A prior S2KM blog post (AAJ 2007 Annual Convention - 1) criticizes the American Association for Justice (AAJ) for failing to provide any structured settlement educational programs during 2007 despite:
- The importance of structured settlements for personal injury victims;
- The general lack of knowledge and professional competence of AAJ members concerning structured settlement laws and legal issues;
- The significant legal changes impacting structured settlements that have occurred since 2001;
- The prominent role of structured settlement companies as AAJ exhibitors, advertisers and sponsors.
Here are the companies and associations AAJ identifies as exhibitors, advertisers or sponsors in the AAJ 2007 Annual Convention Program Book that participate (directly or through an affiliate) in the primary or secondary structured settlement markets:
Structured Settlement Consultants
- Creative Capital
- EnterpriZ Economic Consulting
- EPS Settlements Group
- Ferlisi Jolley Associates
- Forge Consulting
- High Impact Structures
- Lesti Structured Settlements
- Millenium Settlements
- Pressman Settlements Corporation
- Ringler Associates
- Robert W. Johnson & Associates
- Society of Settlement Planners
- The Center for Special Needs Trust Administration
- The Garretson Firm Resolution Center
- The Halpern Group
- The James Street Group
Structured Settlement Annuity Providers
Structured Settlement Factoring Companies
- Bentzen Funding Solutions
- J.G. Wentworth
- LawCash
- Oasis Legal Finance
- Peachtree Settlement Funding
- Strategic Capital
Addendum (added July 18, 2007) - Who is missing from the above list of structured settlement advisors and stakeholders? Which additional settlement planning product and service providers (or provider associations) should be exhibiting at AAJ meetings?
- Trust companies
- Special needs attorneys
- Medicare set-aside professionals
- Life care planners - Beacon, a regular AAJ exhibitor, is a notable exception within this category.
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