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The Chicago Bar Association’s
7th Circuit Social Security
Disability Law Conference
September 16 &17, 2016
Practical advice for Social Security Lawyers.
Presented by the CBA Social Security Law Committee
8.5 IL MCLE Credit, including 6.5 IL-PR MCLE Credit
(subject to approval)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
8:00-8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
(included in registration)
8:30-8:45 a.m.
Introductory Remarks
Hon. Sherry D. Thompson
,
Regional Chief Administrative
Law Judge
8:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Anatomy of a Hearing
(3 IL PR MCLE Credit, pending approval)
The audience will be given a hypothetical set of facts
from which opening statements, direct examination of a
client, cross examination of a medical expert and cross-
examination of a vocation expert, and closing argu-
ments will be discussed and sample strategies provided.
Speakers:
Joni Beth Bailey
,
Attorney at Law
Robert Angermeir
,
Attorney at Law
Adriana M. de la Torre
,
The de la Torre Law Office LLC
Joseph Shull
,
Attorney at Law
12:00-1:30 p.m.
LUNCHEON
(included in registration)
1:45-2:45 p.m.
How is Pain Disabling
(1 IL MCLE Credit)
Speakers:
James W. Atchison
,
DO, Medical Director, Center for Pain
Management, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Anne C. Hartwig
,
Attorney at Law
3:00-4:00 p.m.
How to Make Your Best Case at the Appeals
Council
(1 IL PR MCLE Credit, pending approval)
Speaker:
Beth A. Alpert
,
Beth Alpert & Associates
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Fee Issues
(1 IL MCLE Credit)
Speaker:
Thomas Bush Jr.
,
Attorney at Law
5:15-6:30 p.m.
Networking Cocktail Reception
(included in registration)
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2016
8:00-8:45 a.m.
Breakfast
(included in registration)
8:45-10:00 a.m.
Searching for Important Issues in the Record and
Writing a Persuasive Federal District Court Brief
(1.25 IL PR MCLE Credit, pending approval)
Speakers:
Magistrate Judge Aaron E. Goodstein
,
U.S. District Court,
Eastern District of Wisconsin
Magistrate Judge Mary M. Rowland
,
U.S. District Court,
Northern District of Illinois
Jennifer Fisher
,
Attorney, Former Administrative Law
Judge for the Social Security Administration
10:15-11:30 a.m.
Persuasive Brief Writing and Oral Advocacy in the
Seventh Circuit
(1.25 IL PR MCLE Credit, pending approval)
Speakers:
Barry A. Schultz
,
Law Office of Barry A. Schultz PC
Eric Schnaufer
,
Attorney at Law
$100 CLE-Advantage & Law Students
$250 Registration Fee
Registration:
www.chicagobar.org/cle| 312-554-2056