Overview

WHO WE ARE Malan Structured Settlements is a consulting firm focused on delivering sophisticated settlement strategies to Plaintiff’s or Defense Counsel during the negotiation and settlement of personal injury and medical malpractice lawsuits. The firm is uniquely positioned to provide settlement consulting services to Plaintiff’s or Defense Counsel since its principals are highly experienced lawyers and settlement consultants. Ron Brown, the firm’s founder, has more than thirty years of experience in the private practice of law representing clients in a wide range of tax, financial and estate planning matters and is a seasoned settlement consultant and broker. The combination of the firm’s experience as lawyers and settlement consultants enables the firm to provide a wide range of settlement services to Counsel during the settlement phase of a personal injury or medical malpractice lawsuit – Lawyer to Lawyer. The Firm is: • Owned and operated by lawyers who have over thirty years of experience in representing clients in tax, financial and estate planning matters, including designing supplemental needs trusts, Medicare set-aside arrangements and planning to preserve Medicaid eligibility and other benefits • Staffed by seasoned settlement consultants in implementing and structuring settlements designed to meet the individual needs of the plaintiff in a personal injury or medical malpractice case • Affiliated with various businesses to provide a one stop shop to plaintiffs and their counsel, including law firms, broker dealers, structured settlement brokerage firms, and trust companies. • Affiliated with Delta Settlements, which provides the Firm access to all major annuity markets to fund structured settlements of personal injury lawsuits providing the Firm with • the ability to shop the major annuity markets for the best pricing of the structured settlement annuity; and the ability to evaluate the various insurers based upon their financial soundness. WHY MALAN STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS? If you are a Plaintiff’s lawyer, it is likely that you love trying cases. And, nothing can be more satisfying than bringing a hotly contested personal injury matter to a favorable conclusion, especially if it results in a large monetary settlement or award for your client. Unfortunately, the settlement phase is now more complicated than ever. In negotiating the right settlement for your client, there are tax, financial, Medicaid, Medicare and other legal issues that you need to consider. In certain circumstances, not taking those things into account at settlement could even expose you to liability to your own client. When it comes to the settlement phase of the case, wouldn’t you rather rely on settlement counsel who specializes in tax, financial, Medicaid, Medicare and benefits issues associated with personal injury settlements? If so, our Firm can help. We can assist you with proposing and evaluating various settlement options for your clients since we are settlement specialists. At the successful conclusion of a personal injury matter, we will help you plan the settlement, prepare the settlement documents, minimize the tax consequences, preserve the Plaintiff’s Medicaid and other benefits and provide a structure funded by annuities or money management if needed – Lawyer to Lawyer. The Firm’s Major Annuity Markets for Structured Settlements Include: • Allstate Life Insurance Company • American General Life Insurance Company • Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of NE • John Hancock Life Insurance Company • Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company • New York Life Insurance Company • Pacific Life Insurance Company of America • Prudential Life Insurance Company of America • Symetra Life Insurance Company • Travelers Life Insurance Company