Beth Robbins - Founder CEO
Ms. Robbins is the founder and CEO of Nationwide Litigation Funding with its primary offices located in New York, San Diego and La Quinta, California and is one of the pioneers within the litigation funding industry. Ms. Robbins has had a multifaceted career that has served her well since she began in litigation financing almost twenty years ago. Since 2005 when she launched “NL Funding” she has created an organization responsible for hundreds of successful offerings. Her knowledge, experience and understanding of litigation financing have given her clients, whether a law firm or plaintiff, the financial edge needed to attain successful verdicts or settlements. In 2009 she expanded her firm to create financing for commercial cases primarily in the breach of contract, patent infringement, intellectual property and anti-trust arenas. Her out-of-the-box thinking and work ethic has garnered Ms. Robbins the respect and trust of some of the largest law firms in the country.
David Alan
Before joining Nationwide Mr. Alan has had an extensive career in the financial world. After he received his Bachelor of Science degree joined Massachusetts Mutual Life where he distinguished himself with a number of industry awards including the coveted “Million Dollar Roundtable”. He later moved on to Wall Street where he was a “Top-Ten” producer of mutual funds for five out of five years.
After a six year stint in the corporate finance world he created his own venture capital firm; DeltaVest Capital Management, Inc. and continued until its sale in 1999.
Mr. Alan then used his extensive experience in the commercial arena as an independent business consultant until he joined Nationwide in 2006 where his years of experience gave him a unique prospective on how to analyze complex commercial cases.
Richard Morello - Vice President Commercial Litigation
Mr. Morello is a seasoned trial attorney with over two decades of legal experience. Mr. Morello was an Assistant General Counsel and trial attorney for the New York City Transit Authority representing the NYCTA in a variety of high valued matters. Mr. Morello then entered private practice as a civil litigator representing plaintiff's, defendant's, insurers and self insured defendants in judicial and other alternative dispute resolution forums. Immediately prior to joining Nationwide Litigation Funding Mr. Morello was a Senior Attorney and Underwriter for one of the largest financial services firm in the country. During that time he was responsible for account management and evaluating litigated matters for the purposes of providing litigation funding. In addition to his successes in the private sector, Mr. Morello volunteered as an Arbitrator in the Civil Court of the City of New York and instructed undergraduate college students as an adjunct professor of business law.
Mr. Morello received his Bachelor of Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his Juris Doctor from the California Western School of Law, San Diego.
Marke Evangelista - Vice President Commercial Litigation
Mr. Evangelista comes to Nationwide with a broad variety of disciplines. First as a trial lawyer in both criminal and legal proceedings in state and federal venues. Mr. Evangelista later directed his business and legal acumen toward client development in the technology, and professional services that included legal research and litigation support. Mr. Evangelista was later recruited by one of the largest litigation funding companies in the country because of his extensive knowledge and client-base. During his tenure he was responsible for numerous litigation fundings throughout the Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey areas.
Mr. Evangelista received his Bachelor of Arts at Villanova University and his Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, at Suffolk University Law School.
Tiffany Mylisha - Regional Sales and Marketing Director
Ms. Mylisha has had a successful career in marketing and sales. Starting in 2000, in the dental supply sales area, she continually exceeded her expected goals and was appointed by her company as a mentor to new sales representatives. In 2007 Ms. Mylisha joined Liberty Mutual’ s corporate benefits team. During her time at Liberty Mutual she continued to excel on every level. Ms. Mylisha was the "President Clubs" recipient in 2008 and 2009. With her team she worked with some of the largest employers in the country regarding their benefit programs. Ms. Mylisha was active in many organizations such as; SHRM,PIHRA,SDEBC AND OCEBC. Ms. Mylisha continued her work in the corporate benefit area when she was recruited by Mutual of Omaha until she left for a career in the litigation funding industry when she joined Nationwide Litigation Funding as Sales and Marketing Director for the southwest region of the country in 2012.
Ms. Mylisha is a graduate of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona where she received her Bachelor of Science degree as a biology major with minors in Chemistry, Physics and calculus.