Financial advisors: an attorney client is about to receive a large contingency fee from a personal injury case – are your typical wealth management tools the best options to offer him or her? You could enlist the help of a settlement planner, but won’t that just complicate things?
It makes sense to wonder why bringing in another planning expert would benefit anybody. But really, when you get down to brass tacks, there’s little crossover between what financial advisors and settlement planners do besides securing individuals’ financial futures. When an attorney client is about to win a personal injury lawsuit, you can, and should, work in tandem with a settlement planner to strategize the receipt of that incoming, oftentimes substantial, fee. By establishing a plan that involves deferring the attorney fee, everyone benefits, including you – specifically via your AUM.
Fee Deferral
Lawyers are increasingly incorporating fee deferral strategies into their wealth management plans. And, besides providing attorney fee deferral as a better solution for your client, you can boost your AUM and guarantee that their funds remain invested with you well into the future.
Partnering with a settlement planner also gives a competitive edge to financial advisors who aim to offer their clients the latest and greatest options. Fee deferral is the premier wealth planning tool for attorneys who earn contingency fees, as it is exceptionally beneficial and exclusively available to them. As competitive as the financial planning industry is, offering traditional wealth management solutions without bringing up fee deferral could, sooner or later, cause you to lose a big client or miss out on securing a new one.
The top financial advisors in the country offer fee deferral for their attorney clients. We welcome you to contact Milestone to discuss attorney fee deferral in more detail.
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