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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

1. SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY: GET THE BASICS DOWN
   9:00 - 10:15, Gary J. Martone
   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 - 12:00, Jeffrey B. Diamond
   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
   1:00 - 2:30, Helen L. Lopez
   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
   4. Electronic Filing and Filing Evidence Late, and Filing Too Much Information
   5. 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
   9. How Other Recoveries Can Impact Your Clients Benefits
   10. What Recourse For Unfavorable ALJ Decision
4. RESOLVE ETHICAL ISSUES IN YOUR PRACTICE
   2:45 - 3:45, Gary J. Martone
   1. Be on the Lookout for Conflicts of Interest
   2. What to Do to Ensure Confidentiality
   3. Forge a Solid Attorney/Client Relationship
5. HANDLE SPECIAL ISSUES AS THEY ARISE
   3:45 - 4:30, Jeffrey B. Diamond, Helen L. Lopez and Gary J. Martone
   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!

JEFFREY B. DIAMOND is the owner of The Jeff Diamond Law Firm in Carlsbad, New Mexico, where he practices in the area of social security disability. Mr. Diamond earned his B.A. from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and studied during the 1970-71 school year at the Dickinson Center for International Studies in Bologna, Italy. He earned his J.D. degree from Pepperdine University School of Law. Mr. Diamond was admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the District of New Mexico, the Western District of Arkansas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th and 7th Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the New Mexico and Eddy County bar associations, the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives and Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.

HELEN L. LOPEZ is a sole proprietor and practices in the area of social security disability and social security disability appeals. She is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR). Ms. Lopez earned her B.A. from California State University at San Francisco and her J.D. from the School of Law University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall).

GARY J. MARTONE is the owner of the Martone Law Firm in Albuquerque, where he focuses his practice on social security disability appeals. He earned his B.A. degree and his J.D. degree from the University of California. Mr. Martone is a long-time member of Social Security Claimants Representatives and the State Bar of New Mexico.

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