Know exactly where every dollar goes.
Before the check arrives.
Lextiff tracks settlement amounts, medical liens, case expenses, attorney fees, and client payouts automatically — so there are no surprises when it's time to distribute funds.
Williams v. City Hospital
Med malpractice · Florida · Case #2847
Settlement distribution
2 liens
Pending resolution
$49,650
Total liens
$12,000
Case expenses
33.3%
Contingency fee
The reality
The money is already spoken for.
Most firms don't realize how much of a settlement belongs to lien holders, expenses, and fees until the end. That's when mistakes happen — and when clients lose trust.
Surprise liens
Unexpected deductions appear at closing and reduce the client payout — sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars.
Missing expenses
Case costs tracked in spreadsheets get forgotten. Expert fees, filing costs, and investigation expenses disappear.
Spreadsheet chaos
Multiple versions. Wrong formulas. Someone updates the wrong file. The wrong number gets distributed.
Delayed checks
Distribution gets pushed back because nobody knows the exact amounts until the last minute. Clients wait. Calls increase.
Every expense stays attached to the case. Always.
Filing fees, medical record requests, expert witness fees, deposition costs, investigation expenses — every dollar spent on a case tracked in one place. Know your exact cost basis before you accept any settlement offer.
- ✓ Expense categories — filing, medical, expert, investigation
- ✓ Vendor name and contact information
- ✓ Running total visible on case dashboard
- ✓ Date tracking — when each expense was incurred
- ✓ Receipt and documentation attachment
- ✓ Automatically deducted in settlement calculations
- ✓ Export for accounting and tax purposes
- ✓ Never lost — attached to case permanently
Case expense ledger
Expenses — Williams v. City Hospital
+ Add expenseFull settlement history
Settlement tracking — Williams v. City Hospital
In negotiationOffer and counter history
Distribution preview at $210,000
Settlement history stays visible. Always.
Log every demand, offer, and counter. Track the full negotiation timeline. Calculate the exact distribution — attorney fees, lien payments, case costs, and client net recovery — automatically. Full transparency from first demand to final check.
- ✓ Demand letter amount and date
- ✓ Full offer and counter-offer history with dates
- ✓ Multiple settlement scenarios — calculate at any amount
- ✓ Attorney fee calculation — set % per case
- ✓ All liens auto-deducted in distribution
- ✓ Case expenses auto-deducted
- ✓ Client net recovery — calculated instantly
- ✓ Settlement statement generation
- ✓ Referral fee tracking
- ✓ Distribution approval workflow
The difference
Stop finding surprises after the settlement.
The worst time to discover a lien you forgot or an expense you missed is after the check arrives.
❌ Without Lextiff
Forgotten liens
Medicare lien appears at closing that nobody tracked. Client payout reduced by $18,000 they weren't expecting.
Missing expenses
Expert witness fee from 6 months ago not tracked. Reduces attorney net without warning.
Spreadsheet formulas
Wrong formula in Excel. Attorney fee calculated on gross instead of net. Distribution sent incorrectly.
Multiple versions
Two paralegals both updated the settlement spreadsheet. Nobody knows which version is correct.
Last-minute calculations
Client calls asking about their check. Nobody can give a firm number until the day of closing.
Client payout mistakes
Client receives less than expected. Firm has to explain why the number changed from what was quoted.
✓ With Lextiff
Real-time net recovery
Client net recovery calculated automatically as soon as a settlement offer is received.
Expense ledger always current
Every expense added the moment it's incurred. Running total always accurate.
Lien tracking from day one
Liens added when identified. Amounts updated as negotiations progress. Nothing forgotten.
Settlement calculations instant
Enter any settlement amount and see the exact distribution breakdown in real time.
Full negotiation history
Every offer, every counter, every accepted amount — logged with dates and user identity.
Distribution clarity
Before you pick up the phone to tell the client — you already know the exact number.
Liens don't disappear.
Neither should they.
Medicare, Medicaid, hospital liens, health insurance liens, and attorney liens — all tracked per case from the moment they're identified. Status, amount, negotiation progress, and contact information logged and updated in real time.
- ✓ Multiple liens per case — unlimited
- ✓ Lien type — Medicare, Medicaid, hospital, health insurance
- ✓ Status tracking — pending, negotiating, resolved
- ✓ Amount tracking — original and negotiated amounts
- ✓ Negotiation notes per lien
- ✓ Contact information for lien holder
- ✓ Reduction history — track savings
- ✓ Auto-pulled into settlement distribution
Lien management panel
Liens — Williams v. City Hospital
+ Add lienMedicare
$18,500
Medicare Coordination of Benefits. Submitted request for conditional payment letter on Jan 5. Awaiting response. Contact: 1-855-798-2627.
Blue Cross Blue Shield
$7,200
Health insurance lien for treatment Jan–Mar 2025. Spoke with adjuster Lisa Chen on Jan 20. They offered reduction to $5,400. Counteroffered $3,600. Awaiting response.
Miami General Hospital
$24,300
Hospital lien for ER visit and admission Jan 3–5, 2025. Original bill $38,400. Negotiated to $24,300. Requesting further reduction to $18,000 based on case value.
Every negotiation leaves a record.
Every lien added, every amount updated, every negotiation note, every offer received, every distribution approved — logged permanently with a timestamp and user identity. Your firm has a complete record of every dollar decision made on every case.
- ✓ Lien added — user, date, amount logged
- ✓ Lien amount updates — before and after recorded
- ✓ Negotiation notes — logged with timestamp
- ✓ Settlement offers — every amount, every date
- ✓ Counter-offers — full negotiation history
- ✓ Distribution approved — user sign-off logged
- ✓ Status changes — pending to negotiating to resolved
- ✓ Full financial history — never deleted
Settlement & lien activity log
Financial audit trail — Williams v. City Hospital
Added Medicare lien — $18,500. Submitted conditional payment request.
Added Blue Cross lien — $7,200. Contact: Lisa Chen, adjuster.
Sent demand letter — $450,000 to City Hospital liability insurer.
Miami General lien negotiated from $38,400 to $24,300. Saved $14,100.
Insurance offer received — $150,000. Distribution calculated: client net $70,550.
Counter-demand sent — $380,000. Distribution at this amount: client net $238,150.
Blue Cross accepted $3,600 counter. Lien reduced from $7,200. Saved $3,600.
Insurance offer received — $210,000. Distribution calculated: client net $78,070.
Clients deserve answers. Not guesses.
When a client asks "how much will I receive?" — your attorney should have an exact answer immediately, not a rough estimate followed by "we'll figure it out when the check arrives." Lextiff calculates the exact client net in real time, at any settlement amount.
- ✓ Real-time client payout at any settlement amount
- ✓ Visible in client portal — no phone calls needed
- ✓ Liens pending shown to client with status
- ✓ Expense total visible and explained
- ✓ Attorney fee calculation transparent
- ✓ Multiple scenarios — show client at different amounts
- ✓ Settlement statement generated automatically
- ✓ Client signs off on distribution before check issued
Client portal — settlement estimate
Your settlement estimate — Williams v. City Hospital
Based on current offer of $210,000
$210,000
Settlement offer
2 pending
Liens being negotiated
$78,070
Your estimated payout
⚠ 2 liens still being negotiated. Final amount may be higher as liens are reduced. Your attorney is working to lower them.
Financial visibility
Know the financial picture before the check arrives.
Every number on every case — visible in real time. No spreadsheets. No guessing. No last-minute surprises.
Financial dashboard — Williams v. City Hospital
Settlement scenarios — client net at different amounts
The old way
How plaintiff firms lose money they already earned.
It's never fraud. It's always chaos. Forgotten costs. Untracked liens. Spreadsheet errors. The money was always there — it just wasn't managed.
Forgotten case costs
Expert fees from 4 months ago never entered. Deducted from attorney revenue at closing without warning.
Untracked liens
Medicare lien identified in month 2 and never logged. Discovered at settlement. Distribution recalculated at closing.
Spreadsheet errors
Attorney fee calculated on gross amount instead of net. Firm overcharged the client by $12,000.
Wrong distributions
Two different distribution calculations. Client received the wrong amount. Had to be reversed and reissued.
Missing records
Expense receipts not attached to case. Accounting disputes costs. No documentation to support.
Delayed settlements
Lien amounts unknown at settlement date. Check delayed 3 weeks while liens are verified. Client furious.
Every one of these is preventable.
Lextiff prevents all of this.
Real-time calculations. Permanent records. No surprises at closing.
Settlement & Liens by the numbers.
Settlement calculations at any amount
Expenses and lien holders per case
Settlement scenarios — compare instantly
Distribution history — every case
Spreadsheet formulas required
Financial visibility before the check arrives
Included in Settlements & Liens.
Not a basic calculator. A complete plaintiff financial management system.
Stop guessing the numbers.
Know the outcome before the check arrives.
Lextiff gives plaintiff firms complete visibility into settlements, liens, expenses, and client payouts — all in one place, in real time, from day one of the case.
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