Costs Advanced in Personal Injury Cases: How to Track, Recover, and Report Them

PI firms routinely front thousands of dollars per case in filing fees, expert witness costs, medical records, and deposition expenses — then scramble to recover them at settlement. This guide covers how to build a per-case cost ledger, how costs advanced flow through the IOLTA disbursement, and how to use that data to understand your firm's true profitability.