| RISK LAW FIRM |
A nationwide practice of helping
injury victims through their attorneys
injury victims through their attorneys
Biography: Richard B. Risk, Jr.
Don't let defendants
and their insurers
dictate the financial
terms of the claim
settlement! -Dick Risk
and their insurers
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settlement! -Dick Risk
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Dick Risk has devoted his law practice to issues relating to structured
settlements. He works with attorneys of injury victim claimants to help their
clients make wise financial decisions to rehabilitate themselves from their
injuries, make adjustments in their life style necessitated by their injury, and
refocus their life goals. His services are engaged by plaintiffs’ attorneys and
structured settlement producers across the country to administer qualified
settlement funds (QSFs), advise on tax issues relating to settlements, and
serve as counsel or expert in litigation to secure the rights of injury victims
and their fair and ethical treatment. He is considered an authority nationally
on structured settlement law.
His experience with structured settlements began in late 1985. His cases
as a producer involved high profile plaintiff attorneys, major medical
professional liability insurers for physicians and hospitals, defense and
probate attorneys, several law firms, self-insured corporations including
Fortune 500 companies, claim adjusters, third-party administrators and the
U.S. Department of Justice. He is no longer a structured settlement
producer, but applies the knowledge of the industry he gained from that
experience in his law practice.
He served as a senior-level, sub-Cabinet executive in the federal
government, as a bureau head appointed by President Reagan. He was
also an executive with two publicly held corporations.
He has had several articles published in law journals and in claim adjuster
periodicals, and is editor and publisher of the nationally acclaimed
newsletter, Structured Settlements™. Plaintiff attorney associations of
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
and Wyoming have run articles written by Dick in their respective
magazines, web sites and newsletters. He is a regular contributor to The
Advocate magazine of the Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association. He has
reviewed articles for TRIAL magazine. He has been published in the Tulsa
Law Review (nee Journal), 36 Tulsa L.J. 865 (2001), and in the Virginia Tax
Review, 23 Va. Tax Rev. 639 (2004). He has conducted seminars on
structured settlements for mandatory continuing legal education credit for
attorneys and continuing education credit for property and casualty
insurance claim adjusters and insurance agents.
Dick is a founding member, legal committee chairman and director ex
officio of the Society of Settlement Planners (SSP), a national organization
dedicated to assisting injury victims, claimants and attorneys in resolving
their legal financial claims, and advocating the injury victim’s right to choose
settlement planning advisors and financial and guarantee providers. The
first president of the SSP said in a message to the membership: “Dick has
been a leader in the battle for plaintiffs’ rights in this industry. ... Indeed, a
major portion of this industry’s movement toward accepting plaintiff
specialists in the last few years can be credited to his efforts.” The SSP has
recognized him more than once with a special award for his “tireless work
and valuable contributions.”
He was among the first 100 industry professionals from across the country
to earn the designation of Certified Structured Settlement Consultant
(CSSC), offered by the National Structured Settlements Trade Association
(NSSTA) through the University of Notre Dame’s executive program. He is a
member of the American Bar Association (ABA), Association of Trial
Lawyers of America (ATLA), Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA), the
Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA), Phi Delta Phi legal honors
fraternity, and the American Inns of Court. He is certified by the Supreme
Court of Oklahoma as a mediator.
He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University, with postgraduate studies at
Boston University (Public Communications), the University of Tulsa
(Business Administration and Law) and the University of Oklahoma (Public
Administration). He served as a staff officer and commander in the U.S. Air
Force during the Vietnam era. He received a juris doctorate from the
University of Tulsa College of Law and is admitted to practice law in all
federal and state jurisdictions in Oklahoma.
settlements. He works with attorneys of injury victim claimants to help their
clients make wise financial decisions to rehabilitate themselves from their
injuries, make adjustments in their life style necessitated by their injury, and
refocus their life goals. His services are engaged by plaintiffs’ attorneys and
structured settlement producers across the country to administer qualified
settlement funds (QSFs), advise on tax issues relating to settlements, and
serve as counsel or expert in litigation to secure the rights of injury victims
and their fair and ethical treatment. He is considered an authority nationally
on structured settlement law.
His experience with structured settlements began in late 1985. His cases
as a producer involved high profile plaintiff attorneys, major medical
professional liability insurers for physicians and hospitals, defense and
probate attorneys, several law firms, self-insured corporations including
Fortune 500 companies, claim adjusters, third-party administrators and the
U.S. Department of Justice. He is no longer a structured settlement
producer, but applies the knowledge of the industry he gained from that
experience in his law practice.
He served as a senior-level, sub-Cabinet executive in the federal
government, as a bureau head appointed by President Reagan. He was
also an executive with two publicly held corporations.
He has had several articles published in law journals and in claim adjuster
periodicals, and is editor and publisher of the nationally acclaimed
newsletter, Structured Settlements™. Plaintiff attorney associations of
Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
and Wyoming have run articles written by Dick in their respective
magazines, web sites and newsletters. He is a regular contributor to The
Advocate magazine of the Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association. He has
reviewed articles for TRIAL magazine. He has been published in the Tulsa
Law Review (nee Journal), 36 Tulsa L.J. 865 (2001), and in the Virginia Tax
Review, 23 Va. Tax Rev. 639 (2004). He has conducted seminars on
structured settlements for mandatory continuing legal education credit for
attorneys and continuing education credit for property and casualty
insurance claim adjusters and insurance agents.
Dick is a founding member, legal committee chairman and director ex
officio of the Society of Settlement Planners (SSP), a national organization
dedicated to assisting injury victims, claimants and attorneys in resolving
their legal financial claims, and advocating the injury victim’s right to choose
settlement planning advisors and financial and guarantee providers. The
first president of the SSP said in a message to the membership: “Dick has
been a leader in the battle for plaintiffs’ rights in this industry. ... Indeed, a
major portion of this industry’s movement toward accepting plaintiff
specialists in the last few years can be credited to his efforts.” The SSP has
recognized him more than once with a special award for his “tireless work
and valuable contributions.”
He was among the first 100 industry professionals from across the country
to earn the designation of Certified Structured Settlement Consultant
(CSSC), offered by the National Structured Settlements Trade Association
(NSSTA) through the University of Notre Dame’s executive program. He is a
member of the American Bar Association (ABA), Association of Trial
Lawyers of America (ATLA), Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA), the
Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA), Phi Delta Phi legal honors
fraternity, and the American Inns of Court. He is certified by the Supreme
Court of Oklahoma as a mediator.
He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University, with postgraduate studies at
Boston University (Public Communications), the University of Tulsa
(Business Administration and Law) and the University of Oklahoma (Public
Administration). He served as a staff officer and commander in the U.S. Air
Force during the Vietnam era. He received a juris doctorate from the
University of Tulsa College of Law and is admitted to practice law in all
federal and state jurisdictions in Oklahoma.
