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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

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1. SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY: GET THE BASICS DOWN
   9:00 - 10:30, Deborah Spector
   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 - 11:45, Deborah Spector
   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
   12:45 - 2:00, Marcie E. Goldbloom
   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
   2:15 - 3:15, Marcie E. Goldbloom
   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
   3:15 - 4:30, Tom Yates
   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!

MARCIE E. GOLDBLOOM is a partner with Daley, DeBofsky & Bryant. Ms. Goldbloom covers 25 different jurisdictions. She has spoken on attorney fees and equal access to justice Act 28 U.S. c. Section 2412, Social Securities evaluation of obesity as it pertains to disability cases and disability claims procedures from start to finish. Ms. Goldbloom also spoke for the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives and the Chicago Area Multiple Sclerosis Society on all aspects of Social Security disability and introduction to issues arising in ERISA law, and she also has lectured on Social Security for the Chicago Bar Association. She is a member of the Chicago Bar and was chair of its Social Security committee from 1995 to 1996. Ms. Goldbloom is admitted to practice in Illinois, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th and 6th Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court and a variety of other district court jurisdictions. She earned her B.A. degree from the University of Michigan and her J.D. degree from Gonzaga University.

DEBORAH SPECTOR is a partner in the Chicago law firm of Spector & Lenz, P.C., where she practices in the area of social security disability. She earned her B.A. degree from Stanford University and her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from DePaul University College of Law. Ms. Spector has lectured frequently on her area of practice.

TOM YATES has been with Health & Disability Advocates since 1996, and is responsible for policy analysis, advocacy, and legal representation on health care and Social Security benefits for children and adults with disabilities, and elders with limited incomes. He provides individual representation, class action litigation, and administrative and legislative advocacy in the areas of Social Security, Medicaid, and state-funded assistance programs. Mr. Yates has published and spoken extensively on each of these areas. He worked for a private law firm in Chicago representing individuals on Social Security disability claims, and he worked for over a decade as a legal services attorney for the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago and Northeast Kentucky Legal Services. Mr. Yates has a law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law and a Bachelor of Special Studies from Cornell College.

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