Roni Dersovitz
Roni Dersovitz is a pioneer in the purchase of legal receivables as a hedge fund strategy and has over 16 years portfolio management experience. Having practiced personal injury law for over 14 years, he launched RD Legal Funding (RDLF) in 1996, which originates and purchases receivables from contingency fee law firms. RDLF has funded and successfully collected $192M spread over 1,400 positions in this space since inception. In 2007, Mr. Dersovitz formed RD Legal Capital, a registered investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. As an early adopter of technology and a paperless office environment, he created an online underwriting, documentation and portfolio tracking system which is at the heart of the portfolio management process. Mr. Dersovitz remains the CIO and portfolio manager overseeing portfolio construction and risk management. Mr. Dersovitz holds BA Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago and a Juris Doctor from the Benjamin Cardozo Law School.