Social Security Disability Law Update: 10th Circuit Meeting 2017
April 2017
Social Security Disability Law Update: 10th Circuit Meeting 201
Program Description:
This program is dedicated to bringing you up to speed in advanced Social Security Disability Law. It will be the most productive, skillful and valuable way to spend your day and enhance your proficiency and expertise, in order to best serve your clients' needs and win. Moreover, it is a magnificent opportunity to network with your fellow Tenth Circuit colleagues. Besides the Regional Chief Administrative Law Judge, ODAR, we have gathered some of the leading experts and practitioners to bring you this outstanding information-packed day and share with you their practical experience and expertise. This is a day devoted to streamlining your skills and polishing your practice. It is a program that you cannot afford to miss!
Topics include:
- REVISED Medical Criteria for Evaluating Mental Disorders
- How the NEW Rules Regarding Evaluation of Medical Evidence Will be Applied
- How to Handle a Difficult Medical Expert
- What Should and Should Not be Included in an OTR/Memo
- How to Avoid Some Uncommon Mistakes During Vocational Expert Questioning
- Representative Fee Agreements and Fee Petitions – Best Practices
- All You Want to Know About Best Practices in Federal and District Courts
- Advanced Advice Regarding Common Errors During Vocational Expert Testimony
- 10th Circuit Case Law Update
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Hotel Information:
CLE has reserved a block of rooms for guests of the 10th Circuit Spring Meeting at the Warwick Hotel, located at 1776 Grant Street in Denver, just one block from the meeting. The room rate is $169 plus applicable taxes. When making your reservation, in order to receive the group room rate, please indicate that you are a guest of the 10th Circuit Meeting with the Colorado Bar Association. Reservations will be accepted by phone at (303)861-2000. Please make your reservation by April 7, 2017.
Airport Transfer:
The Warwick Hotel provides transportation via Super Shuttle to/from the Denver International Airport at $21 per person, one way, for the shared-ride van, or $93 per person, one way, for the non-stop van. Arrivals scheduled by prior reservation. Taxi service is also available. Rate is approximately $55 from Denver International Airport to the Warwick. Lyft and Uber are also transportation options.
Agenda:
April 21, 2017
Informal meet and greet 5-7pm (Join us at ACE for appetizers, drinks, and networking! 501 E. 17th Ave, Denver, CO 80033 (Within walking distance of the Warwick Hotel)
April 22, 2017
8:30am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am
Welcoming Remarks and NOSSCR Update
Sarah J.W. Wilkonson, Esq., Webb & Wilkonson Law LLC, Denver, CO
9:05am
All You Need to Know About the Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Mental Disorders
Presented by Nancy Winfrey, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Denver, CO
10:00am
Networking Break
10:15am
How the NEW Rules Regarding Evaluation of Medical Evidence Will be Applied, How to Handle a Difficult Medical Expert, What Should and Should Not be Included in an OTR/Memo, How to Avoid Some Uncommon Mistakes During Vocational Questioning, and, of Course, Great Advice on Best Practices
Presented by Honorable Nicholas J. LoBurgio – Regional Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR), Denver, CO
11:15am
Representative Fee Agreements and Fee Petitions – Best Practices
Presented by Sasha Kurbegov, Esq., Regional Staff Attorney, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR), Denver, CO
11:50 am
Networking Lunch (Box Lunch Included in Your Registration Fee)
1:15pm
All You Want to Know About Best Practices in Federal and District Court! Bring Your Questions!
Presented by a panel comprised of very experienced federal and district court attorneys:
Ann J. Atkinson, Esq., Attorney at Law, Parker, CO
Francesca MacDowell, Esq., Attorney at Law, Albuquerque and Placitas, NM
Jean C. Owen, Esq., Law Office of Jean C. Owen, Mission, KS
Steve Troutman, Esq., Troutman & Troutman, P.C, Tulsa, OK
Andrea Wehner, Esq., Law Office of Jean C. Owen, Mission, KS
Timothy White, Esq., AAA Disability Advocates, P.C., and VA Disability Law Center, P.C., Tulsa, OK
2:15pm
Advanced Advice Regarding Common Errors Vocational Experts Make
Presented by Martin Rauer, Vocational Expert, President of FasTrak Rehabilitation Inc., Colorado Springs, CO
2:45pm
Networking Break
3:00pm
10th Circuit Case Law Update
Presented by Gayle Troutman, Esq., Troutman & Troutman, P.C., Tulsa, OK
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| Tuition Price | $259.00 |
- General Credits: 6.00
- Ethics Credits: 0.00
- EDI Credits:
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