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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 - 10:15, Francis M. Jackson and Murrough H. O'Brien
   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, Francis M. Jackson and Murrough H. O'Brien
   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, Francis M. Jackson and Murrough H. O'Brien
   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, Francis M. Jackson and Murrough H. O'Brien
   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, Francis M. Jackson and Murrough H. O'Brien
   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!

FRANCIS M. JACKSON has practiced in the Portland area for more than 30 years. His firm, Jackson & MacNichol, specializes in social security disability claims and represents claimants in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts. He is also one of the few New England lawyers to represent veterans in their claims before the Court of Appeals for Veteran's Claims. Mr. Jackson is a graduate of Bowdoin College, summa cum laude, and the University of Maine School of Law.

MURROUGH H. O'BRIEN is an attorney at Jackson & MacNichol and has practiced in Portland since 1975. He maintained his own practice until 2005, when he joined Jackson & MacNichol in an "of counsel" status. Mr. O'Brien has specialized in social security disability claims since the early 1990s. He earned his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard College and his law degree from the University of Maine.

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