Sylvius von Saucken Managing Director

Sylvius von Saucken is a managing director of mass tort and class action solutions for Epiq, having served the mass tort industry as a thought leader and problem solver for some of the nation’s largest and most complex mass tort settlements.
 
He leverages his 20 years of experience to manage Epiq’s mass tort business, also serving as a lead subject-matter expert for clients and colleagues. He regularly consults with clients about best practices, innovative approaches to lien resolution, and other payment complication challenges, including how to manage qualified settlement funds efficiently and cost-effectively. Sylvius has served as a lead designer of global settlement models, working to create synergies with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
 
Sylvius has spoken before numerous state and national bar associations, as well as judicial conferences on a variety of topics impacting the settlement continuum, from Medicaid component estate planning, trust administration and taxation, taxation of settlements, Medicare repayment rules, strategies and practice tips, to Medicare set-asides, qualified settlement funds, Medicaid lien strategies and resolution, special needs trusts, and government benefit preservation strategies.
 
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in diplomacy/foreign affairs and political science from Miami University (OH) and a Juris Doctor from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law, where he has served as an adjunct professor, co-teaching courses in federal wealth transfer taxation and estate planning.