Personal injury practice · Financial impact analysis
Section 1 — Firm baseline (before integration)
Total active caseload (current)
230 cases
Pre-lit staff × cases per staff member
Cases settled per year (current)
345 / yr
230 ÷ 8 × 12 = 345
Avg fee per case
$9,900
At contingency rate
Annual fee revenue (current)
$3,415,500
Annual
Pre-lit net profit (current)
$1,024,650
Profit-share baseline
Section 2 — Integration impact levers
After AI integration, pre-lit staff capacity expands (more active cases simultaneously) and cases cycle faster (shorter duration). Both effects increase annual settled cases. The model applies them sequentially: capacity multiplier first, then post-AI duration.
Cases per staff member (post-AI)
—
At 1.3× capacity increase
Total active caseload (post-AI)
—
Same pre-lit staff, more capacity
Post-AI case duration
—
Current minus AI reduction
Cases settled / yr (post-AI)
—
—
Total incremental cases / yr
—
Capacity: +— · Duration: +—
Section 3 — Annual results: firm perspective
Time savings value
—
Hours recovered × blended cost
Increased contingency fee revenue
—
Better demands → higher settlements
Caseload growth revenue
—
+— cases/yr (capacity + duration effects)
AI platform cost (annual)
—
Net cost: $25 per case
Total profit improvement
—
Before leadership compensation
Annual fee revenue (post-AI)
—
Cases settled × avg fee per case
New pre-lit net profit
—
After AI costs, before comp
Section 4 — Integration leadership compensation
Section 5 — Compensation & net benefit to firm
Annual retainer
—
Fixed cost to firm
Profit share
% of net improvement
Total compensation cost
—
Retainer + profit share
Net benefit to firm
—
Additional annual profit after comp and costs
Return on compensation cost
—
For every $1 paid, firm gains $X
Compelling case — the firm gains significantly after all compensation