FL · OH · MA · WA · TX
Pre-litigation done by someone who's actually done it.
Volume I · No. 001 · Pre-Litigation Operators

The pre-litigation team your firm wishes it had in‑house.

Built by an operator who's personally settled $3.5M+ in pre-lit across 200+ files — not a staffing company. We extend your plaintiff PI practice with senior pre-lit support: demand drafting, treatment & lien coordination, and adjuster negotiation.

Operator record
Total settled, pre-litigation$3.5M+
Cases handled start-to-finish200+
JurisdictionsFL·OH·MA·WA·TX
1:1 founder-vetted teamEvery member
Coverage hoursET – PT, daily
Time trackingHubstaff + EOD
HIPAA BAA per engagementYes
$3.5M+
Settled in pre-lit
200+
Files, start to finish
5 States
FL · OH · MA · WA · TX
1:1
Founder-vetted team
§ 01 — Positioning

Why most outsourcing fails for PI firms.

And what changes when the people doing the work have actually done the work — and don't leave you holding the bag.

i.

The Problem

Staffing companies place people who've never worked a PI file. Your senior staff — the ones billing many times their hourly cost — end up training them. Then the trained person leaves, and you start over from zero. You paid to educate someone else's employee.

ii.

The Insight

Pre-lit is judgment work, and continuity is everything. You shouldn't be training someone else's hire, and your files shouldn't stall the moment a placement turns over. The fix is a senior, vetted bench — not a résumé pulled off a job board.

iii.

The Proof

Every team member is vetted and trained 1:1 over three months — by me, or by someone who's settled $5M+ in pre-lit — before they touch your files. And a reserve team keeps your work moving, so nothing is held up until you have a placement you're satisfied with.

A real moat competitors can't fake.
2438h
Demand turnaround
200+
Files handled
ET–PT
Coverage, all US zones
§ 02 — Services

Four ways we extend your practice.

Pick one. Pick all six on the Services page. We've structured our work the way a senior pre-lit hire would have — without the $90K salary or the turnover.

i.
Demand Package Drafting
Chronology, doctor opinions, exhibit assembly — written so Colossus and the adjuster value the file higher. 24–38 hr turnaround.
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ii.
Pre-Lit Case Management
We implement your strategy on every file — your playbook, your calls, executed without dropping deadlines.
View detail →
iii.
Treatment & Liens
Right specialists — TBI, ortho, pain management — and lien negotiation with hospitals, PIP and LOP providers.
View detail →
iv.
Adjuster Negotiation Support
A catalogue of adjusters & carriers, supplemental demands, follow-ups, and evaluation notes. Attorney-supervised.
View detail →
§ 03 — Coverage

Five states. Real jurisdictional fluency.

We've handled files across all five — and we know they're not interchangeable. No-fault PIP states, LOP-heavy practice, Stowers and Soriano demands, pure vs. modified comparative fault. The strategy starts at the first demand letter.

★ Lone Star

Texas

Stowers & Soriano demands. We build time-limited, within-limits demands that put carriers on notice and manufacture policy-limits pressure.
Modified comp. · 51% bar · 2-yr SOL
★ Sunshine

Florida

No-fault / PIP, LOP-heavy. We coordinate PIP and LOP providers and build demands Colossus respects on soft-tissue and injection files.
PIP · LOP liens · comparative
★ Evergreen

Washington

Pure comparative fault. IFCA as the bad-faith hammer, PIP coordination, and UM/UIM strategy woven in from the first letter.
IFCA · PIP · 3-yr SOL
★ Buckeye

Ohio

Comparative with a 51% bar. Tight treatment timelines and disciplined two-year SOL tracking on every file.
Modified comp. · 2-yr SOL
★ Bay State

Massachusetts

No-fault / PIP. We manage the PIP layer and build the third-party demand around it so nothing is left on the table.
PIP · modified comp. · 3-yr SOL
§ 04 — Engagement

A four-stage engagement.

No "transformation roadmaps." No quarterly business reviews. We start with a call and end with files closing faster.

Discovery
A 20-minute call. You walk us through your pre-lit workflow. We tell you within five minutes whether we're a fit.
Pilot
Five files. Flat $1,495. Thirty-day window. If you're not satisfied with the work, you walk — clean, no retainer.
Ramp
Vetted, founder-trained specialist assigned. Reserve bench behind them. Founder QC on every output for the first 90 days.
Steady-state
Monthly retainer, month-to-month. Team lead handles QC. Founder jumps in on escalations. Files close.
§ 05 — Frequently Asked

The questions attorneys actually ask.

The ones we get on the first call, in roughly this order.

How are you different from Legal Soft, Stafi, or Omega?+
Those companies place people who've never worked PI — so your senior staff burn billable hours training them, and when the trained person leaves, you restart from zero. We vet and train every member 1:1 over three months before placement, and we keep a reserve team so your work is never held up. We don't hand you a placement until you're satisfied with it.
Where is your team based?+
The entity is a U.S. LLC; the founder leads the practice from Pakistan. The team works across Ecuador, Colombia, and the Philippines — every member vetted and trained 1:1 by the founder (or someone who's settled $5M+ in pre-lit). The whole team runs on Hubstaff with end-of-day reporting, and all client data lives in U.S.-based secure infrastructure; PHI never touches a personal device.
How do you oversee a fully remote team?+
Everything is measured. Every team member works on Hubstaff, so time is tracked to the minute against your files with activity levels and screenshots logged through the day. You get end-of-day reports showing exactly what moved. We monitor activity across softphones and inside your case-management software — SmartAdvocate, AlphaLaw, Filevine, whatever you run — so calls, notes, and file updates stay visible and auditable. You'll have more insight into our work than into most in-house staff.
How do you handle HIPAA and PHI?+
A signed BAA on every engagement. Encrypted, U.S.-based environment for all client work. No PHI on personal devices, ever. Signed NDA per team member. Access logging. Annual HIPAA training. Your malpractice carrier will recognize this stack.
What case management software do you work in?+
SmartAdvocate and AlphaLaw are home turf — the founder has run hundreds of files in them — and the team also works in Filevine, CASEpeer, Litify, and MyCase. If your firm uses something else, we learn it during the Pilot; it's part of the flat fee.
Can I trial before committing?+
Yes — that's the Pilot. Five files, $1,495 flat, thirty days. The founder personally QCs every output. If you're not satisfied with the work, you walk: no retainer, no auto-renewal, no commitment.
What do you NOT do?+
We don't give legal advice. We don't sign documents. We don't communicate with claimants without your approval. We don't appear in court. All final decisions on demands, settlements, and adjuster communications are reviewed and authorized by the attorney. UPL-safety language is in every engagement letter.

Ready to see if we're a fit?

Twenty minutes. No pitch deck. We'll tell you in the first five whether this makes sense for your firm.

§ Services & Pricing

Three ways to extend
your firm.

Month-to-month retainers. Cancel any month with 30 days' notice. No setup fees, no implementation packages. You pay for senior pre-lit work backed by a reserve bench — not for a customer success manager.

Tier I
Pilot
$1,495flat / 5 files
First engagement. Trial before any ongoing commitment.
  • 5 demand packages or 5 pre-lit files
  • 30-day window, fully scoped
  • Founder QC on every output
  • No retainer · no auto-renewal
  • Walk away clean if you're not satisfied
  • Conversion conversation at day 30
Tier III
Pre-Lit Department
$3,995/ month
5–10 attorney firms. We become the pre-lit function.
  • 1.5 FTE equivalent (lead + support)
  • ~180 hours / month
  • Full pre-lit ownership incl. negotiation prep
  • Lien negotiation included (hospital · PIP · LOP)
  • Weekly portfolio review with managing atty
  • Founder available for escalations
§ 02 — Modules

What we actually do.

Six modules. Pick all of them, or the one your firm bleeds time on. Each can be scoped within a Tier II or Tier III retainer.

★ Module 01

Demand Package Drafting

The single highest-leverage document in any pre-lit file — written to make the value obvious before anyone picks up the phone.

What's included

  • Medical chronology with treatment timeline and provider mapping
  • Doctor snippets & written opinions surfaced so Colossus and the adjuster value the file higher
  • Liability narrative tailored to jurisdiction (Stowers/Soriano in TX, comparative fault elsewhere)
  • Damages section — specials & generals — and full exhibit assembly
  • Carrier-specific positioning aimed at a strong initial offer, if not an automatic tender
Turnaround: 24–38 hours. Saves your team 5–10 hours per package.
★ Module 02

Pre-Lit Case Management

We don't impose our own approach. We execute your strategy on the file, exactly as the attorney intends it.

What's included

  • We implement the attorney's strategy on every case — your calls, executed
  • File setup in SmartAdvocate / AlphaLaw / Filevine / CASEpeer / MyCase
  • Statute-of-limitations tracking across all five states
  • Treatment coordination and provider follow-up cycles
  • Client communications and internal status reports — under attorney supervision
Your strategy, implemented file-by-file — so your judgment scales without your hours.
★ Module 03

Treatment & Specialist Coordination

Making sure the client gets to the right treatment — because under-treatment is where files quietly lose their value.

What's included

  • TBI workup: neurology & neuropsychology referral and tracking
  • Orthopedists, orthopedic & neurosurgeons for fractures and herniations
  • Pain management, physiatry, chiropractic and physical therapy
  • Imaging / radiology (MRI, CT) sequenced to document the injury
  • Treatment-gap analysis and bridging so the chronology holds up
The right specialist, documented the right way — the foundation a high demand is built on.
★ Module 04

Lien Negotiation

Where most files quietly leak the client's net recovery. We claw it back.

What's included

  • Hospital lien audit, reduction and negotiation
  • PIP coordination and balance resolution
  • LOP (Letter of Protection) provider negotiation and payoff
  • ERISA, Medicare & Medicaid lien identification and reduction
  • Line-item billing audit against the records to strip errors
Every dollar negotiated off a lien is a dollar straight back to the client's net.
★ Module 05

Adjuster Negotiation Support

Always attorney-supervised. We prepare the moves and the intelligence; the attorney makes the call.

What's included

  • A catalogue of individual adjusters and carriers — their response strategies and trends
  • Counter emails and supplemental demands drafted to move the number
  • Disciplined follow-ups to pull the first offer out of a stalling adjuster
  • Evaluation notes so the attorney can value the case rightly — and resolve within that evaluation
  • Client-expectation management so settlements land cleanly
Typical result: a materially higher net than accepting the second or third offer on a non-commercial MVA.
★ Module 06

New-Hire Training & Onboarding

The three-month program that means you never train someone else's hire again.

What's included

  • 3-month structured training before any team member touches your files
  • Every member vetted & trained 1:1 by the founder or a $5M+ pre-lit operator
  • Reserve team members so your work is never held up between placements
  • Documented SOPs for demands, chronologies, liens and adjuster comms
  • We don't hand you a placement until you're satisfied with it
You stop paying senior rates to teach juniors who walk. Continuity is the product.

What we don't do.

Honesty up front beats scope-creep later. The following are not part of any retainer:
  • Court filings or anything requiring an attorney signature
  • Legal advice — to anyone, ever
  • Direct claimant communication without your approval
  • Appearance at depositions, mediations, or court
  • Trial prep or litigation discovery
  • Marketing, intake, or referral generation
  • Work outside FL, OH, MA, WA or TX
  • Defense-side work, of any kind
§ 03 — Compliance

Compliance, without the security theater.

Your malpractice carrier will ask about this on every engagement. Here's what we already have.

Built for your carrier's diligence checklist.

★ HIPAA
BAA on every engagement. Annual HIPAA training for all staff. PHI handling SOPs documented.
★ Data Security
U.S.-based encrypted environment. No PHI on personal devices. Access logging on every file. 2FA everywhere.
★ UPL Safety
Attorney-supervision language in every engagement letter. We draft; you decide. Reviewed by U.S. legal-services counsel.
★ Confidentiality
Mutual NDAs on every engagement. Per-staff NDA on file. Privilege-protective workflows from day one.
★ Oversight
Hubstaff time-tracking to the minute, end-of-day reports, and activity monitoring across softphones and your case software.

Five files. Thirty days. $1,495.

That's the Pilot. If you're not satisfied with the work, you walk away. The rest of this site is just to help you decide.

§ About the operator

Built by someone who's done the work.

This is not a staffing company. It's an operator-led pre-lit practice — the kind of firm I wanted to hire when I was the one drowning in demand letters.

Sheharyar, founder of The Personal Injury Team
Sheharyar Founder · The Personal Injury Team
Based in Pakistan · U.S. LLC · Team across Ecuador, Colombia & the Philippines

Why I started this firm.

I spent years inside plaintiff PI work — first managing cases, then negotiating files — and personally settled $3.5M+ in pre-litigation across more than 200 cases handled start-to-finish: intake, treatment, demand, adjuster, disbursement. Florida, Ohio, Massachusetts, Washington, Texas.

What I saw, over and over, was the same problem from the attorney's side of the desk. They'd hire outsourced help — Legal Soft, Stafi, Omega, whichever. The help would be a generalist who'd never worked PI. The firm's senior people would spend their expensive hours training them. And once they were finally useful, they'd leave — and the firm would start again from zero.

So I built the opposite. A small, deliberately senior team, every member vetted and trained 1:1 over three months on the same playbook I used to settle the cases that built my résumé — with a reserve bench so a client's work never stalls between placements.

"We don't staff your firm. We extend it."

What I believe about pre-lit.

A well-built case makes the tender automatic.
Clean treatment, a managed file, and a demand carrying the doctors' own snippets and opinions — written so the adjuster, and the Colossus system behind them, assigns a higher value. Done right, you get a better initial offer, if not an automatic tender of policy limits.
Adjusters are people.
Carrier valuations are real, but every adjuster has discretion, deadlines, and a personality. The move that works on one carrier in one state is not the move that works on another. We track the difference.
Attorneys don't have time for 500 pages.
No attorney can read every page of a file and a stack of medical records on every case. The more of that time we save, the more value we add — and the more room the attorney has to apply their superior judgment where it counts.
Communication is everything.
With your firm, with providers, with the client. Most files don't fail on the law — they fail on a dropped thread. We don't drop threads.
Quality at scale.
Every workflow is documented, every output runs through a QC checklist, and the founder reviews every file in the first 90 days of a new engagement. That's how quality survives growth.

How we stay out of UPL.

Our engagement letters state it plainly: the attorney retains sole legal judgment on all matters; our team performs paralegal and case-management functions only; every final decision on demands, settlements, and communications with adjusters and clients is reviewed and authorized by the attorney. We do not give legal advice. We draft; you decide. UPL-safety language is included in every MSA.

The operator's record.

Settled, pre-litigation
$3.5M+
Files, start to finish
200+ cases handled personally
Jurisdictions
Florida · Ohio · Massachusetts · Washington · Texas
Software
SmartAdvocate · AlphaLaw (+ Filevine, CASEpeer, MyCase)
Case types
MVA & commercial / trucking · premises · TBI · orthopedic
Base
Pakistan · U.S. LLC (Wyoming)

The team.

The entity is a U.S. LLC; I lead the practice from Pakistan. The operational team works across Ecuador, Colombia, and the Philippines — chosen for legal aptitude and for time-zone coverage that spans every U.S. business hour, ET to PT. Everyone is trained by me, or by someone who's personally settled over $5 million in pre-lit and built the cases behind that number over years in practice. We keep the team deliberately small. Quality through growth is harder than growth — and quality is the only reason an attorney refers us.

How the team is managed.

Distributed doesn't mean unaccountable — with us it means the opposite, because everything is measured. Every team member works on Hubstaff: time tracked to the minute against your files, with activity levels and periodic screenshots logged throughout the day. You receive end-of-day reports showing exactly what moved on your cases. And we monitor activity across softphones and inside your legal software — SmartAdvocate, AlphaLaw, Filevine, CASEpeer, MyCase — so every call, note, and file update is visible and auditable. In practice, you get more transparency into our work than you have into most people sitting in your own office.

§ Case Studies & Outcomes

Real files. Real outcomes.
Names redacted.

Twelve files personally handled by the founder, in three categories: demand packages, treatment & records, and negotiation & liens. Firm names, claimants, carriers, and identifying details have been anonymized. Amounts and timelines are real. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.

A — 04 Files

Demand Packages

★ MVA · DISC · KING COUNTY, WA

$42K opening to $215K settlement.

Type
Rear-end MVA
Injury
C5-C6 bulge
Carrier
National auto

Carrier opened at $42K and hung its valuation on a six-week treatment gap. We re-drafted the chronology to front-load the gap's explanation — lost coverage, documented attempts to find affordable PT — and added an ER 904 analysis plus a regional comp set. Two sequenced counters and an IFCA threat at day 21.

Demand
$250K
Opening
$42K
Final
$215K
★ STOWERS / SORIANO · HARRIS COUNTY, TX

Policy-limits tender in 18 days.

Type
MVA, clear liability
Limits
$30K
Specials
$87K

Carrier sat at $18.5K on a clear-liability file. We drafted a time-limited, within-limits Stowers demand with explicit bad-faith framing and a Soriano-aware structure for the multi-claimant exposure, benchmarked against published Harris County verdicts. Carrier tendered limits on day 18.

Pre-demand
$18.5K
Tendered
$30K
Days
18
★ LOP / PIP · BROWARD COUNTY, FL

Colossus-tuned demand lifts the first offer.

Type
MVA, soft tissue
Treatment
PT + 2 injections
Layer
PIP exhausted

Florida soft-tissue file with PIP exhausted and treatment under LOP. We built the demand around the doctors' written opinions and impairment language Colossus weights, organized the LOP balances cleanly, and the carrier's first offer came in 3x its usual opener for the injury class.

Demand
$95K
First offer
$61K
Final
$82K
★ PIP THIRD-PARTY · MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MA

No-fault file, $118K third-party result.

Type
Rear-end MVA
Injury
Lumbar + wage loss
Layer
$8K PIP

Massachusetts no-fault file where the prior demand had blurred the PIP and third-party layers. We separated the PIP recovery from the bodily-injury demand, documented wage loss with employer declarations, and pushed the third-party claim on its own merits. Settled at $118K.

Demand
$140K
Opening
$54K
Final
$118K
B — 04 Files

Treatment & Records

★ TBI WORKUP · FRANKLIN COUNTY, OH

A documented TBI doubles the valuation.

Type
MVA, headstrike
Flag
Cognitive complaints
Referral
Neuro + neuropsych

Client reported memory and focus issues that weren't being worked up. We coordinated a neurology referral and formal neuropsychological evaluation, which documented a mild TBI the file had been treating as a simple concussion. The objective findings reset the entire damages picture.

Before workup
~$60K
After
$132K
Added
2 specialists
★ ORTHOPEDIC · DALLAS COUNTY, TX

Surgical recommendation, captured in time.

Type
MVA, herniation
Referral
Ortho surgeon
Imaging
MRI confirmed

A herniation was being managed conservatively with no specialist on file. We routed the client to an orthopedic surgeon, secured an MRI, and documented the surgical recommendation and impairment rating — turning a soft-tissue-looking file into a clearly surgical one for valuation.

Specials before
$11K
Specials after
$38K
Final
$96K
★ GAP BRIDGING · PIERCE COUNTY, WA

A lapsed client, back in treatment.

Type
MVA, soft tissue
Problem
9-week gap
Fix
PT + chiro restart

The client had dropped out of care for nine weeks — the kind of gap carriers feast on. We re-engaged them, coordinated a PT and chiropractic restart, and documented the reason for the lapse contemporaneously so the chronology told one coherent story instead of two broken ones.

Gap risk
High
Outcome
Preserved
Final
$74K
★ MULTI-SPECIALTY · PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL

Pain management completes the picture.

Type
MVA, radicular
Team
PM + imaging
Procedure
ESI series

Radicular symptoms with no diagnostic backbone. We assembled a pain-management referral, MRI, and an epidural injection series, then sequenced the records so the demand showed a logical progression — conservative care, imaging, intervention — that carriers value far above scattered visits.

Demand
$130K
Opening
$70K
Final
$108K
C — 04 Files

Negotiation & Liens

★ HOSPITAL LIEN · PIERCE COUNTY, WA

A $5K negotiation moves $18K to the client.

Lien
Hospital (RCW 60.44)
Original
$47.2K
Settlement
$118K

The hospital filed a $47K lien that gutted the client's net. We audited every line item, found $11K in charges with no matching record, repriced the disputed items using cost-to-charge ratios, and demanded a reduction citing comparative-fault apportionment. Lien settled at $29K.

Before
$47.2K
After
$29K
To client
+$18.2K
★ PIP / LOP PROVIDERS · ORANGE COUNTY, FL

LOP balances cut, net restored.

Liens
3 LOP providers
Original
$31K
Settlement
$92K

Three LOP providers were carrying inflated balances against a modest settlement. We negotiated each LOP payoff and resolved the PIP coordination, benchmarking charges against usual-and-customary rates. Combined reductions put thousands back into the client's pocket at disbursement.

LOP before
$31K
LOP after
$17.5K
To client
+$13.5K
★ ADJUSTER CATALOGUE · CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH

Knowing the adjuster pulls the first offer.

Problem
90 days, no offer
Tool
Adjuster notes
Move
Supplemental demand

The carrier had gone silent for 90 days. Our catalogue flagged this adjuster's pattern — slow to open, responsive to supplemental documentation. We sent a targeted supplemental demand and a disciplined follow-up cadence; the first offer landed within ten days, then climbed.

First offer
$33K
2nd / 3rd
$41K
Final
$67K
★ EVALUATION NOTES · TARRANT COUNTY, TX

Resolved within the attorney's number.

Type
Non-commercial MVA
Deliverable
Eval memo
Result
No litigation

We built the attorney a one-page evaluation memo — comps, exposure range, and a recommended floor — so the firm could value the case rightly up front. With expectations set on both sides, the file resolved inside the attorney's evaluation, beating the second and third offers without filing suit.

2nd offer
$38K
Eval target
$55–60K
Final
$58K
★ Confidentiality & Disclosure

All case studies describe work personally handled by the founder during prior engagements. Firm names, claimant identities, carrier names, claim numbers, and any details that could identify the matter have been redacted or generalized. Settlement amounts and timelines are real but anonymized. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Nothing on this page constitutes legal advice or the establishment of an attorney-client relationship.

Want this kind of work on your files?

The Pilot is built for exactly this question. Five of your active files. Thirty days. We show you what we'd do differently.

§ Contact

One call. No pitch deck.

Tell us what's clogging your pre-lit pipeline. We'll tell you in five minutes whether we can help. If we can't, we'll tell you who can.

Talk to the founder directly.

The first call is always with me — not a project manager, not a sales rep. Twenty minutes, structured, no slides. We'll walk through your current pre-lit workflow, find the two or three places where time leaks, and decide together whether a Pilot makes sense.

Coverage
All US zones · ET – PT
Call hours
9am – 12pm CT, M–F
Markets
FL · OH · MA · WA · TX
★ Response promise We respond personally within one business day. With team coverage spanning every U.S. time zone, your files keep moving while you sleep. Book through the form and you'll get a calendar link by email within five minutes — sent by a human, not an autoresponder.

Book a discovery call.

Twenty minutes, with the founder, on Zoom or by phone.
We respond personally within one business day. No marketing emails, ever.

What happens next.

★ Within 5 minutes
You'll receive a personal email from the founder with a booking link and three suggested call times.
★ Within 1 business day
The call is booked. You'll get a one-page discovery agenda in advance so we don't waste your twenty minutes.
★ On the call
We listen for 5 minutes. We explain for 10. We agree on the next step in the final 5. No slides.
★ After the call
If we're a fit, we send a scoped Pilot proposal within 48 hours. If we're not, we'll tell you who is.