 

    • Chris Dreyer and Rankings Details

      Chris Dreyer is the CEO and founder of Rankings.io, the elite legal digital marketing agency. 

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      • Chris Dreyer: Website, Instagram
      • Newsletters: The Dreyer Sheet 
      • Books: Personal Injury Lawyer Marketing: From Good to GOAT; Niching Up: The Narrower the Market, the Bigger the Prize
      • Work with Rankings: Connect

      • Time Stamps

        00:00 Intro 

        02:08 The State of Legal Funding 

        04:30 How Non-Recourse Funding Works 

        08:15 Inside the Marketplace 

        11:45 Why Firms Resist Change 

        13:30 Building Network Effects 

        14:39 Industry Pushback: "You're Ruining the Industry" 

        15:30 Closing Thoughts: The Future of Fair Funding


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