Meet The Team

Founded in 2000, TheJudge is an international broker for specialty legal risk insurances, and is ranked Tier 1 by Chambers & Partners

With offices in the UK, US and Canada, TheJudge has been a pioneer in the development of the After-The-Event-insurance (ATE) market over the past two decades, and more recently are industry innovators with regards the creation of contingency fee insurances for law firms (known as “DBA Insurance” in the UK).

In TheJudge Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Thomas Miller Group, a specialist insurance and financial services business, which currently writes in excess of USD $1bn in premiums a year and has over USD $3.5bn AUM, operating from 18 offices around the world.

Until 2020, TheJudge was also a broker of litigation finance. However, following the acquisition of TheJudge by Thomas Miller, in 2021 the senior management team, together with Thomas Miller launched Erso Capital, a specialist litigation finance company. Between its discretionary funds, single managed accounts and co-investment funds, Erso has access to capital in excess of USD $1.0 billion.

Through its extensive global insurer relationships, TheJudge can provide litigation insurance solutions for small businesses requiring less than $100,000 of Fee Shifting or Attorney Fee insurance, through to indemnities exceeding USD $100m for Appeal Risks.

TheJudge and Erso can readily combine to create optimal litigation risk transfer solutions, through an efficient one-stop service for litigants and law firms alike.