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1. Overview of SSA's Program for the Disabled
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. Overview of SSA's Program for the Disabled
   9:00 - 10:15, Elizabeth R. Jones
   1. Types of Programs
   2. Benefits
   3. Application Process - When & How to Apply
   4. How to Appeal
   5. Who to Call
2. PREPARE AND ANALYZE INFORMATION BEFORE THE HEARING
   10:30 - 11:45, Chris Roundy
   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, Chris Roundy
   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, Sheila Zakre
   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, Christine W. Casa
   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!

CHRISTINE W. CASA is a partner at the Portsmouth firm of Boynton, Waldron, Doleac, Woodman & Scott, P.A., where she practices in the areas of divorce and post-divorce mediation and litigation, custody and visitation/parental rights and responsibilities, child support, adoption and guardianship. Ms. Casa is admitted to the New Hampshire and Maine bars and the U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire. She earned her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School and her B.A. degree from Wheaton College. Ms. Casa earned the "Pro Bono Attorney of the Year" for Rockingham County in 2002. She is a member of the New Hampshire and Maine State bar associations.

ELIZABETH R. JONES is an attorney with the firm of Moquin & Daley where she practices primarily in the area of Social Security Disability, as well as worker's compensation and personal injury. She earned her B.S. and J.D. degrees from Villanova University. She is a member of the New Hampshire, New Jersey and Pennsylvania bar associations, as well as the bar of the Federal District Courts of New Hampshire and New Jersey and the 1st Circuit. She has mediated for the New Hampshire Superior Court and for the American Arbitration Association, and has been a presenter for various CLE programs in the area of Social Security Disability. She is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives,  NHAJ, and NHWBA.

CHRIS ROUNDY is an attorney at Roundy Law Firm in Dover, New Hampshire where he practices mainly in Social Security Disability issues. Mr. Roundy has lectured throughout New Hampshire on this topic. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of New Hampshire and his J.D. degree from Suffolk University Law School. Mr. Roundy is a member of the New Hampshire and Massachusetts bar associations.

SHEILA ZAKRE is an attorney in Concord where she has a solo practice in disability and elder law. She has represented claimants in Social Security Disability claims since 1985 as a staff attorney at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia and the Disabilities Rights Center in Concord and as a supervisor with the clinical faculty at Syracuse University School of Law. Ms. Zakre earned her B.A. degree from Mount Holyoke College and her J.D. degree from the City University of New York School of Law, Queens College. Ms. Zakre is a member of the New Hampshire State Bar, the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives and the National Organization of Veteran's Advocates, Inc.

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