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A profile of Babener in the NYU School of Law Magazine.
Jeremy Babener is Special Tax Counsel at Lane Powell PC. He has written and spoken about the taxation of personal injury damages, structured settlements, and qualified settlement funds.
Education
LL.M. in Taxation, NYU School of Law, 2011
J.D., NYU School of Law, 2010
B.A., Haverford College, 2007
Past Positions
Multistream Capital (General Counsel & Vice-President), 2015-2018
U.S. Treasury, Office of Tax Policy (NYU Tax Policy Fellow), 2010
Lane Powell PC (Summer Associate), 2009
U.S. Department of Justice, Torts (Law Clerk), 2008
Brookings Institution (Research Intern), 2006
Michigan Land Use Institute (Writing Intern), 2005
Honors
Tax Policy Fellow, NYU School of Law
Notes Editor, NYU Journal of Law & Business
Presidential Fellow, Center for the Study of the Presidency
Past Presentations
Plaintiffs & Planners: Taxation, Annual Conference of the Society of Settlement Planners (Charlestone, February, 2019)
Settlement Taxation: Commonly Missed Savings, Annual Conference of the Society of Settlement Planners (Las Vegas, February, 2018).
Taxation of Foreign Assignment Companies, Annual Conference of the Society of Settlement Planners (New Orleans, February, 2017)
Qualified Settlement Fund Beneficiary Taxation, Annual QSF Symposium (Memphis, November, 2016)
Taxation of Damages, Academy of Special Needs Planners (Webinar, March, 2015)
Partnership & LLC Equity Compensation, Labor & Employment Seminar (Seattle, April, 2014).
Oregon's Taxation of Its Visiting Workforce, Oregon State Bar Tax Section, New Tax Lawyers' Committee (Portland, April, 2014).
Taxation of Personal Injury Damages, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association (Tahoe, January, 2013).
Drafting Settlement Agreements to Reduce IRS Challenges, Annual Conference of the Society of Settlement Planners (Las Vegas, May, 2012).
Partnership & LLC Equity Compensation, Labor & Employment Seminar (Seattle, April, 2014).
Oregon's Taxation of Its Visiting Workforce, Oregon State Bar Tax Section, New Tax Lawyers' Committee (Portland, April, 2014).
Are They Really Independent Contractors? Labor & Employment Seminar (Seattle, May, 2012).
Taxation in Personal Injury Cases, University of Tulsa Law School (Tulsa, April, 2012).
Settlement Taxation: Planning for Medical Expenses and Death, Annual Meeting & Educational Seminar of the Society of Settlement Planners (Las Vegas, May, 2011).
Factoring in a World of Taxation, Annual Conference of the National Association of Settlement Purchasers (Las Vegas, 2010).
Panel on Discharge of Indebtedness Deferral Regulations, Meeting of the Passthroughs and Real Estate Committee, D.C. Bar Tax Section (Washington, D.C., September, 2010).
Justifying the Structured Settlement Tax Subsidy and Expanding Its Application, Annual Meeting & Educational Seminar of the Society of Settlement Planners (Washington, D.C., May, 2010).
Factoring and the Structured Settlement Tax Subsidy, Annual Conference of the National Association of Settlement Purchasers (Las Vegas, 2009).
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