LawFund Management Group, LLC ("LFMG") was formed to expand the legal options available to businesses and individuals who have suffered substantial monetary damages, based on solid legal positions, and either do not have the resources to finance a substantial case or would choose to abandon their rights because of the cost involved in pursuing their remedies, including the loss of use of time of management personnel whose attention would be diverted from their usual management activities. LFMG's program is designed to allow those individuals and businesses to choose to use LFMG's management experience, skills and its financial resources to recover its damages rather than its own financial resources and management time. By utilizing LFMG to manage and finance the case, management eliminates the need to expend its cash or assets for what could be a protracted period of time. It also obviates the need to use the time and efforts of management personnel in connection with an extensive litigation when their time and effort could be used productively elsewhere.

Herbert Dodell, LFMG's consultant, has exceptional experience as both a transactional and trial lawyer, Judge Pro Tem and arbitrator. He has served as Director of Business Affairs for Warner Brothers where he supervised the legal department, negotiated agreements with major entertainment individuals/entities, and administered the studio facility. During the past 43 years of his highly diverse law practice - exclusive of cases he prosecuted as a Deputy District Attorney of Los Angeles County - he has tried approximately 95 jury trials to a verdict in State and Federal Courts, a number of which resulted in $1 million-plus verdicts, and a substantial number of non-jury trials, with similar results. His extensive experience encompasses commercial, business, entertainment, intellectual property and insurance-related litigation matters, including manufacturing, agriculture and the wholesaling of products, goods and services. Mr. Dodell is also a member of The Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which requires a verdict in excess of $1 million as a condition of membership; a member of ABOTA (American Board of Trial Advocates), having been selected for membership by his peers; and sits on the Board of Directors of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association. He successfully argued before the California Supreme Court in the case of Essex Insurance vs. Five Star Dye House, Inc., (click to download) which created landmark authority in the area of insurance law, including an insurance company’s obligation to provide a defense where its insured has been sued. He is a published author in insurance law and has lectured frequently on the subject.

Burton Mark Senkfor is LFMG’s Senior Analyst. He is involved in the selection and litigation of each case. Mr. Senkfor is a well-established attorney with nearly 30-years experience in the litigation of complicated business, commercial, insurance, real estate, securities, entertainment and intellectual property rights cases, with several $1 million-plus jury verdicts. He has distinguished himself in legal analysis and research in all the LFMG areas of involvement. He has extensive experience in the analysis, research and briefing of complicated legal issues, as well as appeals and writs.

Julius Wachs, Jane Fredgant, Perry Fredgant and Jeffrey Diamond are LFMG’s reviewing and evaluating attorneys and serve as associate counsel on some cases. Their CVs can be viewed on this site.

Lisa Baker, Intake and Website Administrator.

William Kraus, Marketing Director.