Structured Settlements 4Real®Blog 2026
Structured settlements expert John Darer reviews the latest structured settlements and settlement planning information and news, and provides expert opinion and highly regarded commentary. that is spicy, Informative, irreverent and effective for over 20 years.
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Category: Attorney Financial Planning
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Structured attorney fees and other attorney fee deferral options keep the money rolling in for contingency fee lawyers. Structured attorney fee and attorney fee deferral options can be set up to pay to individual lawyers, to lawyers in a solo practice, to partners in a law firm, or the law firm itself.
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In 2023, Prudential launched the Income Advantage, an index-linked structured settlement annuity, enhancing consumer options alongside Pacific Life and Independent Life. This product offers growth potential, downside protection, and tax benefits, particularly benefiting personal injury victims and attorneys. Supported by two favorable IRS Private Letter Rulings, it signifies market innovation.
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Now is the time to make good use of stuctured settlements and build enduring guaranteeed income streams. Rates in excess of 5% are possible depending on duration, company and type of payments. Call 888-325-8640 for structured settlement quotes.
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It’s NOT necessary to establish a QSF in order to structure or defer attorney fees. Some settlement planners aggressively push QSFs and misrepresent QSFs as “the only way” for you to benefit from structured attorney fees, or other attorney fee deferral programs. Rubbish.
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Why would one or more of the highlighted sections 26 CFR § 1.468B(c) be selectively omitted in the context of how qualified settlement funds have been heavily promoted to trial lawyers by certain settlement planners?
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A video inaccurately claims that annuity-based attorney fee deferral programs must use offshore funds. The author clarifies that domestic structured settlement annuities can fund attorney fees without going offshore. Various reputable insurance companies offer options that cater to attorneys seeking to enhance their wealth through these deferral programs.
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IRC 130(c) is a definition of what a qualified assignment IS, in the context of what a qualified assignment DOES from a tax standpoint. IRC 130(c) and the other parts of IRC 130 are not mutually exclusive. Potentially huge tax consequences to attorneys deferring with factored structured settlements.
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A lifetime structured settlement annuity funded structured attorney fee is an option for a lawyer to address longevity risk. To the extent a trial lawyer structures a portion of his or her attorney fees over a lifetime, mortality risk can be shifted to the annuity issuer using a rated age if annuity issuer offers.