OUR
COMPETITION
ISN'T OTHER
INJURY LAWYERS

It’s the Settlement Machine. And it’s stealing $891 Billion from the injured every year.

As PI lawyers compete for just 17% of the Total Addressable Market, the Settlement Machine swallows the other 83% – $891B that never reaches the injured or their lawyers.

The Manifesto shows the smartest, savviest attorneys how to turn this into a competetive advantage.

The System Has You Trapped in the 17%.

PI lawyers today fight over the same recycled leads, battling mega-firms, PE-backed mills, and lead vendors who profit while your marketing costs soar for fewer quality cases—all because you’re lumped in with every other firm regardless of your win rate. That’s the 17% everyone scrambles for.

Meanwhile, the other 83% — nearly $900 Billion (more than the US Annual Defense Budget) — never reaches the injured or their attorneys. It gets siphoned away by The Settlement Machine.

The $891 Billion Opportunity Hidden in Plain Sight

Every year, nearly a trillion dollars in rightful compensation goes unclaimed. Here’s what the research reveals:

Breaking Settlement Pressure Changes Everything:

The Settlement Machine rushes clients into quick settlements because desperate people accept less. But when settlement pressure is relieved, clients hold out for real justice—and attorneys earn 60% higher fees without spending more on acquisition.

Outthinking the Settlement Machine

The Proven Strategies Behind the New Approach
This is not a pitch. It's a briefing.

The Settlement Machine is predictable — that makes it beatable. What follows are proven strategies from the greatest strategic minds in history, adapted to personal injury law.

Category Design

Redefine the game so you’re the only player

Blue Ocean Strategy

Make competition irrelevant

The Art of War

Win before the battle starts

Zero to One

Own uncontested territory

The Bottom Line

We didn’t invent these strategies — we applied them. Even settlement mills are building trial teams and going to trial more aggressively than ever. They see the writing on the wall.

What This Means for Your Firm

60% Higher Fees Per Case

A $100,000 case becomes $160,000 when clients aren’t pressured to settle fast. Your fee jumps from $33,000 to $53,000 — same work, no extra marketing spend.

3.2x More Referrals

One fully recovered client refers three new cases instead of one. It’s like turning every successful case into a small marketing department that works for free.

Competitive Differentiation

While others compete on “maximum compensation” promises, you compete on complete life restoration. The Settlement Machine can’t copy what it doesn’t understand.

Protected Market Position

When you’re the only firm offering this approach in your area, price competition disappears. You’re not bidding against other attorneys — you’re the Category King.

About Author Nick Kringas & ApricotLaw

Track Record

Manifesto and Strategy Advisors

Why We Wrote This

After 11 years helping personal injury firms, we watched private equity erode law like every other industry. KPIs replaced advocacy. Mom-and-pop firms vanished. Law is the last noble profession standing. That’s why we’re defending it.

Leave the Crumbs to
the Settlement
Machine

The smartest attorneys see what’s coming: while others fight for the same 17%, there’s an $891 Billion opportunity waiting for firms that think differently. The attorneys who move first always win.

It’s a movement. And it starts with one decision: read the manifesto.