re: Powerball-cash vs annuity

Thanks.

This is why your first call should be to 3 different attorneys to put them on retainer. Then you should call 3 CPAs.
Then you should call 3 major asset management shops (not some jack leg with an office in a strip mall, you want someone in a major city with hundreds of millions of AUM).

Once you have all of those set up, you should fact check everything anyone says with one of their counterparts in each of the three categories. Small errors can cost millions in this situation. Don't cheap out.