About Me

Paul J. Lesti, CSSC, President of Lesti Structured Settlements, Inc. is one of the nation’s leading experts on Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment of Judgments. He has served as an expert witness in Economics, Structured Settlements, and Periodic Payment of Judgments. He is a Certified Structured Settlement Consultant and a licensed annuity agent.

Since 1981 he has consulted on or brokered over 25,000 Structured Settlements cases. He has worked on notable cases including the collapse of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel, the Las Vegas MGM Grand Hotel fire and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Additionally, Paul has worked on a pro-bono basis for the September 11th Victims Compensation Fund.

He is the author of Structured Settlements, 2d (Thomson West Publishers, 1993, updated annually) and the co-author of numerous articles for Trial, National Trial Lawyer, The American Bar Association Journal, and other professional publications. He has consulted with The Wall Street Journal, CBS and other media regarding litigation economic issues.

Paul is a founding and current member of the Board of Directors of The Society of Settlement Planners and he served as its President in 2005. He is a member of the National Structured Settlement Trade Association and the National Association of Forensic Economics. He has a degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley and received his certification as a Certified Structured Settlement Consultant from the University of Notre Dame.

Paul is actively involved with serving his local community. He currently serves on his city’s Planning Commission and was its chairperson for 2004. He also chaired the Parks & Recreation Commission. He served on an advisory committee that looked at land re-use issues when a nearby naval base was taken over by NASA, and he was the first elected community co-chair of the environmental cleanup Restoration Advisory Board for this property.