TITLE: Laying the Path for Lawsuit Payments, and Watching for Ethical Missteps
Publisher: Trial Magazine, reprinted from Forbes
Author: Jeremy Babener, Tax Counsel, Structured Legal
The path settlement funds take from a defendant to a personal injury plaintiff can radically change how much the plaintiff keeps. Often, slowing settlement negotiations to plan that path, or convince defendants to cooperate, is impractical. At those times, Qualified Settlement Funds can put plaintiffs on a far better path to maximize their control and value of any recovery. Fortunately for trial lawyers, QSFs are a simple and ethically compliant settlement planning tool.