User:Patrick Hindert

Patrick Hindert has been a leader within the structured settlement industry since 1977. He graduated from Harvard University and the University of Michigan Law School and is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association. Hindert co-founded Benefit Designs, Inc. in 1977 and developed it into a national structured settlement intermediary before selling the company in 1998. With his brother Daniel Hindert and Joseph Dehner, Hindert co-authors “Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments" [1], a legal treatise published by Law Journal Press and updated semi-annually since 1986. In addition to serving as Managing Director of The Settlement Services Group (TSSG) [2], Hindert continues to serve as Managing Director of S2KM Limited where he authors S2KM’s blog "Beyond Structured Settlements" [3] and the structured settlement wiki [4]. Hindert is a former President of the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) [5] and former Executive Director of the Society of Settlement Planners (SSP) [6].