Advanced Topics on Social Security Disability Law: How to Effectively Manage Your Practice (2025 Edition)

Lisa Cunningham
Lisa Cunningham | Law Offices of Eric A. Shore, P.C

Lisa is an experienced client advocate who focuses her practice on Social Security Disability and Veterans Disability Benefits.

On-Demand: December 13, 2024

2 hour CLE

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Program Summary

This advanced CLE webinar on Social Security Disability Law offers effective strategies for managing cases more efficiently, while increasing client satisfaction, increasing the likelihood of winning at the earlier stages, and lowering their cost per case. This course will examine how the right use of staffing and delegation of duties can aid overall win rates and enhance cost-effectiveness.

Attendees can expect to learn a variety of strategies to effectively staff and manage a Social Security practice area, including how to properly screen prospective clients, when and how attorneys should be involved in the case, what should the practice’s staffing structure look like and job responsibilities for each staff member, how to increase IP return rates, how to strengthen cases at the initial and reconsideration levels, topics on how to improve staff training, and more.

Key topics to be discussed:

  • Strategic Attorney Involvement in Case Progression
  • Building and Structuring Your Team
  • Maximizing Success in Initial and Reconsideration Levels

Closed-captioning available

Speakers

Lisa Cunningham_Law Offices of Eric Shore_myLawCLELisa Cunningham | Law Offices of Eric A. Shore, P.C.

Lisa Cunningham, Esq. is an experienced client advocate who focuses her practice on Social Security Disability and Veterans Disability Benefits. As a managing attorney at the Law Offices of Eric Shore, Lisa oversees a team with over 40 years of combined Disability practice experience. Lisa helps the Law Offices of Eric Shore to stand apart from other Disability firms by representing her disability clients at the initial stages of the Disability process through the various appeals stages.

Lisa serves her clients both inside and outside the courtroom. Lisa has lectured on various Disability, ethics, and professional development topics before the public and other attorneys. Lisa earned her law degree from the University of Baltimore, where she served as a Moot Court team member and received the Dean’s Citation Award for Outstanding Achievement. Lisa also received first place in the National Law Review student writing competition. She is licensed to practice law in New York State.

Agenda

I. Strategic Attorney Involvement in Case Progression | 1:00pm – 1:30pm

  • Identifying critical junctures for attorney involvement
  • Balancing attorney intervention with delegation to optimize efficiency and outcomes

II. Building and Structuring Your Team | 1:30pm – 2:00pm

  • Optimal staffing structures for Social Security Disability cases
  • Defining job roles and responsibilities at various stages
  • Delegating case tasks effectively while maintaining quality control

Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm

III. Maximizing Success in Initial and Reconsideration Levels | 2:10pm – 3:10pm

  • Techniques to strengthen cases early on to increase favorable determinations
  • Screening tips to select winnable cases and how to prepare initial filings
  • Strategies for engaging staff in case preparation to boost initial approval rates

Credits

Alaska

Approved for CLE Credits
2 General

Our programs are CLE-eligible through Alaska's recognition of multi-jurisdictional reciprocity.
Alabama

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

Arkansas

Approved for CLE Credits
2 General

Arizona

Approved for CLE Credits
2 General

California

Approved for CLE Credits
2 General

Colorado

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

Connecticut

Approved for CLE Credits
2 General

District of Columbia

No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hours

Delaware

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

Florida

Approved via Attorney Submission
2.5 General Hours

Receive CLE credit in Florida via Attorney Submission.
Georgia

Approved for CLE Credits
2 General

Hawaii

Approved for CLE Credits
2.4 General

Iowa

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

Idaho

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

Illinois

Approved for Self-Study Credits
2 General

Indiana

Approved for Self-Study Credits
2 General

Kansas

Pending CLE Approval
2 Substantive

Kentucky

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

Louisiana

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

Massachusetts

No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hours

Maryland

No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hours

Maine

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

Michigan

No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hours

Minnesota

Approved for Self-Study Credits
2 General

Missouri

Approved for CLE Credits
2.4 General

Mississippi

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

Montana

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

North Carolina

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

North Dakota

Approved for CLE Credits
2 General

Our programs are CLE-eligible through North Dakota’s recognition of multi-jurisdictional reciprocity. Section 1, Policy 1.14
Nebraska

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

The Federal Bar Association reports attendance to Nebraska on each attorney's behalf for all programs. Please do not self-report.
New Hampshire

Approved for CLE Credits
120 General Minutes

As of July 1, 2014, the NHMCLE Board no longer provides pre- or post-approval of courses. Attendees must self-determine whether a program is eligible for credit, and self-report their attendance online at www.nhbar.org, based on qualification provisions of Rule 53.
New Jersey

Approved for CLE Credits
2.4 General

Our programs are CLE-eligible through New Jersey's recognition of multi-jurisdictional reciprocity, except for the courses required under BCLE Reg. 201:2
New Mexico

Approved for Self-Study Credits
2 General

Nevada

Approved for Self-Study Credits
2 General

New York

Approved for CLE Credits
2.4 General

Our programs are CLE-eligible through New York’s Approved Jurisdiction Group “B”.
Ohio

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

Oklahoma

Pending CLE Approval
2.5 General

Oregon

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

Pennsylvania

Approved for Self-Study Credits
2 General

Rhode Island

Pending CLE Approval
2.5 General

South Carolina

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

South Dakota

No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hours

Tennessee

Approved for Self-Study Credits
2 General

Texas

Approved for CLE Credits
2 General

Utah

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

Virginia

Not Eligible
2 General Hours Hours

Vermont

Approved for CLE Credits
2 General

Washington

Approved via Attorney Submission
2 Law and Legal Hours

Receive CLE credit in Washington via Attorney Submission. myLawCLE will supply Washington state attorneys with instructions on how to gain credit.
Wisconsin

Approved for Self-Study Credits
2 Law Practice Management

West Virginia

Pending CLE Approval
2.4 General

Wyoming

Pending CLE Approval
2 General

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