Jeremy Babener

Tax Counsel

Jeremy is a nationally recognized tax lawyer who focuses on lawsuit awards, settlements, and complex structures. He regularly writes and speaks on settlement taxation. He also serves on the Legal Committees of the three national settlement planning associations and the Plaintiffs’ Practice Committee of the American Bar Association.

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Articles & Advice

American Bar Association article screenshot

Practical Tax Strategies article screenshot

Industry Involvement

Member

Public Education Committee

Member

Plaintiff Committee

Member

Education Committee

Chair

Legal Committee

Member

Legs & Regs Committee

Member

Legal Committee

Professional Experience

Structured Legal
2024 - Present

Tax Counsel

Advise plaintiffs and plaintiff firms on settlement strategies, maximizing the value of the settlement amount. Vet and create new settlement arrangements.

Lane Powell
2015 - 2024

Special Tax Counsel

Advised plaintiffs and plaintiff firms on tax strategies at settlement. Advised financial institutions on the use and creation of settlement arrangements.

Lane Powell
2010-2015

Tax & Business Attorney

Advised on tax issues for Lane Powell’s diverse practice groups, including business, employment, litigation, and bankruptcy. Served as outside general counsel for several client companies.

U.S. Treasury
2010-2011

Tax Policy Fellow

Advised on tax treatment and tax policy issues arising at settlement. Helped draft regulations for noncompensatory partnership options, exchanges of partnership debt for equity, and other partnership tax issues.

U.S. Dept. of Justice
2008

Litigation Clerk

Worked on defenses and settlements for personal injury claims against U.S. departments and agencies, including the U.S. Army, FBI, and VA.

Other Publications

Structured Settlements & Periodic Payment Judgments (Treatise), Law Journal Press (Contributing Author)
Increasing Plaintiffs’ Payoff by Pushing Defendants on Taxes, Bloomberg Tax
A Compliance Primer for Attorneys Outsourcing Legal Work, Law360.com
Taxes After Lawsuits: A Cryogenic Case Study, Practical Tax Strategies
Considering Medicare Before Settlement, Montana Bar Association Magazine
“Other Duties” of Litigators, Montana Bar Association Magazine
Tax Treatment of Amounts Received for Anticipated Injuries, Lane Powell White Paper
Death Then Taxes: Anticipating the Taxation of Personal Injury Proceeds, Trusts & Estates
Maximizing the Medical Care Exception to the Tax on Emotional Distress Damages, Practical Tax Strategies
Taking Medical Expense Deductions Before and After a Personal Injury Settlement, Practical Tax Strategies
Expanding the Structured Settlement Tax Exclusion to Reach All Potential Structurers, Tax Notes
Structured Settlements and Single-Claimant Qualified Settlement Funds: Regulating in Accordance with Structured Settlement History, NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy
How Plaintiffs Might Receive Distress Damages Tax-Free After 2010, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
Justifying the Structured Settlement Tax Subsidy, NYU Journal of Law & Business
Treasury Decides to Pass on Single-Claimant Qualified Settlement Fund Guidance for Now, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

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