# Structured Consulting > Win more from your legal victories. > Structured Consulting specializes in structured settlements and tax strategies for legal recoveries. Structured Consulting provides bespoke settlement strategies to help trial lawyers and plaintiffs maximize recoveries, minimize taxes, and preserve benefits in major cases. The firm has advised on over $5.5 billion in recoveries. Because it only handles major cases, every solution is bespoke. Structured Consulting does not offer legal or tax advice; it consults on strategies and works with professionals who do. ## About - [Home | Structured Consulting](https://www.structuredconsulting.com): Expert structured settlement consultant helping trial lawyers maximize case recoveries, reduce taxes, and preserve benefits. - [Our Team | Structured Consulting](https://www.structuredconsulting.com/team): The full team of advisors and staff supporting trial lawyers, plaintiffs, and settlement planners. - [Jeremy Babener | Founder & Consultant](https://www.structuredconsulting.com/jeremy-babener): Jeremy trains financial advisors to plaintiff firms and designs tax-saving settlement arrangements for financial institutions. He also serves as tax counsel at law firm Structured Legal. Expertise: settlements, taxation, trusts, financial arrangements, M&A, partnerships. Industry roles include Chair of the Society of Settlement Planners Legal Committee, member of the ABA Plaintiff Committee, member of the NSSTA Legal Committee, Board of Governors at Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, and Faculty at Trial Lawyers University. - [Melissa Delaney | Firm Outreach](https://www.structuredconsulting.com/advisors/melissa-delaney): Marketing strategist advising plaintiff lawyers and law firm staff on marketing, branding, and legal ethics. Also founder of PI Presence, a coaching firm for small personal injury firms. ## Scope Structured Consulting is not a general consulting firm. It focuses exclusively on settlement strategies for trial lawyers and plaintiffs in major cases. ## What Makes Us Different A specialized team of tax lawyers, litigators, and other professionals with deep expertise in the demands and opportunities of settling major cases. A unique feature of the approach is precision: with basic information, the firm can usually present clients with an accurate analysis of different scenarios and their financial impact before proceeding. ## Services - [Attorney Fee Deferral](https://www.structuredconsulting.com/solutions/attorney-fee-deferral): Contingent fee lawyers can defer some or all fees, investing them in a tax-advantaged arrangement with no contribution limits — effectively an uncapped 401(k). Deferred funds grow tax-deferred, income is spread across years to avoid bracket spikes, and payment schedules are highly flexible. Can potentially double the after-tax value of contingent fees. Investment options include annuities, market-based plans, and in some cases executive compensation plans that eliminate taxes entirely. - [Qualified Settlement Funds](https://www.structuredconsulting.com/solutions/qualified-settlement-funds): Speed up settlement while preserving tax savings through a QSF structure. - [Structured Settlements](https://www.structuredconsulting.com/solutions/structured-settlements): Increase plaintiff recovery value through periodic payment deferral and asset protection. - [Plaintiff Recovery Trusts](https://www.structuredconsulting.com/solutions/plaintiff-recovery-trust): Trust solution designed to avoid double taxation of plaintiff recoveries. - [Settlement Tax Language](https://www.structuredconsulting.com/solutions/settlement-tax-language): Minimize tax at settlement through allocations, deductions, and utilization of available tax subsidies. - [Firm Engagement Agreements](https://www.structuredconsulting.com/solutions/firm-engagement-agreements): Targeted engagement language to help plaintiff firms avoid malpractice liability at settlement. - [Audit Protection](https://www.structuredconsulting.com/solutions/audit-protection): Reduce audit risk by shifting burden of proof and structuring settlements to avoid unnecessary 1099s. - [Government Benefit Protection](https://www.structuredconsulting.com/solutions/government-benefit-protection): Preserve Medicare and other government benefits at settlement, including through Medicare set-asides and the Plaintiff Fund Charity. ## Related Properties - [Plaintiff Fund](https://www.plaintifffund.org): A related charitable organization supporting government benefit preservation for plaintiffs. - [Structured Legal](https://www.structuredlegal.com): A law firm where Jeremy Babener serves as tax counsel to plaintiffs and plaintiff lawyers. ## Recognition & Publications Authors and contributors for Forbes, Bloomberg, CNN, American Bar Association, Newsweek, U.S. News, USA Today, Fox Business, Practicing Law Institute, Federal Bar Association, CNBC, Trial Lawyers University, Trusts & Estates, Law360, Bloomberg Tax, Practical Tax Strategies, and others. Jeremy Babener is a contributing author to the treatise Structured Settlements & Periodic Payment Judgments (Law Journal Press) and has published extensively on plaintiff taxation, structured settlements, and QSFs. ## Contact - Email: planning@structuredconsulting.com - Phone: 503-272-1099 --- Last updated: 2026-05-20 Canonical: https://www.structuredconsulting.com