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"Tax Ideas", "Successful Estate Planning Ideas and Methods Service," Wills Form Service", "Executive Action Reports" Contributing Editor to Prentice-Hall, 1974 to Present;

"Estate Planning - The Practical Approach"
    Prentice-Hall, 1974;

"Estate Planning For the Man With the Closely Held Corporation"
    Prentice-Hall, 1976;

"Avoiding Probate"
    National Tooling and Machinery Association, Fall, 1980;

"What You Should Know About the New Tax Laws"
    National Tooling and Machinery Association, 1981;

"The Complete Family Estate Plan for Avoiding Probate"
    Prentice-Hall, 1983 (Completely revised 1989);

"A Declaration of Trust - A Substitute for a Will"
    Prentice-Hall, 1984;

"The Complete Checklist for the Purchase or Sale of a Business"
    Prentice-Hall, May 3, 1984;

"A Tax Planner's Complete Set of Corporate Minutes"
    AAA-CPA, Inc., Fall, 1985;

"Community Property Aspects of Estate Planning"
    California Association of Attorney-CPAs, Dec., 1986;

"The Retainer Agreement as Loss Prevention Tool"
    Prentice-Hall's Of Counsel, January 5, 1987;

"How Lawyers Can Reduce Their Malpractice Risk"
    Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, Spring, 1987;

"Tax Planning After the Owner's Death -- Is It Too Late?"
    American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants, Inc., June 1987;

"Investing Retirement Plan Funds"
    1987 - Pension Planning Conference The California Society of CPAs;

"Fiduciary Accounting Issues"
    Texas Association of Attorney-CPAs, March 1988;

"Fiduciary Accounting for Estates and Trusts"
    California CPA Society, June 1988;

"Watch Out for the Broad Sweep of Section 2036(c)"
    The Attorney-CPA, March-April, 1989;

"California Supreme Court Strikes Down Tort Measure of Damages in Wrongful Discharge Case"
    An analysis of the Foley case The Attorney-CPA, July-August, 1989;

"Fiduciary Accounting for Estate and Trusts"
    California CPA Society, 1989;

"What the CPA Should Know About California Community Property"
    The California Society of CPAs - 1989;

"Four Case Studies" (Accountants' Liability)
    The California Society of CPAs, November, 1989;

"The Fine Art of Testifying, The Attorney-CPA's Perspective"
    25th Annual Meeting of AAA-CPAs, November, 1989;

"Post Mortem Estate Planning"
    1992 Estate Planning Conference - The California Society of CPAs July 1992 San Francisco and Los Angeles;

"Planning For The Marital Deduction When The Surviving Spouse Is Not A U.S. Citizen"
    The Attorney-CPA Summer, 1992 Edition;

"Leveraged Buy-Outs, Fraudulent Conveyances, And The Alter-Ego Doctrine"
    27th Annual Meeting Of The American Association Of Attorney-CPAs, San Diego, California, November 1991;

"Accountants' Common Law Third-Party Liability"
    (compiled materials) Midyear Meeting Of The American Association Of Attorney-CPAs, Nashville, Tennessee, July 1992;

"Accountant's Liability to Third Persons"
    Prepared examination questions for the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys Exam, 1994;

"Preventing Legal Malpractice in The Specialties: Probate, Trusts & Estate Planning"
    Prepared for Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Company for conference, Pasadena, February 1994 (also was speaker at conference);

"Introduction to Accounting For Lawyers" and "Speakers' Guide For Introduction To Accounting For Lawyers"
    Prepared for CEB Continuing Education of The Bar, California, 1994;

"Financial Statement Analysis,"
    Prepared for American Association of Attorneys-Certified Public Accountants
    30th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana November, 1994;

"Fiduciary Accounting,"
    Long Beach Estate Planning Council California, January 1994;

"Presenting Accounting/Legal Evidence in Court"
    Prepared for American Association of Attorneys-Certified Public Accountants 31st Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, California, November, 1995;

"When Things Go Wrong in Accounting - A Big Firm's Perspective"
    Prepared for American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys 1996 Seminar at The Ritz Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, California, September, 1996

Wills and Trusts@
    (Textbook) written by Prof. Ostrove and Published by Southwestern University
    School of Law, 1998;

Survey of Wills and Trusts@
    (Textbook) written by Prof. Ostrove and Published by Southwestern University School of Law, 1999 & 2000, 2007 &2008;

Fiduciary Accounting & the New Principal & Income Act@
    Prepared for American Association of Attorneys-Certified Public Accountants 38th Annual Meeting, Park City, Utah, July, 2001;

Analyzing Financial Statements After Enron: What Every Lawyer Should Know@
    Prepared for the California Continuing Education of the Bar - January 2003;

Accounting for Trusts & Estates Attorneys"
    Prepared for the California Continuing Education of the Bar - May 2004;

Accounting for Lawyers; Beyond the Basics@
    Prepared for the California Continuing Education of the Bar - February 2005;

1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 Original Texts and Revisions for the Following Courses for the California CPA Education Foundation:
    "The CPA as an Expert Witness" (LIT 1)
    "Expert Witness: Deposition and Trial" (LIT 2)
    "Fiduciary Accounting for Estates and Trusts"
    "Advanced Corporate Tax Problems for the Experienced Practitioner"
    (1990 & 1991)
    "California Community Property, What The CPA Must Know"

1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Original Texts and Revisions for the Following Course for the California CPA Education Foundation:
    "Fiduciary Accounting for Estates and Trusts"

2001 and 2002 Original Text for the Following Course for the California CPA Education Foundation:
    "Summary Accounting for Trusts and Estates"

2003 Original Text for the Following Course for the California CPA Education Foundation:
    Accounting and Auditing for Trusts and Estates"

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Original Text for the Following Course for the California CPA Education Foundation:
    Preparing Accountings and Reports for Trusts & Estates"  

2007 and 2008 Original Texts and Revisions for the Following Course for the California CPA Education Foundation:
    "Wills and Trusts in California: What the CPA Must Know"