Chambers Recognizes Longford Capital Among Top Litigation Finance Firms for Eighth Consecutive Year
Four Longford team members ranked as nationwide leaders
CHICAGO, June 24, 2025 - Longford Capital is among Chambers and Partners top ranked firms in its Litigation Support Guide for the eighth year in a row. Chambers also recognized Longford co-founder and managing director Mike Nicolas, managing director Russ Genet, director Andrew Stulce, and senior advisor Cindy Ahn among the top litigation finance practitioners in the country.
To develop its rankings, Chambers uses a rigorous framework that includes quantitative inputs—including a firm’s total capital, fund structure, leading investors, quality of management and track record—coupled with client commentary and qualitative peer feedback.
“It’s an honor to have Chambers once again recognize our team’s hard work supporting some of the world’s foremost innovators and litigators as we continue to level the legal playing field and protect valuable intellectual property,” said Bill Farrell, co-founder and managing director, Longford Capital. “We remain committed to supporting meritorious claims and driving advancements in litigation finance that support law firms and claimants access justice.”
Mike Nicolas, highly ranked by Chambers for eight straight years, is a respected leader in litigation finance and an accomplished attorney with more than 15 years of experience representing corporate clients involved in complex litigation. He is a frequent speaker on commercial litigation finance and has presented at numerous industry conferences and events. He is responsible for portfolio management, including underwriting, investment selection, and overseeing the due diligence process.
An accomplished attorney with nearly 20 years of experience, Russ Genet is responsible for investment sourcing, underwriting, and monitoring investments. He focuses on intellectual property actions, such as inter partes reviews, patent, trademark and copyright infringement, and theft of trade secrets. He was previously a partner at Nixon Peabody, where he led the firm’s IP Litigation Practice Group, representing corporate clients defending and monetizing intellectual property rights in a wide array of industries.
Cindy Ahn, formerly director and currently senior advisor to the firm, was responsible for investment sourcing, due diligence, and monitoring of portfolio investments. She has assisted companies in the licensing, sale, and enforcement of intellectual property rights in a wide array of industries, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, bio-similars, electronics, computers, software, telecommunications, medical devices, and many others. As a former IP attorney at some of the country’s most prestigious law firms, she has significant experience litigating complex intellectual property matters in federal courts throughout the U.S.
Andrew Stulce is responsible for investment sourcing, due diligence, and monitoring of portfolio investments. He has significant experience litigating complex antitrust and insurance recovery cases and has represented corporate clients in a range of commercial litigation matters, including fraud, breach of contract, and breach of fiduciary duty matters.
About Longford Capital
Longford Capital is a private investment company that provides capital to leading law firms, public and private companies, universities, government agencies, and other entities involved in large-scale, commercial legal disputes. Longford was one of the first litigation funds in the United States and is among the world’s largest litigation finance companies with more than $1.2 billion in assets under management. Longford offers a broad range of capital solutions to fund attorneys' fees and expenses and otherwise manage the financial risk of pursuing meritorious legal claims in return for a share of a favorable settlement or award. The firm manages a diversified portfolio and considers investments in subject matter areas where it has developed considerable expertise, including, business-to-business contract claims, antitrust and trade regulation claims, intellectual property claims (including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret), fiduciary duty claims, fraud claims, claims in bankruptcy and liquidation, domestic and international arbitrations, claim monetization, insurance matters, mass actions and class actions, and a variety of others.