J&A Legal Finance is one of the nation’s most experienced, privately held equipment lease financing corporations.  Headquartered in Downtown Los Angeles, J&A Legal Finance serves clients in all 50 states, including many Fortune 1000 firms.  Our twenty-plus years of successful experience in the Leasing Industry have allowed us to take a vertical approach to financing and create customized lease solutions for the legal community.  Our proven success and stability stems from our insight into American business and from our ability to meet all of our customers’ unique needs through an aggressive, consultative and efficient approach to equipment leasing and financing.

Today, J&A Legal Finance serves firms through a series of customized programs that vary from lease financing to asset tracking and management.

1989-2002

• Size of the firm doubled.
• Finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
• Awarded 6th and 12th fastest growing private company in the Inc. 500.
• Company adds a vendor financing division to support vendor programs.
• Assets exceed $200 million.
• Vendor Direct brand is born and asset management contracts with national equipment dealers are initiated.

2002-2003

• Increased number of employees and our portfolio during one of the most difficult economic times in recent history.
• Credit and Documentation departments are centralized, improving customer response time.
• Involvement in the community continues by supporting local charities and the appointment of key J&A personnel to the boards of these organizations.

2004-2005

• J&A celebrates 17 years in business.  Total volume of funded transactions exceeds $500 million.
• Documentation system is fully automated to support higher volume of lease transactions.

2006-2008

• Continue to grow in size by 20% and exceed $700 million in funded assets.
• Consistently ranked amongst the top 100 leasing companies in the nation by Monitor Magazine.
• Asset Tracker System is implemented, giving clients real-time access to leased equipment.
• Vendor Direct Solutions is launched as a consulting and outsourcing firm focused on the legal market.
• Ranked the 95th largest leasing company by Monitor Magazine and highlighted for our steady, sound and conservative approach to lease financing.
• Ranked the 81st largest Hispanic-owned company by Hispanic Business Magazine.

2008-Present

• Consistently attend the Annual Association of Legal Administrators Conferences as an exhibitor.
• Increase attendance at Regional Association of Legal Administrators Conferences as well as provide support to the ALA.
• Become involved with the International Legal Technology Association Annual Conference.
• Integrated operations with affiliate company Vendor Direct Solutions.  Our companies now occupy a new, larger office space in Downtown Los Angeles and further benefit from centralized day-to-day operations that improve customer service and response times.
• Moved up Monitor Magazine’s ranks again to become the 86th largest leasing company by funding over $875 million in assets.  Our growth occurred during the start of one of the most trying economic times of our generation.
• Moved up to become the 60th largest Hispanic-owned company as the owner joined the Board of Directors at AUB, a publicly held community bank based in Los Angeles.
• Ranked the 12th largest independent leasing company by Monitor Magazine while completing our 20th year of business in the Leasing Industry.
• Continue to finance transactions at a time when many companies have stopped lending, consolidated, or left the leasing business altogether.  We have maintained the same company size while others have downsized.
• Entered our third decade of providing lease financing.