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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 - 10:30, Timothy M. White
   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
   10:45 - 12:00, Nathan E. Barnard
   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, Nathan E. Barnard
   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
   2:45 - 3:45, Chris M. Hunt
   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
   3:45 - 4:30, Chris M. Hunt and Timothy M. White
   1. Litigating a Childhood Disability Case? Here's What to Know
   2. The Danger of Mishandling Veteran's Administration Issues

NATHAN E. BARNARD is a sole practitioner and owner of Barnard Law Firm, PLC. He has been practicing law since 1992 and currently practices in the areas of Social Security disability and personal injury claims. Mr. Barnard earned his B.S. degree from Oklahoma State University and his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Oklahoma City University. He is a member of the Tulsa County and Oklahoma bar associations, Oklahoma Association for Justice, and a sustaining member of the National Organization for Social Security Claimants' Representatives.

CHRIS M. HUNT is a sole practitioner, with offices in Tulsa and Grove, Oklahoma. He is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claims Representatives, the National Organization of Veteran Advocates and the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. Mr. Hunt is licensed to practice law in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. He is also admitted to all of the Oklahoma federal courts, the U.S. District Courts of Western Missouri, Western Arkansas, the Northern District of Texas, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for Veteran Claims. He has represented Social Security claimants in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas for more than 15 years. Mr. Hunt earned his B. S. degree from the University of Oklahoma and his J.D. degree from Oklahoma City University.

TIMOTHY M. WHITE is the owner of AAA Disability Advocates, P.C., where he focuses his practice in the areas of Social Security disability and veteran's disability law. He received his B.A. degree from Central State University; his B.S. degree from Northeastern State University; and his M.A. degree, in history, and his J.D. degree from the University of Tulsa. Mr. White is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claims Representatives (NOSSCR), the National Organization of Veterans Advocates (NOVA) and the Oklahoma Bar Association. He is a certified practitioner with the Department of Veteran's Affairs. Mr. White is admitted to the Court of Appeals for Veteran's Claims (CAVC). In addition to an extensive administrative law practice, Mr. White's firm also has an active federal court practice in multiple district courts in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth and Tenth Circuits. Since 2001, Mr. White has had nine published cases.

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