Social Security Disability Law 2017 - Replay Grand Junction
November 2017
Social Security Disability Law 2017
Co-Sponsored by the CBA Disability Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association
Program Description:
Your annual Social Security Disability Law Update is back on Thursday, November 2, 2017. Mark your calendar, and register now for tips on how to improve your disability law practice!
Your morning includes important updates from ODAR officials and the Director of the Colorado Disability Determination Services Office. Also, get the latest information on the new weight of evidence rules, effective March 27, 2017. During lunch, you will hear from a vocational evaluator and career counselor on Surveillance-system monitors in the workplace. Your information-packed afternoon includes the latest information on treatment and payment of attorney's fees, a discussion of return to work issues, case management strategies, and income and property considerations.
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Agenda:
8:30am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Welcome and Introductions
Extended by Kristina J. Vasold, Esq., and Katherine E. (Katie) McClure, Esq.
Program Co-Chairs
9:05 am
State of the Denver Hearing Office — Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR)
- Tips and Trends, Including Disposition and Processing Times; Hearing and Agree Rate Statistics
- Recent Developments
Presented by Honorable Mark R. Dawson, Chief Administrative Law Judge
9:20 am
Colorado Disability Determination Services Office: Recent Developments
Presented by Thomas Haro, Division Director, Colorado Disability Determination Services
10:10 am
Networking Break
10:20 am
Region 8 Update—Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR)
- Uniformity Regulations
- Decision-writing Backlog
- Pending Cases
Presented by Honorable Nicholas J. LoBurgio, Regional Chief Administrative Law Judge
11:10 am
Weight of Evidence Rules – Effective March 27, 2017
Panelists:
Honorable Nicholas J. LoBurgio, Regional Chief Administrative Law Judge
Kristina J. Vasold, Esq.
(Have questions you would like addressed during this presentation? Email it to [email protected] by October 20, 2017)
12:00 pm
Pick Up Lunch (Included in Registration Fee)
12:10 pm
Surveillance-system Monitors in the Labor Force
Presented by Daniel Wolstein, PhD, Vocational Evaluator and Career Counselor
1:00 pm
Post-Lunch Break
1:10 pm
Returning to Work While Disabled: The Alphabet Soup of Rules
Presented by Ann J. Atkinson, Esq.
2:00 pm
Case Management Strategies
- Cost Effective Ways of Handling Medical Records
- Incorporation of the Client as an Active Participant in the Case
- Developing the Evidence
Presented by Katherine E. (Katie) McClure, Esq.
2:45
Networking Break
2:55 pm
Attorney Fees
- How Fees Will Be Paid with Multiple 1696s
- Fee Agreements
Presented by Deborah Demic,Office of Disability and Review,U.S. Social Security Administration, and Sasha Kurbegov, Esq., Regional Staff Attorney
3:45 pm
Income and Property Considerations
A. Social Security Administration Substantial Gainful Activity and SSI Resource Limits and Deeming Limits
- The Social Security Act
- Sequential Evaluation
- How Much Can a Claimant Earn?
- What Does Not Count?
- How Is It Calculated (calendar months or quarters)?
- How Are Self-employed People Reviewed?
- How Many Quarters Does Your Clamant Need?
- B. Supplemental Security Income Property Restriction Basics
- Basic Asset Limits and Deeming Defined
Presented by Nevin A. Seeger, Esq.
4:35 pm
Adjourn
Location Information
Law Office of Baird B Brown PC
1250 E Sherwood Dr
Grand Junction, CO
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1250 E Sherwood Dr
Grand Junction, CO
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $369.00 |
| CBA Member | $339.00 |
| CBA Disability Law Section Member | $309.00 |
| Paralegal/Legal Support Staff | $279.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Member | $169.50 |
| CLEACCESSBASIC - BASIC Pass Holder | $0.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS---ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 8.00
- Ethics Credits: 0.00
- EDI Credits:
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Sponsor Information
- Perspectives of Chief Administrative Law Judges for Region 8 and the Denver Hearing Office
- Recent Changes to the Weight of Evidence Rules
- The Latest Information Regarding Treatment and Payment of Attorney Fees
- Developments at the Colorado Disability Determination Services Office
- Surveillance-system Monitors in the Labor Force
- Strategies for Case Management
- The Alphabet Soup of Returning to Work While Disabled
- Income and Property Considerations
Lunchtime Presentation Included in Your Registration Fee!