UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Grunebaum, Peter K 750 Lexington Avenue 30th Floor New York, NY 10022 USA 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. PPD 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 096-28-6316 4. Statement for Month/Year February 1, 2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock |2/25/0|M | |4,000 |A |16.00 | | | | |2 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |2/25/0|S | |2,000 |D |26.45 |7,500 |D | | |2 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |1,200 |I |By Keogh Plan | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Option - Right to Buy |19.20 |3/01/| | | | | | |Common | | |10,000 |D | | | |01 | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Option - Right To Buy |16.00 |3/01/|M | |4,000 2,000|A,D|(1) |3/1/0|Common | | | |D | | | |97 | | | | | |2 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Option - Right to Buy |42.125 |3/01/| | | | | | |Common | | |10,000 |D | | | |98 | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Option - RIght to Buy |30.25 |3/01/| | | | | | |Common | | |10,000 |D | | | |99 | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Option - Right to Buy |29.625 |3/01/| | | | | | |Common | | |10,000 |D | | | |00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: (1) These securities were acquired through participation in the Issuer's Stock Option Plan approved by shareholders on March 1, 1997. These are exempt under Rule 16a-8(b). These options were exercisable on December 1, 1997. .. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON Peter Grunebaum DATE March 8, 2002