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: Structured Attorney Fees
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Healthy trial lawyers may get a better deal on structured attorney fees by pairing a life only annuity with life insurance , if the attorney is insurable. Life only annuities yield more than life annuities with a certain period.
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The plaintiff’s decision to take a structure settlement annuity generally has no impact on how the lawyer gets paid. Attorneys should review their retainer agreements to be sure it accurately reflects the how the attorney fee is calculated if a client elects to structure.
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If you are a plaintiff attorney seeking to do some tax planning by structuring attorney fees, you are in for a big disappointment if Travelers is the sole insurer for your adversaries.You can structure the other cases that come up during the year with insurers who do permit structured attorney fees
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Tax increases improve the intrinsic value of existing structured settlements, as well structured attorney fee programs and non qualified assignments. An increase in income tax also makes new structured settlements more attractive, even at times when yields are modest.
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Structured settlement expert John Darer reviews important issues for plaintiff attorneys who would like to consider structuring their legal fee in this video. The underlying message is if you want tax deferral start planning now. Attorneys CAN structure their legal fees even if their client is not structuring their settlement. If you are an attorney,…
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On the other hand the seminal case for structured attorney fees is the completely unrelated Childs v Commissioner
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Systematic structuring of attorney fees through laddering annuities and other attorney fee deferral solutions can smooth out highs and lows of interest rates, and payouts.
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MORE TAXES+ GREATER INTRINSIC VALUE FOR NEW AND EXISTING STRUCTURES, even in a low interest rate environment. Check out the taxable equivalent yield chart at 4structures.com and see how that “puny 3% rate of return”, “ain’t too shabby” if you’re in the 40% tax bracket.
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Today's financial literacy lesson concerns structured attorney fees, specifically where one of my industry colleagues flubs his lines when describing why to do them. He says "For married couples who file their taxes jointly under the present law, the highest marginal tax bracket surpasses 30 percent. A lawyer, who would have under normal circumstances earned a…
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Lawyers who wish to structure their fees before the end of 2009 should be getting their ducks in a row BEFORE the case settles. For example, Does your retainer agreement address attorney fee structured settlements? Does your partnership document address structuring fees? There are other planning considerations. Plan ahead and work with a settlement planner, ideally a…