Are you confident with your knowledge of social security regulations? Are you confident in your ability to handle every challenge and legal risk before and during the hearing process? Order these materials and acquire better pre-trial hearing planning and preparation, improved performance at administrative law judge hearings and increased ability to tackle special issues with greater skill and confidence. Order today!

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 - 10:15, Kevin W. Babbit
   1. Determine the Different Types of Disability Cases
   2. Grasp Important Definitions of Abbreviations and Acronyms
   3. Sort Through Medical and Vocational Issues (including use of the “GRID”)
   4. Identify Remedies Available Under ERISA
   5. Tap Into All the Resources Available to You
2. PREPARE AND ANALYZE INFORMATION BEFORE THE HEARING
   10:30 - 11:45, Kevin W. Babbit
   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, Athena M. Dickson
   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, Karl G. Johnson
   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, Athena M. Dickson
   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!

KEVIN W. BABBIT is a member of Knox & Babbit Chartered. Mr. Babbit focuses his practice in family, criminal, social security disability and juvenile law. Prior to his work with Knox & Babbit Chartered, he practiced as an attorney for Kansas Legal Services, Inc. in Emporia, Kansas. He also served as President of the Lyon/Chase County Bar Association. Mr. Babbit earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Kansas. He is a member of the Douglas County Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association and Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.

ATHENA M. DICKSON is an attorney with Siro Smith Dickson PC, where she practices in the areas of personal injury, employment discrimination, Family and Medical Leave Act claims and Social Security disability. Ms. Dickson is licensed to practice in Missouri and Kansas state courts as well as federal courts in the District of Kansas and the Western District of Missouri. She is the assistant secretary for the Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City and the treasurer of Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association-Young Lawyers Section. Ms. Dickson is a member of the Missouri and Kansas bar associations, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and the National Employment Lawyers Association-Kansas City Chapter. She earned her B.S. degree from Missouri Western University and her J.D. degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

KARL G. JOHNSON is a sole practitioner at the Law Office of Karl G. Johnson, where he focuses his practice in the areas of domestic law cases, Social Security disability cases, family law mediation and collaborative divorce cases. Mr. Johnson has been a Kansas Supreme Court certified moderator since 1997. He is a graduate of Washburn University Law School. He is a member of the Kansas Bar Association, the Johnson County and Wyandotte County bar associations and the Johnson County Bar Association, Grievance and Ethics Committee. Mr. Johnson was the recipient of KBA Pro Bono Commitment Award in 2009 and 2010.

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