How Social Security Attorneys and ERISA Attorneys Can Help Each Other’s Case – NOSSCR 2026 Fall National Conference – Track II (Presented by National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives)

Social Security and ERISA disability claims often overlap — the same client, the same disability, two systems. Attorneys in both fields can strengthen their clients’ cases by understanding how these systems interact, and that interaction is exactly what this session covers.

The crossover is concrete. Evidence developed in one claim can support the other. Timelines in one system shape what’s possible in the second. Strategies built for one forum carry into the next — when the attorney knows to look for the connection. Each overlap is an opportunity to improve the client’s outcome.

You walk out seeing both sides of the case: how evidence, timelines, and strategies from one claim support the other, and how collaboration and cross-knowledge between Social Security and ERISA attorneys identify the opportunities that improve outcomes for clients.