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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, Stephen P. Maguire
   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, Joseph P. Marasco and Donna M. Nesselbush
   1. How to Decide Whether to Accept or Decline Representation of the Client
   2. How to File a Claim
   3. Medical and Other Essential Evidence You Must Gather
   4. The Importance of "Residual Functional Capacity"
   5. Analyze Social Security File Documentation
   6. Analyzing the Governments "Consultative Evaluation"
   7. Electronic Access to Files at ODAR
   8. Prepare Clients to Effectively Testify
   9. Tips for Proving the Claim
   10. Avoid Mistakes with Ready-to-Use Forms and Letters
3. SUCCEED AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE HEARING
   1:00 - 2:30, Stephen P. Maguire
   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, Joseph P. Marasco and Donna M. Nesselbush
   1. Understand Attorney's Fees: How to get Paid
   2. What to do to Ensure Confidentiality
   3. Forge a Solid Attorney/Client Relationship
   4. Ethical Issues for the Social Security Attorney
5. HANDLE SPECIAL ISSUES AS THEY ARISE
   3:45 - 4:30, Joseph P. Marasco and Donna M. Nesselbush
   1. Litigating a Childhood Disability Case? Here's What to Know
   2. Social Security Disability and Health Insurance: Medicare and Medicaid

STEPHEN P. MAGUIRE is a sole practitioner in Cranston, Rhode Island. His main areas of practice are Social Security, disability and social security claims. Mr. Maguire also has experience in plaintiff and defense personal injury. He is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives, Rhode Island Association for Justice, American Association of Justice and Rhode Island Bar Association. Mr. Maguire earned his B.A. degree from the University of Rhode Island and his J.D. degree from Roger Williams University School of Law.

JOSEPH P. MARASCO is a founding partner of Marasco & Nesselbush LLP and a lifelong resident of Rhode Island. Mr. Marasco has successfully litigated, arbitrated and mediated personal injury and medical negligence cases in all of Rhode Island's state and federal trial courts. He is an active member of the American and Rhode Island Associations for Justice. Mr. Marasco is a "sustaining member" of the national Organization of Social Security Claimants' representatives. He is admitted to practice in Rhode Island and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Mr. Marasco is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, where he served with distinction as president of the Student Senate/Student Body, and a graduate of Suffolk University School of Law, where he received awards for professional ethics and trial advocacy.

DONNA M. NESSELBUSH is a founding partner of Marasco & Nesselbush LLP. Ms. Nesselbush has dedicated her legal career to representing Social Security disability claimants at all levels of review. Together with her law partner, she is the founder and chair of the Rhode Island Bar Association's Social Security Disability Committee. Ms. Nesselbush has lectured and written extensively on the topic of Social Security disability law. She is an active member of the American and Rhode Island Associations for Justice. Ms. Nesselbush is a "sustaining member" of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives. She is a graduate of Brown University and she graduated, cum laude, from Suffolk University School of Law. Ms. Nesselbush has served as a Municipal Court Judge for the City of Pawtucket.

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