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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;

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

    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 and 2006 Original Texts and Revisions 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 Courses for the California CPA Education Foundation:
      "Preparing Accountings and Reports for Trusts & Estates”
      “Wills and Trusts in California:  What the CPA Must Know"