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, William G. Knoebel
   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
   10:30 - 11:45, Brandie L. Hall
   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, Brandie L. Hall
   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
   2:00 - 3:00, William G. Knoebel
   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, William G. Knoebel
   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!

BRANDIE L. HALL is a partner at Patrick, Leighton & Hall, PLLC of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. She is admitted to practice in the state of Kentucky; the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; and the U.S. Court of Veteran's Appeals. Ms. Hall is additionally accredited by the VA as an attorney representative assisting veterans in pursuing veteran's disability benefit claims. She enjoys working in a general practice setting however, more than half of her practice is comprised of Social Security disability and SSI cases. Furthermore, Ms. Hall has participated extensively in community service having served on several boards including Gateway Community Action; the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) -Lexington, local affiliate; NAMI - Kentucky, state affiliate; and Pathways, Inc. She earned her B.A. degree from Alice Lloyd College and her J.D. degree from the University of Kentucky, College of Law.

WILLIAM G. KNOEBEL is a partner in the firm of Knoebel & Vice with offices in Burlington and Maysville, Kentucky. He is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claims Representatives. Since 1989 Mr. Knoebel has represented numerous claimant before the Social Security Administration. In addition to his practice of disability law, he handles workers' compensation and personal injury matters. Mr. Knoebel frequently speaks to professional groups on Social Security disability law, workers' compensation and personal injury law. He earned his B.A. degree from Thomas More College and his J.D. degree from Salmon P. Chase College of Law. Mr. Knoebel's memberships include the Kentucky, Northern Kentucky and Mason County bar associations.

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