Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Certified Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law Specialist, California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Ross, DeYoung & Cohen, "Confrontation: Special Education Placement and the Law," Exceptional Children, September, 1971; Chandler & Ross, "Zoning Restrictions and the Right to Live in the Community", The Mentally Retarded Citizen and the Law, Kindred (ed.), The Free Press, 1976, p. 305; Ross, "Legal Advocacy Considerations", Advocacy Systems for Persons With Developmental Disabilities, Research and Training Center in Mental Retardation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 1976; Ross, Pruett and Levine, Conservatorships Supplement (Continuing Education of the Bar), November 1981; Ross, "The Special Needs Trust and Its Use In Estate Planning for Families With Disabled Children", Estate Planning for the Aging or Incapacitated Client, Practicing Law Institute, 1986; Ross, "The Special Needs Trust and Its Use in Estate Planning for Families with Disabled Children", Estate Planning, Trust & Probate News, State Bar of California, Spring 1987; Ross, Conservatorship, Trusts and Wills for People With Developmental or Other Disabilities - A Guide for Families, 6th Ed. Protection & Advocacy, Inc. 2000; Ross, "Developments in Special Needs Trust Planning", Trust Horizons, Summer 1990; Prensky & Ross, "Public Benefit Planning for the Elderly and Disabled", 1990 USC Probate and Trust Conference, University of Southern California Law Center, October 1990; Ross, "Sheltering Zebley Retroactive SSI Benefits in Trust", Clearinghouse Review (National Clearinghouse for Legal Services, Inc.), Vol. 5, Number 10, February 1992; Ross, "The Special Needs Trust," Future Care Planning--Developing a Program for Future Care Planning for Persons with Mental Disabilities, Government Law Center of Albany Law School and the NYS Office of Mental Health, September 18, 1992; Ross, "Use of Special Needs Trusts To Manage Proceeds of Litigation For A Disabled Minor or Adult", CEB Civil Litigation Reporter, November 1992. Reprinted in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate News, State Bar of California, Winter 1993; Ross, "The Litigation Special Needs Trust--Recent Developments," First Annual North Bay Trust Forum, Northern Trust Bank of California, N.A., November 17, 1993; Ross, "Recent Developments in the Litigation Special Needs Trust", CEB Civil Litigation Reporter, June 1994. California Will Drafting Supplement, (Chapter 23--Special Needs Trusts) California Continuing Education of the Bar (1995); Ross, "Special Needs Trusts" (Chapter 13), Drafting California Irrevocable Living Trusts, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 3d ed., 1997; Ross, "Be A Certified Specialist", California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, State Bar of California, Summer 1997; Ross, "Special Needs Trusts and the Payback Trap", California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, State Bar of California, Spring 1998; Ross, "Special Needs Trusts: Drafting Tips and Traps", The North Bay Trust Forum, Northern Trust Bank of California, N.A., November 19, 1998; Ross, "The Special Needs Trust: A New Wrinkle No More," Thirty-Sixth Annual Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, University of Miami, January 2002; Ross, "The Evolution of The Special Needs Trust: The First Party/Third Party Dichotomy," The Twenty-fourth Annual Estate Planning Institute, UCLA-CEB, June 2002; Ross, "Special Needs Trusts: Updates and Hot Topics," program materials for presentation to the Estate Planning Trust and Probate Law Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco, March 3, 2010.