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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, Heather Farnsworth
   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, Marva L. Match
   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, Carrie Boren
   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, Heather Farnsworth
   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, Benjamin Johnston
   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!

CARRIE BOREN is an attorney with Cannon & Match, P.C., where her practice is concentrated in social security disability. Ms. Boren is a member of the Women Lawyers of Utah Marketing and Advertising Committee, "Special Projects Committee and Community Outreach Committee.” She also was an extern for the U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Nevada. Ms. Boren earned her J.D. degree at S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah.

HEATHER FARNSWORTH is an attorney at the law firm of Cannon & Match, P.C., where she handles social security disability claims from the initial stage through federal court. She also is responsible for training and mentoring new attorneys. Ms. Farnsworth is a certified mediator and a member of the National Organization of Social Security Representatives and the president-elect of the Woman Lawyers of Utah. She is a member of the Young Lawyer's Division of the Utah Bar. Ms. Farnsworth earned her B.S. degree from the University of Utah and her J.D. degree from Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark School of Law. She has been voted one of Utah's legal Elite for health law, as listed in Utah Business Magazine, 2010.

BENJAMIN JOHNSTON is an attorney with Cannon & Match, P.C., where he practices in social security disability. Mr. Johnston was past president with the Disability Law Pro Bono Project. He also presented "Social Security Disability Issues Relating to Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy" to the Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy Support Group in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Mr. Johnston earned his B.S. degree from the University of Utah and his J.D. degree from the Sandra Day O'Conner College of Law, Arizona State University.

MARVA L. MATCH is an attorney with the law firm of Cannon & Match, P.C., and has practiced in the area of social security law since 1995. Ms. Match serves as a hearing officer for the Utah Professional Practices Advisory Commission and as a Judge Pro Tempore for the 3rd District Court. She is a member of the National Organization of Claimants' Representatives and a member of the Utah Association for Justice Social Security Division. Ms. Match earned her B.S. degree from the University of Utah and her J.D. degree from Seattle University School of Law.

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