Helping Plaintiffs and Their Families
When a person suffers an injury, there are many issues to investigate. Some of these issues can affect the injured person for life. We help injured and disabled people and their families understand their options and prepare for the rest of their lives. When an injured party files a lawsuit, one assumption is that the receipt of funds is the end of the battle.
That’s where we come in. We work with families and attorneys who are already in the process of resolving an injury claim to avoid making mistakes when money is received and designing a plan to maximize the efforts of the parties involved in litigation so that the injured party can enhance any recovery to its fullest extent.
Plaintiffs and families: It’s all about you. You have suffered an injury that will change your life. You have one shot at getting this right and you are at the “goal line” when you are about to receive your recovery.
Now is the time you need to consult with a knowledgeable settlement planning attorney.
We have extensive experience with families just like yours and we can use that experience to provide you with the best possible outcome. We hope to help enhance the life of a person who may never be able to work again, and may need assistance with daily life.
We want you to be aware of all your the options BEFORE you decide how to settle your case. We are available for a free evaluation of your situation to determine your options.
How We Can Help
Protect Your Benefits
Protect Your Benefits
Protect Your Benefits
Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid play a key role in providing life sustaining benefits to many people in this country, particularly the disabled. There are very strict asset and income guidelines to maintain eligibility for these programs. Many injured plaintiffs would lose these important benefits without advance planning.
Establishing a Trust
Protect Your Benefits
Protect Your Benefits
When a person settles a personal injury lawsuit, it’s usually the largest sum of money they will ever get at one time. Because the courts want to protect an injured person from squandering their funds or from the designs of manipulating third parties, some type of protective trust is usually involved.
Protecting Your Home
Protecting Your Home
Protecting Your Home
One of the most common requests we receive from clients and their families when they are accepting a monetary settlement is, “Can we buy a home?” While in the majority of cases, the answer is “Yes”, the means by which a home can be purchased or built can vary greatly - with equally great variations in how the home can be titled, used, and ultimately passed on to family members.
Tax Planning
Protecting Your Home
Protecting Your Home
Anytime there is a significant windfall of money, there are tax issues to follow. Unfortunately, as plaintiffs approach a settlement, there is usually very little discussion about tax planning beyond whether or not the actual receipt of settlement funds is taxable. This initial analysis is only the first level of tax analysis to properly plan for the injured person’s well being in the future.