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2026-04-21 10:15:00
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Course Overview
2026-04-21 10:15:00
1.25h CLE Credits
Intermediate
1.25
10:15 am - 10:20 am ESTThis segment examines how post-onset employment affects Social Security disability claims. Attorneys will learn how the Social Security Administration evaluates work activity, how earnings impact disability determinations, and how to assess work history to identify risks and opportunities.
Eligible for up to 1 CLE Credit Hour
This session was originally submitted for CLE as a live, in-person presentation and a live webcast for the 2026 Spring National Conference and may be eligible for self-study credit. Each state handles self-study credit differently; for questions, please consult your State Bar Association.
Recorded Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
Christine Burnside
Christine Latona 10:20 am - 10:40 am ESTThis segment focuses on criteria used to classify employment as an unsuccessful work attempt. Attorneys will learn how these findings preserve the original alleged onset date and what documentation and evidence support the classification.
Eligible for up to 1 CLE Credit Hour
This session was originally submitted for CLE as a live, in-person presentation and a live webcast for the 2026 Spring National Conference and may be eligible for self-study credit. Each state handles self-study credit differently; for questions, please consult your State Bar Association.
Recorded Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
Christine BurnsideChristine Latona 10:40 am - 11:00 am ESTAttorneys will learn how trial work period rules allow disability beneficiaries to attempt work without losing benefits. This segment also addresses how qualifying impairment-related work expenses reduce countable earnings and how to identify both in client records.
Eligible for up to 1 CLE Credit Hour
This session was originally submitted for CLE as a live, in-person presentation and a live webcast for the 2026 Spring National Conference and may be eligible for self-study credit. Each state handles self-study credit differently; for questions, please consult your State Bar Association.
Recorded Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
Christine BurnsideChristine Latona 11:00 am - 11:15 am ESTThis segment examines how subsidies and special employment conditions affect earnings evaluations. Attorneys will learn to identify workplace accommodations influencing substantial gainful activity determinations and apply advocacy strategies for presenting these issues during disability determinations.
Eligible for up to 1 CLE Credit Hour
This session was originally submitted for CLE as a live, in-person presentation and a live webcast for the 2026 Spring National Conference and may be eligible for self-study credit. Each state handles self-study credit differently; for questions, please consult your State Bar Association.
Recorded Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
Christine BurnsideChristine LatonaChristine Burnside is the Managing Attorney for the Social Security department at Deuterman Law Group, where she has practiced Social Security disability law since graduating from law school in 2012. A double Tar Heel, she earned both her undergraduate degree and her Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Christine has been certified by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in Social Security disability law since 2019, serves on the NC Bar Social Security Specialization Committee, and was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR), where she serves as Fourth Circuit Representative.
Christine Latona is a Social Security Attorney at Deuterman Law Group, bringing a distinctive professional journey to her advocacy for disability claimants. She completed a dual degree program at the University of Pittsburgh before earning her Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2000. Her legal career spans workers’ compensation defense, certified mediation, and plaintiff-side personal injury work before she found her calling in Social Security disability law — a practice shaped in part by her own health experiences and by watching her mother, a factory worker, navigate the system firsthand. Christine currently chairs the Disability Advocacy Section of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice and is a member of NOSSCR NextGen.
Christine Burnside is the Managing Attorney for the Social Security department at Deuterman Law Group, where she has practiced Social Security disability law since graduating from law school in 2012. A double Tar Heel, she earned both her undergraduate degree and her Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Christine has been certified by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in Social Security disability law since 2019, serves on the NC Bar Social Security Specialization Committee, and was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR), where she serves as Fourth Circuit Representative.
Christine Latona is a Social Security Attorney at Deuterman Law Group, bringing a distinctive professional journey to her advocacy for disability claimants. She completed a dual degree program at the University of Pittsburgh before earning her Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2000. Her legal career spans workers’ compensation defense, certified mediation, and plaintiff-side personal injury work before she found her calling in Social Security disability law — a practice shaped in part by her own health experiences and by watching her mother, a factory worker, navigate the system firsthand. Christine currently chairs the Disability Advocacy Section of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice and is a member of NOSSCR NextGen.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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