Product Details
Purchase of this online program comes with the publication Social Security Disability Cases in South Carolina Fourth Edition.
Whether you are a new practitioner to the area of Social Security Disability, or a long-time advocate for claimant's, this seminar will provide you with a review of some of the basics and an in-depth look at case preparation and evaluation. This seminar will delve into case intake, hearing preparation and how to handle treating physician opinion, as well as the role of the paralegal and handling appellate court review.
This course will also cover the basics on case types frequently encountered relative to social security disability cases, including Veteran's Disability, Worker's Compensation, ERISA and Long-term Disability.
Seminar Agenda
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Stacy E. Thompson - Bluestein, Thompson & Sullivan, LLC, Columbia
Case Intake and Evaluation - Getting off on the right foot
Rangeley C. Bailey - Jebaily Law Firm, PA, Florence
Case Development and Hearing Preparation - Getting the file, your client and yourself ready
Lisa Long Cotton - Mike Kelley Law Group, LLC, Columbia
Treating Physician Opinion and Other Evidentiary Considerations - Code of Conduct for Representatives
Robertson H. Wendt, Jr. - Finkel Law Firm LLC, N. Charleston
ERISA, LTD, SCRS, FMLA - not just acronyms!
Nekki Shutt - Burnette, Shutt & McDaniel Columbia
Veterans Benefits Overview
Timothy G. Mercer - Bluestein, Thompson & Sullivan, LLC, Columbia
Workers' Compensation Overview
Allison P. Sullivan - Bluestein, Thompson & Sullivan, LLC, Columbia
Role of the Paralegal / Intro the Electronic Age
Stacy E. Thompson
Appeals Council and Federal Court Appeals
W. Daniel Mayes - Smith, Massey, Brodie, Guynn & Mayes, LLC, Aiken
Mandatory MCLE Credit Hours
This seminar qualifies for 5.45 MCLE credit hours.
This is a Basic Level Program.
Note: When submitting your compliance reports to the SC Commission on CLE and Specialization, if you completed this in 2021, please use this course code: 211268ADO.
Note: When submitting your compliance reports
to the SC Commission on CLE and Specialization, if you completed this in 2022, please use this course code: 222895ADO.
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