Jason Ethridge is a Director of Investments at Gerchen Capital Partners, where he leads legal underwriting. He is responsible for identifying and evaluating potential investments, managing all aspects of the underwriting and due diligence processes, and overseeing investments to final resolution.
Ethridge has experience evaluating litigation investments across a wide variety of substantive law and across an array of domestic and international jurisdictions, and he brings significant legal practice experience in all stages of litigation from origination, evaluation, and filing strategy to trial, appeal, and judgment enforcement. Prior to GCP, Ethridge practiced at Keller Postman LLC and at Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick PLLC, where he worked on large commercial cases primarily representing plaintiffs in class actions, mass torts, multidistrict litigation, and arbitrations.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 100 Global Leaders in Litigation Finance | 2026 | Litigation Finance |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 100 Global Leaders in Litigation Finance | 2025 | Litigation Finance |
Ethridge also served as a law clerk for Judge Pamela Harris of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and Judge Dabney Friedrich of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Ethridge graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. He also holds a master’s degree in orchestral conducting from the University of Maryland and an undergraduate degree in double bass performance, magna cum laude, from Furman University.