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          <TD class=3Dtitle vAlign=3Dtop align=3Dmiddle>LAWYER AIMS TO =
HALT UNFAIR=20
            ANNUITY SALES JUDGES APPOINTED MAN TO MAKE SURE SELLERS KNOW =
THEY=20
            ARE GETTING FAR LESS THEN THE VALUE OF PLAN</TD></TR><!-- =
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            <DIV>Lately, Charleston lawyer Troy Giatras has found =
himself=20
            standing between people and their money.</DIV>
            <P>He=92s make people think twice about deals that would =
have provided=20
            seed money for a nail salon, a $40,000 down payment for a =
$200,000=20
            house in Orlando and rent money for a recovering =
methamphetamine=20
            addict.</P>
            <P>=93Brutal,=94 he said. =93There=92s two places you =
don=92t want to stand.=20
            That=92s between people and love and between people and =
money.=94</P>
            <P>Gieatras does it all at the behest of two Kanawha Circuit =
judges=20
            who believe state law requires them to protect people =
selling=20
            annuity payments from rip-offs.</P>
            <P>It=92s controversial. Although many involved in the =
process=20
            acknowledge that the sellers get shorted in deals, most say =
that=20
            shouldn=92t be a reason to keep it from going through.</P>
            <P>=93People have a right to make bad decisions if they want =
to,=94 said=20
            Kanawha Circuit Judge Charlie King. =93Most time I try to =
talk them=20
            out of it. I tell them it=92s a bad deal. But if they tell =
me they=20
            know it=92s a bad deal and they want to go through with it =
anyway,=20
            I=92ll usually approve it.=94</P>
            <P>King and state=92s other circuit judges began getting =
requests to=20
            approve these deals a few years ago, after the West Virginia =

            Legislature legalized the sale of annuity payments.</P>
            <P>The measure opened the door for various outfits based in =
Florida,=20
            Nevada and elsewhere to begin buying up annuity payments for =
a=20
            fraction of their current value.</P>
            <P>Using television ads and mail solicitations, they find =
people=20
            like Tony C. Walker, a Charleston resident receiving annual =
payments=20
            as part of a 1995 settlement that ended a personal injury=20
            lawsuit.</P>
            <P>Last year, Walker sold the rights to 179 monthly payments =
of $629=20
            to the Tort Victim=92s Assistance Finance Company of West =
Virginia so=20
            he could pay back rent and overdue car payments. The Boca =
Raton,=20
            Fla.-based outfit gave the $6.50-an-hour temporary worker =
$20,525,=20
            less than a third of the payments=92 current value, =
according to court=20
            records.</P>
            <P>Like most of the people who sell their annuities to =
outfits like=20
            Tort Victim=92s Finance Company, Walker never had an outside =
lawyer=20
            look at the deal, according to court records.</P>
            <P>Such arrangements alarmed Kanawha Circuit Judges Tod =
Kaufman and=20
            Jim Stucky, especially since state law only permits the =
judges to=20
            approve deals that are =93fair, reasonable and in the best =
interest of=20
            the consumer.=94</P>
            <P>So the judges began asking Giatras to take a look at the =
deals=20
            for them.</P>
            <P>=93It wouldn=92t be right for the judges to say, =
=91Ma=92am, you know=20
            this is a bad deal,=92 and then approve the deal,=94 said =
Giatras, who=20
            estimates he has made between $125 and $200 and hour doing =
the work.=20
            So far, only one of the five deals he=92s examined has been =
approved.=20
            In that one, he said, a disabled man with two kids needed =
the money=20
            to buy land, a trailer and better teeth.</P>
            <P>And even then, Giatras said, the deal may not have been =
in the=20
            seller=92s best interest. =93I believe that, frankly, is =
very=20
            difficult,=94 he said.</P>
            <P>Giatras says that people selling their annuities usually =
come to=20
            his office presuming that the interview with him is a =
perfunctory=20
            step. It=92s not until he starts looking at their monthly =
expenses and=20
            asking them whether they=92ve shopped around for better =
deals that=20
            they realize that he could end up being a roadblock.</P>
            <P>=93I=92m the one who kind of highlights the fine =
print,=94 Giatras=20
            said.</P>
            <P>He said people =93can get very bellicose, very angry=94 =
when he tells=20
            them that he will oppose their plans to sell off their=20
annuities.</P>
            <P>=93But what I have found is if you give them enough =
information,=20
            five them enough time and present everything fairly, the =
client will=20
            come around,=94 he said. =93In the end, the person whose =
money it is=20
            respects the fact that person was looking out for =
them.=94</P>
            <P>Well, sometimes.</P>
            <P>At least one of the people whose annuity sales plans were =
spiked=20
            by Giatras has said she plans on trying again in a different =

            court.</P>
            <P>=93I=92m still going to try to get my money,=94 said the =
woman, who=20
            asked not to be named because she didn=92t want people know =
that she=20
            could be coming into a significant sum of cash soon. =
=93I=92m go to get=20
            a judge that knows all about it and knows what he=92s =
doing.=94</P>
            <P>At that, Giatras shrugs.</P>
            <P>=93Can you stop somebody if they want to make a bad =
choice?=94 he=20
            asked. =93Well, only to a degree. You can stomp, you can =
yell, you can=20
            scream from the mountaintops. But I don=92t know if you can =
stop=20
            them.=94.</P>
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