Lynda ArtesaniLegal Accountant and Data Migration Specialist at The Proper Trust

Accounting for civil rights law can be similar to personal injury law

17 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief conversational excerpt, two speakers compare the financial dynamics of civil‑rights litigation to those of personal‑injury practice. They discuss how money flows through a civil‑rights firm, questioning the length of a case’s life cycle and the timing of payments while the firm must manage ongoing transactions. The dialogue sets up a deeper exploration of cash‑flow challenges and payment delays that are common in civil‑rights cases, drawing parallels to the personal‑injury model.

This type of law is a lot like a personal injury firm in the way the money flows.
Or doesn't. Or doesn't. Yeah. And let's talk, let's talk about that.
You know, what is the life of a case and how long do you wait to see payment while you've got all of this, these transactions going on?
Well, sometimes you don't see payment. It's, you know, that going into these cases, the Masterpiece Cakeshop case that went up to the Supreme Court, About a gay couple that wanted— walked into a bakery and wanted a wedding cake. We knew going in that we would never be paid despite thousands of hours. Those cases aren't about— they're not about the money. And the lawyers that do that know that you're not going to be paid.