"Estate Planning - The Practical Approach"
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Prentice-Hall, 1974;
"Estate Planning For the Man With the Closely Held Corporation"
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Prentice-Hall, 1976;
"Avoiding Probate"
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National Tooling and Machinery Association, Fall, 1980;
"What You Should Know About the New Tax Laws"
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National Tooling and Machinery Association, 1981;
"The Complete Family Estate Plan for Avoiding Probate"
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Prentice-Hall, 1983 (Completely revised 1989);
"A Declaration of Trust - A Substitute for a Will"
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Prentice-Hall, 1984;
"The Complete Checklist for the Purchase or Sale of a Business"
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Prentice-Hall, May 3, 1984;
"A Tax Planner's Complete Set of Corporate Minutes"
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AAA-CPA, Inc., Fall, 1985;
"Community Property Aspects of Estate Planning"
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California Association of Attorney-CPAs, Dec., 1986;
"The Retainer Agreement as Loss Prevention Tool"
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Prentice-Hall's Of Counsel, January 5, 1987;
"How Lawyers Can Reduce Their Malpractice Risk"
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Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, Spring, 1987;
"Tax Planning After the Owner's Death -- Is It Too Late?"
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American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants, Inc., June 1987;
"Investing Retirement Plan Funds"
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1987 - Pension Planning Conference The California Society of CPAs;
"Fiduciary Accounting Issues"
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Texas Association of Attorney-CPAs, March 1988;
"Fiduciary Accounting for Estates and Trusts"
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California CPA Society, June 1988;
"Watch Out for the Broad Sweep of Section 2036(c)"
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The Attorney-CPA, March-April, 1989;
"California Supreme Court Strikes Down Tort Measure of Damages in Wrongful Discharge Case"
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An analysis of the Foley case The Attorney-CPA, July-August, 1989;
"Fiduciary Accounting for Estate and Trusts"
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California CPA Society, 1989;
"What the CPA Should Know About California Community Property"
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The California Society of CPAs - 1989;
"Four Case Studies" (Accountants' Liability)
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The California Society of CPAs, November, 1989;
"The Fine Art of Testifying, The Attorney-CPA's Perspective"
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25th Annual Meeting of AAA-CPAs, November, 1989;
"Post Mortem Estate Planning"
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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"
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The Attorney-CPA Summer, 1992 Edition;
"Leveraged Buy-Outs, Fraudulent Conveyances, And The Alter-Ego Doctrine"
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27th Annual Meeting Of The American Association Of Attorney-CPAs, San Diego, California, November 1991;
"Accountants' Common Law Third-Party Liability"
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(compiled materials) Midyear Meeting Of The American Association Of Attorney-CPAs, Nashville, Tennessee, July 1992;
"Accountant's Liability to Third Persons"
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Prepared examination questions for the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys Exam, 1994;
"Preventing Legal Malpractice in The Specialties: Probate, Trusts & Estate Planning"
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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"
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Prepared for CEB Continuing Education of The Bar, California, 1994;
"Financial Statement Analysis,"
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Prepared for American Association of Attorneys-Certified Public Accountants
30th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana November, 1994;
"Fiduciary Accounting,"
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Long Beach Estate Planning Council California, January 1994;
"Presenting Accounting/Legal Evidence in Court"
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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"
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Prepared for American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys 1996 Seminar at The Ritz Carlton Hotel in San Francisco, California, September, 1996
Wills and Trusts@
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(Textbook) written by Prof. Ostrove and Published by Southwestern University
School of Law, 1998;
Survey of Wills and Trusts@
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(Textbook) written by Prof. Ostrove and Published by Southwestern University School of Law, 1999 & 2000, 2007 &2008;
Fiduciary Accounting & the New Principal & Income Act@
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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@
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Prepared for the California Continuing Education of the Bar - January 2003;
Accounting for Trusts & Estates Attorneys"
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Prepared for the California Continuing Education of the Bar - May 2004;
Accounting for Lawyers; Beyond the Basics@
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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:
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"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:
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"Fiduciary Accounting for Estates and Trusts"
2001 and 2002 Original Text for the Following Course for the California CPA Education Foundation:
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"Summary Accounting for Trusts and Estates"
2003 Original Text for the Following Course for the California CPA Education Foundation:
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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:
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Preparing Accountings and Reports for Trusts & Estates"
2007 and 2008 Original Texts and Revisions for the Following Course for the California CPA Education Foundation:
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"Wills and Trusts in California: What the CPA Must Know"








