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Jeremy

Jeremy Babener

Special Tax Counsel

Jeremy Babener is a nationally recognized tax attorney who focuses his practice on lawsuit awards, settlements and complex structures.

As Special Tax Counsel, Jeremy advises on tax and business matters in addition to his work outside the firm. He previously served full time in Lane Powell’s Tax Group and later as general counsel and vice-president to firm client Multistream Capital, a financial company selling customized income stream investments.

Jeremy regularly speaks and writes on tax issues relating to settlements and structures and serves as a Board Member and Chair of the Legal Committee of the Society of Settlement Planners.

Before joining Lane Powell, Jeremy served as a Tax Policy Fellow in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Policy, focusing on partnership tax issues including non-compensatory partnership options and debt-equity exchanges.

Professional Experience

Multistream Capital, Vice President and General Counsel (2015-2019)

Lane Powell, Tax & Business Attorney (2010-2015)

U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Tax Policy, Tax Policy Fellow (2010)

U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Tort Claims Act Litigation Section, Law Clerk (2008)

Unemployment Action Center, New York University School of Law, Student Advocate (2007-2010)

The Brookings Institution, Intern (2006)

Community Involvement

Oregon State Bar

Member, Newsletter Committee, Tax Section
Former Member, Executive Committee, Tax Section

Society of Settlement Planners

Chair, Legal Committee (2013-Present)
Board Member (2014-Present)

Portland Tax Forum

Former Board Member

Thought Leadership

July 24, 2024News
Nineteen Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Oregon for 2024
Awards & Honors
July 24, 2023News
Nineteen Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Oregon for 2023
Awards & Honors
October 28, 2022Publication
Structured Settlements Are Back - After Two Years Of Court Closures And Low Rates
Forbes
March 25, 2022News
Babener Authors Bloomberg Tax Article ‘Increasing Plaintiffs’ Payoff by Pushing Defendants on Taxes’
In the News
June 30, 2016Publication
New Tax Guidance on Wrongful Imprisonment Damages
Lane Powell White Paper
February 11, 2016Publication
Retroactive Tax Law Provides Tax Benefits for Victims of Wrongful Incarceration
Lane Powell White Paper
January 26, 2015Publication
Recent Tax Court Decision Addresses the Tax Treatment of Amounts Received for Anticipated Injuries
Lane Powell White Paper
December 4, 2014Event / CLE
Startups and Emerging Companies: Kick-start Your New Year
Lane Powell Seminar | Seattle
November 14, 2014Event / CLE
Tax Issues Raised by the Use of Foreign Assignment Companies in Structured Settlements
Qualified Settlement Funds Symposium | Memphis, Tennessee
November 10, 2014News
Babener Elected to Executive Committee of the Oregon State Bar Taxation Section
Awards & Honors
November 5, 2014News
Lane Powell Featured in Puget Sound Business Journal Special Insert About Dec 4 Startups and Emerging Companies Seminar
In the News
October 29, 2014News
Thirteen Lane Powell Attorneys Named to Oregon State Bar’s 2013 Pro Bono Honor Roll
Awards & Honors
October 22, 2014Publication
A Tax Incentive for Oregon’s Artists to Donate Their Work
Lane Powell White Paper
Spring 2014Publication
How Oregon Taxes Its Visiting Workforce
Oregon State Bar Taxation Section Newsletter
October 25, 2013Publication
Three Common Questions Asked By Advisors of Non-Filing Taxpayers
Lane Powell White Paper
October 16, 2013Publication
With 2013 Oregon Income Tax Changes, Some Businesses Should Revisit Their Ownership Structure
Lane Powell White Paper
July 19, 2012Publication
Recent U.S. Tax Court Decision Highlights Issues Regarding the Tax Treatment of Damages for Stress-Induced Physical Ailments
Practical Tax Strategies
April 2011Publication
Death and Damages Can be Taxing
Trusts & Estates
November 29, 2010Publication
Maximizing the Medical Care Exception to the Tax on Emotional Distress Damages
Practical Tax Strategies and North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
November 8, 2010Publication
Taking Medical Expense Deductions Before and After a Personal Injury Suit
Practical Tax Strategies and North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
April 19, 2010Publication
Expanding the Structured Settlement Tax Exclusion
Tax Notes
March 8, 2010Publication
Plaintiffs Might Receive Emotional Distress Damages Tax-Free After 2010
North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
Spring 2010Publication
Structured Settlements and Single-Claimant Qualified Settlement Funds: Regulating in Accordance with Structured Settlement History
NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy
December 14, 2009Publication
Treasury Decides to Pass on Single-Claimant Qualified Settlement Fund Guidance for Now
North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
Fall 2009Publication
Justifying the Structured Settlement Tax Subsidy: The Use of Lump Sum Settlement Monies
NYU Journal of Law & Business

Practices & Industries

Tax
Tax Reform

Education

New York University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation, 2011
- Tax Policy Fellow
New York University School of Law, J.D., 2010
- Journal of Law and Business, Notes Editor
- Unemployment Action Center, Board Member/Advising Coordinator
Haverford College, B.A., Political Science, with high honors, 2007
- Presidential Fellow at the Center for the Study of the Presidency
- Best Thesis in Political Science Award
- Honor Council, Class Representative
University of Oxford, 2005-2006
- Oxford Debating Society, Member

Admissions

Oregon
U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
U.S. Tax Court

Honors

“Oregon Rising Star,” Thomson Reuters, Tax (2023-2024)

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