How Legal Funding- Lawsuit Funding Helps The Plaintiffs? Legal funding is cash funding made directly available to the plaintiff before his/her lawsuit comes to its final settlement. It could be advance funding made available before arbitration, a trial or hearing, or it could be funding made available during the appeals process. It is also called as Lawsuit funding, Law funding, Lawsuit cash funding, Lawsuit pre-settlement funding, Lawsuit loan or Legal...... Similar Editorial : Medical Receivables Funding by Afra AmirSanjari. | Source : Poor Mans Copyright