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1. Social Security Disability: Get the Basics Down
2. Prepare and Analyze Information Before the Hearing
3. Succeed at the Administrative Law Judge Hearing
4. Resolve Ethical Issues in Your Practice
5. Handle Special Issues As They Arise

1. SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY: GET THE BASICS DOWN
   9:00 - 10:30, Written and presented by D. Gregory Rogers.
   1. Untangle Recent Changes to the Social Security Disability Program
   2. Examine Significant Rulings That Threaten Your Success
   3. Determine the Different Types of Disability Cases
   4. Grasp Important Definitions of Abbreviations and Acronyms
   5. Sort Through Medical and Vocational Issues (including use of the “GRID”)
   6. Identify Remedies Available Under ERISA
   7. Tap into All the Resources Available to You
2. PREPARE AND ANALYZE INFORMATION BEFORE THE HEARING
   10:45 - 12:00, Written by Charles W. Snyder. Presented by Judith Bloom in Atlanta and Charles W. Snyder in Savannah.
   1. How to Decide Whether to Accept or Decline Representation of the Client
   2. Medical and Other Essential Evidence You Must Gather
   3. Obtain Necessary Reports and Interrogatories
   4. Analyze Social Security File Documentation
   5. How to File a Claim
   6. Prepare Clients to Effectively Testify
   7. Tips for Establishing the Claim
   8. Avoid Mistakes with Ready-to-Use Forms and Letters
3. SUCCEED AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE HEARING
   1:00 - 2:30, Written by Judith Bloom. Presented by Judith Bloom in Atlanta and Mari C. Chambers in Savannah.
   1. Great Advice for Working with the Local Hearing Office
   2. A Practical Hearing Checklist You'll Use Over and Over
   3. How to Handle Expert Witnesses – Yours and Your Opponents
   4. Follow the Rules for Submitting Evidence to the Letter
   5. Documenting and Presenting Medical and Vocational Evidence
   6. Difficulties to Expect and How to Handle Them
   7. Proven Tactics That Can Lead to a Favorable Ruling
   8. Guard Against Costly Errors When Calculating Benefits
   9. How Benefits Received Impact Other Recoveries
   10. Breakthrough Misconceptions about the Appeals Process
4. RESOLVE ETHICAL ISSUES IN YOUR PRACTICE
   2:45 - 3:45, Written by Judith Bloom. Presented by Judith Bloom in Atlanta and Mari C. Chambers in Savannah.
   1. Be on the Lookout for Conflicts of Interest
   2. Useful Tips for Setting Attorneys' Fees
   3. What to Do to Ensure Confidentiality
   4. Forge a Solid Attorney/Client Relationship
5. HANDLE SPECIAL ISSUES AS THEY ARISE
   3:45 - 4:30, Written and presented by D. Gregory Rogers.
   1. Litigating a Childhood Disability Case? Here's What to Know
   2. Troubleshoot Non-Disability Issues Arising from Disability Claims
   3. The Danger of Mishandling Veteran's Administration Issues
   4. De-Mystify the Relationship between Medicare and Social Security
   5. The Social Security Disability Relation to Other Ongoing Cases - Be on Alert!

JUDITH BLOOM is an associate with the law firm Affleck & Gordon, P.C. Her legal career began at Legal Services, as an intern at Atlanta Legal Aid in 1987 and later she worked as an attorney at Southeast Tennessee Legal Services in Chattanooga from 1990 through 1997. While at STLS, she handled a variety of legal matters as well as fundraising and pro bono administration duties. Ms. Bloom also has worked as an attorney/advisor at the Chattanooga SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review and with Dale Buchanan and Associates in Chattanooga with Stephen Friedman and Associates in Atlanta and now with Affleck and Gordon, P.C. in Atlanta. Over the past 23 years, Ms. Bloom has represented thousands of disabled claimants. In 1999, she relocated with her family to Atlanta and has been successfully representing only disability claimants since then. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and is licensed to practice law in both the state and federal courts of Tennessee and Georgia. Ms. Bloom earned her undergraduate degree from Bryn Mawr College her J.D. degree from Emory University School of Law.  (Atlanta location)

MARI C. CHAMBERS is a solo practitioner who limits her practice to Social Security disability law. Ms. Chambers is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives and the National Association of Disability Representatives. She also is a member of the Savannah Bar Association. Ms. Chambers earned her B.A. degree from Valdosta State University and her J.D. degree from the University of Georgia School of Law. She currently practices in Savannah, Georgia under the name of Chambers Law Firm. Ms. Chambers followed in her father's footsteps. Tom Chambers' firm has been handling Social Security Disability claims in Waycross, Georgia since 1982. (Savannah location)

D. GREGORY ROGERS is a partner in the firm of Rogers & Hofrichter, P.C., where he practices in the areas of Social Security law, workers' compensation, special needs planning for families with children with disabilities, and long term disability litigation. Mr. Rogers is a member of The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and the National Organizations of Social Security Claimant's Representatives (past chairman, Social Security Section; former executive committee member, Disability Law Section), and he is a sustaining member of the Academy of Special Needs Planners. He received his B.A. degree from The Citadel and his J.D. degree from the University of Georgia School of Law at Athens. (Savannah and Atlanta locations)

CHARLES W. SNYDER is a sole practitioner in Savannah, where he practices in the areas of workers' compensation, Social Security, and personal injury law. He earned his B.A. degree from Boston University and his J.D. degree from the University of Georgia. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice and the Savannah Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Snyder is admitted to practice in Georgia and Massachusetts. (Savannah location)

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