Key Takeaways
- • Uplift Investors, a Darien, Connecticut-based private equity firm, has completed its third investment in a personal injury law firm by bringing John Foy & Associates into its Orion Legal management services organization (MSO) portfolio.
- • The MSO structure enables private equity capital to invest in law firms while circumventing professional conduct rules that prohibit non-attorneys from owning direct stakes in legal practices; Orion Legal provides back-office services including marketing, finance, technology, and administration.
- • John Foy & Associates joins Dudley DeBosier Injury Lawyers (Louisiana) and Hughes & Coleman Personal Injury Lawyers (Kentucky/Tennessee) as Orion Legal portfolio companies, with Foy becoming a member of the organization's National Advisory Board.
- • Uplift Investors was co-founded by Doug Rosenstein, Will Hausberg, and Bradley Skaf, all formerly of Gridiron Capital, positioning the firm as a middle-market private equity operator focused on legal services consolidation.
- • The deal reflects accelerating private equity appetite for personal injury law firm operations, offering participating attorneys operational support and technology infrastructure while maintaining independent legal ownership and practice direction.
Summary
Uplift Investors announced on June 16, 2026, that it has secured its third law firm partnership through an investment in John Foy & Associates, a Georgia-based personal injury practice. The Atlanta firm will join Orion Legal, Uplift's management services organization, which provides centralized operational support to participating law firms while preserving their independent legal ownership—a structural model designed to comply with professional conduct restrictions on non-attorney ownership of law practices.
Under the arrangement, Orion Legal will deliver back-office services to Foy & Associates, including marketing, finance, technology, and administrative support, allowing the law firm's attorneys to concentrate on legal matters and client representation. John Foy, the firm's founder and CEO, will retain operational control of the practice while benefiting from shared infrastructure investments. Foy will also join the Orion Legal National Advisory Board alongside partners from the two previously enrolled firms: Dudley DeBosier Injury Lawyers in Louisiana and Hughes & Coleman Personal Injury Lawyers, which operates across Kentucky and Tennessee.
Doug Rosenstein, Uplift's managing partner, emphasized that the expanding portfolio enables greater investment in technology, talent, and operational infrastructure across member firms, enhancing their competitive positioning in their respective markets. Uplift was founded by Rosenstein alongside fellow managing partners Will Hausberg and Bradley Skaf, each of whom previously held positions at Gridiron Capital. The firm positions itself as a middle-market private equity operator with Orion Legal as one of its principal portfolio companies.
The Orion Legal venture was established by Chad Dudley, co-founder of Dudley DeBosier Injury Lawyers, reflecting insider leadership within the MSO model. This transaction represents a broader market trend of private equity deployment into the personal injury legal sector, where the MSO structure has emerged as the primary vehicle for institutional capital to participate in law firm economics while adhering to regulatory prohibitions on direct non-attorney ownership stakes in law practices.
Under the arrangement, Orion Legal will deliver back-office services to Foy & Associates, including marketing, finance, technology, and administrative support, allowing the law firm's attorneys to concentrate on legal matters and client representation. John Foy, the firm's founder and CEO, will retain operational control of the practice while benefiting from shared infrastructure investments. Foy will also join the Orion Legal National Advisory Board alongside partners from the two previously enrolled firms: Dudley DeBosier Injury Lawyers in Louisiana and Hughes & Coleman Personal Injury Lawyers, which operates across Kentucky and Tennessee.
Doug Rosenstein, Uplift's managing partner, emphasized that the expanding portfolio enables greater investment in technology, talent, and operational infrastructure across member firms, enhancing their competitive positioning in their respective markets. Uplift was founded by Rosenstein alongside fellow managing partners Will Hausberg and Bradley Skaf, each of whom previously held positions at Gridiron Capital. The firm positions itself as a middle-market private equity operator with Orion Legal as one of its principal portfolio companies.
The Orion Legal venture was established by Chad Dudley, co-founder of Dudley DeBosier Injury Lawyers, reflecting insider leadership within the MSO model. This transaction represents a broader market trend of private equity deployment into the personal injury legal sector, where the MSO structure has emerged as the primary vehicle for institutional capital to participate in law firm economics while adhering to regulatory prohibitions on direct non-attorney ownership stakes in law practices.
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