Social Security Disability Law 2019
November 2019
Social Security Disability Law 2019
Co-Sponsored by the Disability Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association
Highlights:
- Attend to Master This Popular Practice Area Unlike Any Other
- Listen, Learn, Take Notes, Ask Questions as State and Federal Government Officials Share Insights to Help You Better Represent Your Clients
- Seize This Opportunity to Learn the Secrets of Some of Colorado’s Finest Social Security Disability Law Attorneys and Experts as to Winning Briefs, Hearing Strategies, and Successful Appealable Issues
Program Description:
Become a master of this popular practice area unlike any other. Your accomplished faculty will help you better understand and practice where proceedings are informal and non-adversarial, formal rules of evidence do not apply, hearings are private, and Administrative Law Judges question and adjudicate.
Listen, learn, take notes, and ask questions as the Regional Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Hearing Operations, the Social Security Administration District Manager, leaders of Colorado Disability Determination Services, and Counsel for the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel share their insights.Don't miss the sessions on winning briefs and hearing strategies presented by some of Colorado’s finest attorneys and experts in the practice area.
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Agenda:
8:30am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am
Welcome and Introductions
Extended by Kristina J. Vasold, Esq., Program Chair, Colorado Bar Association Disability Law Section
9:05 – 9:55am
Office of Hearings Operations Update
Presented by the Honorable Michael J. Kidd, Regional Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of Hearings Operations, Denver
9:55 – 10:10am
Networking Break
10:10 – 11:00am
Practice Tips from the Social Security Administration District Manager
- Electronic services for Representatives
- Uploading Representative and client forms for appeals
- Differences between Reconsiderations and Hearings
- Reminders and best practices
Presented by Jeremy Young, District Manager, U.S. Social Security Administration
11:00am – 11:50am
Appeals Council Appealable Issues
Presented by Ann J. Atkinson, Esq., and Kristina J. Vasold, Esq.
11:50 – 1:00pm
Lunch on Your Own
1:00 – 1:50pm
Colorado Disability Determination Services (DDS) Recent Developments
Presented by Thomas Haro, Director, and David R. Claiborne, Deputy Director of Operations, Colorado Disability Determination Services
1:50 – 2:50pm
Winning Strategies - Before, During, and After a Disability Hearing
- Important considerations before the Hearing to help get your client’s claim
approved
- How to effectively frame your case for the Administrative Law Judge, cross-examine
witnesses and preserve issues for appeal at the Hearing
- How to navigate post-hearing issues
Presented by Steven R. Earl, Esq. and Thomas G. Hill, Esq.
2:50 – 3:00pm
Networking Break
3:00 – 3:50pm
Opening and Reply Briefs: A Practical and Systematic Approach
Presented by Ann J. Atkinson, Esq.
3:50 – 4:40pm
Current Ethical Considerations for Your Practice
- OARC Structure and Impact
- Ethical Issues in Representing Diminished Capacity Clients
Presented by James Wilder, Esq., Assistant Regulation Counsel,
Colorado Supreme Court, Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel
4:40
Adjourn
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $469.00 |
| CBA Member | $369.00 |
| CBA Disability Law Section Member | $319.00 |
| Paralegal/Support Staff | $279.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS---ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Member | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 7.00
- Ethics Credits: 1.00
- 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!