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  • Structured Settlements: The Ongoing Evolution from a Liability Insurer’s
    Ploy to an Injury Victim’s Boon, 36 TULSA LAW JOURNAL 865 (2001).
  • A Case for the Urgent Need to Clarify Tax Treatment of a Qualified
    Settlement Fund Created for a Single Claimant, 23 VIRGINIA TAX REVIEW
    639 (2004).
  • Annuity Companies Vie for Structured Settlements, NATIONAL
    UNDERWRITER, LIFE & HEALTH/FINANCIAL SERVICES EDITION, July 13,
    1998, 29.
  • How Much Do Those Big Number Structured Settlements Really Cost? THE
    ADVOCATE (Okla. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Oklahoma City, Okla.), July-
    September 1994, 32.
  • Is There an Errors and Omissions Exposure in Failing to Offer a Structured
    Settlement? THE ADVOCATE (Okla. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Oklahoma City,
    Okla.), October-December 1994, 22.
  • Impaired Life Expectancy of Claimant Often Becomes Obstacle to
    Settlement: Medical Underwriting Can Provide the Solution, 8 IN BRIEF
    (Iowa Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Des Moines, Iowa), 17 (1997).
  • Personal Injury Now Must Be Physical to Be Exempt from Income Taxation,
    20 KTLA JOURNAL (Kan. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Topeka, Kan.), 9 (1997); also
    ATLA DOCKET (Ark. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Little Rock, Ark.), Fall 1996, 7; also
    THE ADVOCATE (Ariz. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Phoenix, Ariz.) September 1997.
  • Cash Settlement Instead of Structure Means Claimant Gives Up Tax Break,
    TRIAL TALK (Colo. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Denver, Colo.), March 1998, 21;
    also THE ALASKA TRIAL LAWYER (Alaska Academy of Trial Lawyers,
    Anchorage, Alaska), (1997).
  • Warning Issued Over Sale of Structured Payments, 19 VERDICT (Ind. Trial
    Lawyers Ass’n, Indianapolis, Ind.), 165 (1997); also THE COFFEE-HOUSE
    (Wyo. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Cheyenne, Wyo.), Fall 1997, 4; also 32 MTLA
    QUARTERLY (Mich. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Lansing, Mich.), 19 (1998).
  • It’s Time to Take Control Away From the Defense in Structured Settlement
    Negotiations, 17 CTLA FORUM (Conn. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Hartford,
    Conn.), 72 (1999).
  • The Defense Sees the Handwriting on the Wall, THE PLEADER (N.D. Trial
    Lawyers Ass’n, Mandan, N.D.), March 2001; also 35 MTLA Quarterly (Mich.
    Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Lansing, Mich.), 19 (2001).
  • Attorneys Sued by Client for Failing to Propose a Structured Settlement, 24
    THE VERDICT (Wis. Academy of Trial Lawyers, Madison, Wis.), 37 (2001).
  • Do You Have a Dormant Malpractice Liability? 32 THE FORUM (Consumer
    Attorneys of Calif., Sacramento, Calif.), 32 (2002); also THE ALASKA TRIAL
    LAWYER (Alaska Academy of Trial Lawyers, Anchorage, Alaska), 2002.
  • Travelers Casualty Schemes Called ‘Rebating’ & ‘Short-Changing,’  
    PLEADER (N.D. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Mandan, N.D.), October 2002.
  • IRS Scrutiny Should Not Deter Litigant from Claiming Tax Benefit, THE
    ADVOCATE (Okla. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Oklahoma City, Okla.), October-
    December 2003, 30.
  • Don’t Risk Loss of Medicaid Benefits by Failing to Plan, THE ADVOCATE
    (Okla. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Oklahoma City, Okla.), January-March 2004.
  • Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Exposed to Claims by Their Clients, THE GAVEL
    (Orange Co. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Laguna Hills, Calif.), March 2004.
  • Don’t Accept Annuity Quotes that Violate Oklahoma Rules, THE ADVOCATE
    (Okla. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Oklahoma City, Okla.), April-June 2004.
  • Sale of Annuity Payments Being Okayed Even When Settlement Terms
    Prohibit, THE ADVOCATE (Okla. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Oklahoma City, Okla.),
    July-September 2004.
  • Revised Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators Not Applicable in
    Oklahoma, THE ADVOCATE (Okla. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Oklahoma City,
    Okla.), April-June 2005, 17.
  • Errors in Physical Injury Settlement Agreements Cause Loss of Tax
    Benefits, THE ADVOCATE (Okla. Trial Lawyers Ass’n, Oklahoma City,
    Okla.), July-September 2005, 14.
  • Can Punitive Damages Be Compromised? THE ADVOCATE (Okla. Trial
    Lawyers Ass’n, Oklahoma City, Okla.), January-March 2006, 13.
  • Structured Settlements™, periodic newsletter published since 1994,
    AMROB Publishing Co., filed with Register of Copyrights, Library of
    Congress.
  • Comprehensive Guide to Structured Settlements, 2006, AMROB Publishing
    Co., filed with Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress.
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