Developing Partners Section Huddle

Statera Capital, Director

Stewart Ackerly is a director at Statera Capital, based in Washington, D.C. He leads Statera’s origination efforts and focuses on business development, client engagement, and Statera’s public policy initiatives.

Stewart is responsible for bringing commercial litigation finance to new markets and expanding the universe of lawyers and clients that can utilize litigation finance to level the playing field and ensure access to justice. He also works closely with companies on how litigation finance can de-risk the pursuit of meritorious disputes and be an important financial tool for in-house legal departments and companies generally. Stewart frequently speaks at bar association meetings, conferences, law firm retreats, and CLEs about commercial legal finance, best practices for its use, and its growing availability to lawyers and clients with meritorious legal disputes. 

Omni Bridgeway, Investment Manager & Legal Counsel

Raj Duvvuri manages every aspect of the litigation funding process for Omni Bridgeway: He sources and evaluates potential matters, recommends appropriate matters for funding to the Investment Committee, negotiates investment deal terms and structures, and guides funded matters through to resolution.

Raj is well-served by his 16+ years of prior experience in high-stakes litigation, executive advising, and commercial deal-making. Before joining Omni Bridgeway in 2021, Raj was the General Counsel of Atlas Operating LLC, a privately held energy and real estate conglomerate, where he advised the C-suite on all aspects of the company’s legal affairs. Prior to that, he served for many years as a senior litigator at BHP Group Ltd. and Marathon Oil Company, where he ran large commercial litigation dockets spanning multiple domestic and international jurisdictions. And before going in-house, Raj worked as a first-chair litigator at Baker Botts LLP and Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, LLP, where he successfully tried multiple cases to verdict and won numerous victories on summary judgment.