The payment starts with the matter
The approved settlement disbursement record keeps the recipient, amount, purpose, and supporting matter context together instead of reducing the payment to a bank memo or spreadsheet row.
For plaintiff-side mass-tort firms
Every mass-tort payment cleared. Can you prove which matter it closed?
Weekly payment runs create thousands of loose ends when recipient status, referral fees, trust ledgers, and bank activity live in different files. Disbo keeps the plaintiff firm's disbursement record connected from approval through reconciliation.
A real mass-tort workflow
$8 million in uncleared checks is not a payment problem alone.
One mass-tort and personal injury firm told Disbo's team it carried roughly $8 million in uncleared checks while sending roughly $30 million a year in third-party referral fees. Its accounting team still reconciled IOLTA activity in Excel.
These figures come from a prospect call summary. The firm's evaluation is ongoing, and no realized Disbo before-and-after is being claimed.
Read the attributed mass-tort workflow evidenceThe plaintiff firm's workflow
A payment record accounting does not have to reconstruct.
Disbo focuses on the money your firm is responsible for sending and reconciling after the distribution is approved.
Every recipient has a visible status
Client, provider, and referral-counsel payments move through Quick Pay, Standard Pay, or a tracked Lob check. Staff can see what was sent and what remains outstanding.
Referral fees keep their own trail
Referral-fee payments remain separate, matter-linked records with recipient, amount, approval, and payment history—not a buried line inside a general attorney-fee total.
Reconciliation follows the payment
Payment activity stays connected to the matter ledger and trust-account record, so accounting can reconcile from the same transaction trail instead of rebuilding context at month-end.
Scope, without the fine print
Disbo is the law firm's disbursement layer. Not the settlement administrator.
Disbo workflow
Firm-owned disbursement records
Matter-linked recipient payments, referral-fee records, payment status, and trust-ledger activity.
Supported rails
Electronic and tracked paper payments
Quick Pay, Standard Pay, and paper checks printed and mailed through Lob.
Prospect evidence
$8M uncleared and $30M in annual referral fees
Figures reported by one mass-tort firm's accounting team during an evaluation. They are not Disbo customer outcomes.
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QSF and claims administration
No QSF establishment or accounting, claimant intake or allocation, CMS/MSP batching, bulk claimant import, or shared-cost-pool administration.
Go deeper without mixing search intent.
This page covers the plaintiff firm's mass-tort disbursement workflow. Use the existing resources for broader product evaluation and the underlying prospect evidence.
Mass-tort prospect workflowSee the source context behind the uncleared-check and referral-fee figures.Disbursement software comparisonCompare broad platform categories, payment workflows, and trust-accounting capabilities.Mass-tort software buyer's guideUse the existing ranking guide for broader comparison and research intent.Referral-fee recordsReview the dedicated referral-fee workflow and audit trail.
Stop asking three systems whether a payment is done.
See how Disbo keeps your firm's recipient payments, referral-fee records, matter ledgers, and reconciliation trail connected.
Protect the Disbursement RecordMass-tort disbursement questions
Is Disbo a QSF administrator?
No. Disbo does not establish, administer, or account for qualified settlement funds. It supports the plaintiff law firm's own settlement disbursement records, recipient payments, matter ledgers, referral-fee trails, and trust-account reconciliation.
Does Disbo replace a claims-administration platform?
No. Disbo is not a claimant intake, allocation, eligibility, notice, or claims-administration system. It begins with the law firm's approved disbursement record and keeps the resulting payments and accounting activity connected to the matter.
What mass-tort payment records does Disbo keep together?
The firm can keep the matter, recipient, approved amount, payment method, payment status, referral-fee record, and trust-ledger activity connected in one disbursement trail.
How are recipients paid?
Disbo supports Quick Pay and Standard Pay for electronic disbursements, plus tracked paper checks printed and mailed through Lob when paper is required.