Director, Legal Credit and Diligence Operations
Overview:
Fort Morgan Capital is a specialty finance subsidiary of SIMPLECITI Companies focused on originating and servicing structured credit facilities to personal injury and mass tort law firms. Backed by a $50 million joint venture with Arena Investors LP, Fort Morgan underwrites legal receivables backed by future case proceeds to meet growing demand for non-dilutive law firm financing.
About SIMPLECITI Companies:
SIMPLECITI Companies is a vertically integrated finance and operations platform focused on building scalable businesses across specialty lending, advisory, and asset management. Our operating companies specialize in capital markets, legal finance, operations, and private credit. We combine disciplined underwriting with tech-enabled infrastructure to deploy capital efficiently and drive long-term value.
Our verticals include:
- Fort Morgan Capital (Litigation Finance & Legal Credit)
- SimpleCREDIT (Private Lending & Legal Finance)
- SimpleADVISORY (Investment Advisory)
- SimpleMANAGE (Back Office & Ops Support)
- SimpleCORE (Operations & Capital Structuring)
Job Description:
Fort Morgan Capital is hiring a Director of Legal Credit and Diligence Operations to lead the evaluation, underwriting, and approval process for credit facilities issued to law firms. This is a high-responsibility role for a credit leader with experience in legal asset analysis, diligence management, and structuring complex legal receivable-backed loans.
You’ll be responsible for owning the entire underwriting lifecycle, coordinating external advisors, and producing decision-ready investment materials for committee approval. The ideal candidate combines legal fluency with credit structuring experience and operational execution.
Underwriting, Diligence & Credit Oversight
- Own end-to-end credit execution: intake, modeling, diligence, credit memo, IC presentation, and closing
- Develop and maintain underwriting rubrics for evaluating legal receivables from PI and mass tort law firms
- Analyze case dockets, pipeline strength, settlement timelines, and projected legal fee recoveries
- Coordinate with third-party legal advisors, valuation firms, and underwriters on case quality and portfolio risk
- Draft and present Investment Memos (IMs) for approval by the Fort Morgan Investment Committee
- Ensure all legal structuring (e.g., lien protections, superpriority status, PPFFPA compliance) is complete pre-funding
- Oversee funding documentation and coordinate transition to post-close servicing and reporting
- Respond to IC redlines, negotiate final loan docs, and ensure funding terms align with underwriting
Requirements
- 5+ years in legal finance, structured credit, investment banking, or plaintiff-side underwriting
- JD or equivalent background with litigation finance, legal receivables, or private credit transactions
- Proven experience evaluating case portfolios and drafting institutional-grade investment memos
- Deep understanding of litigation timelines, fee structures, and settlement patterns across PI and mass tort
- Proficient in legal documentation, UCC filings, PPFFPA, lien protections, and asset-backed credit
- Able to manage multiple stakeholders including internal teams, IC members, and external counsel
Preferred:
- Experience in law firm lending or pre-settlement funding
- Understanding of how case quality and practice structure impact credit risk
- Bonus: Experience integrating AI or automation tools into legal diligence or underwriting workflows