Key Takeaways
- • Trinity Hunt Partners exited IMS Legal Strategies through a sale to Uplift Investors, concluding an 8-year acquisition-led value creation strategy that deployed 14 strategic add-on acquisitions since the initial November 2017 majority investment.
- • IMS Legal Strategies operates as a comprehensive litigation services platform serving 21,500+ clients including Am Law 200 firms and Fortune 500 companies, with capabilities spanning expert witness sourcing, jury consulting, trial graphics, economic analysis, and damages assessment across the U.S. and U.K.
- • Uplift Investors, founded in 2025 by former Gridiron Capital professionals (Will Hausberg, Doug Rosenstein, Brad Skaf), targets North American services businesses with $10M–$40M EBITDA; the IMS acquisition marks its second transaction since launch and reflects strategic focus on dual-sided network platforms in legal services.
- • Trinity Hunt's build-out included 14 acquisitions spanning trial consulting (The Focal Point, Z-Axis), jury research (Litigation Insights, MMG Jury Consulting, First Court), expert sourcing (Juris Medicus, Teklicon), and damages assessment (Analytic Focus, MacKenzie Life Care Planning), creating a vertically integrated platform.
- • Uplift identifies IMS Legal's embedded role in high-stakes legal workflows as generating "powerful network effects and durable competitive advantage" in a large, growing, non-cyclical market, positioning the platform for expansion through technology investment and continued M&A.
Summary
Trinity Hunt Partners has completed its exit from IMS Legal Strategies, a Dallas-headquartered litigation support services provider, through a sale to emerging investment firm Uplift Investors. The transaction concludes a structured eight-year value creation cycle in which Trinity Hunt, which acquired a majority stake in IMS ExpertServices in November 2017, executed a disciplined platform strategy centered on 14 strategic acquisitions designed to build comprehensive end-to-end litigation capabilities.
Under the stewardship of CEO James Crane, IMS Legal Strategies now operates across the full litigation lifecycle, serving more than 21,500 clients spanning Am Law 200 firms and Fortune 500 companies across the United States and United Kingdom. The platform's integrated service offerings include expert witness search and placement, litigation consulting, jury consulting, trial graphics, presentation technologies, economic analysis, and damages assessment. Trinity Hunt's acquisition strategy targeted adjacent services within the litigation workflow: key platform additions included The Focal Point and Z-Axis (trial graphics and presentation), Litigation Insights, MMG Jury Consulting, and First Court (jury research and trial strategy), Juris Medicus and Teklicon (expert witness sourcing), and Analytic Focus and MacKenzie Life Care Planning (economic analysis and damages assessment). Transactions including Tsongas Litigation Consulting, MMR Strategy Group, and Precise's trial division further extended the platform's capabilities and market reach.
Uplift Investors, founded in 2025 by Will Hausberg, Doug Rosenstein, and Brad Skaf—all former Gridiron Capital professionals—acquired IMS Legal as its second investment since launch. Uplift targets North America-based services businesses with $10M–$40M of EBITDA across knowledge and talent, legal services, financial services, technical trades, and industrial services. The firm's January 2026 first transaction involved forming Orion Legal, a management services organization created in partnership with Louisiana-based Dudley DeBosier Injury Lawyers. Managing partners Hausberg and Rosenstein framed the IMS acquisition as addressing a substantial market opportunity, identifying the platform's scale, reputation, and embedded position in high-stakes legal workflows as generating network effects and competitive advantage in a large, non-cyclical market. Uplift signaled intentions to accelerate growth through targeted technology and data investments, enhanced go-to-market execution, and continued strategic M&A. Deloitte Corporate Finance advised IMS Legal, while Robert W. Baird & Co. and Piper Sandler advised Uplift on the transaction.
Under the stewardship of CEO James Crane, IMS Legal Strategies now operates across the full litigation lifecycle, serving more than 21,500 clients spanning Am Law 200 firms and Fortune 500 companies across the United States and United Kingdom. The platform's integrated service offerings include expert witness search and placement, litigation consulting, jury consulting, trial graphics, presentation technologies, economic analysis, and damages assessment. Trinity Hunt's acquisition strategy targeted adjacent services within the litigation workflow: key platform additions included The Focal Point and Z-Axis (trial graphics and presentation), Litigation Insights, MMG Jury Consulting, and First Court (jury research and trial strategy), Juris Medicus and Teklicon (expert witness sourcing), and Analytic Focus and MacKenzie Life Care Planning (economic analysis and damages assessment). Transactions including Tsongas Litigation Consulting, MMR Strategy Group, and Precise's trial division further extended the platform's capabilities and market reach.
Uplift Investors, founded in 2025 by Will Hausberg, Doug Rosenstein, and Brad Skaf—all former Gridiron Capital professionals—acquired IMS Legal as its second investment since launch. Uplift targets North America-based services businesses with $10M–$40M of EBITDA across knowledge and talent, legal services, financial services, technical trades, and industrial services. The firm's January 2026 first transaction involved forming Orion Legal, a management services organization created in partnership with Louisiana-based Dudley DeBosier Injury Lawyers. Managing partners Hausberg and Rosenstein framed the IMS acquisition as addressing a substantial market opportunity, identifying the platform's scale, reputation, and embedded position in high-stakes legal workflows as generating network effects and competitive advantage in a large, non-cyclical market. Uplift signaled intentions to accelerate growth through targeted technology and data investments, enhanced go-to-market execution, and continued strategic M&A. Deloitte Corporate Finance advised IMS Legal, while Robert W. Baird & Co. and Piper Sandler advised Uplift on the transaction.
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