Social Security Disability is a complex and ever-changing area of the law which requires the attorneys who practice in this area to continually study in order to stay up-to-date. Social Security Disability law is not an area of law in which an attorney who is a general practicioner can dabble and successfully represent clients.

In my commitment to stay up-to-date so that I can effectively represent my clients, yesterday I attended an all-day seminar on Social Security Disability. The seminar included ten different sessions on diverse topics such as medical evidence and medical experts, vocational testimony and vocational experts, electronic records and electronic filing, the sequential evaluation regarding finding of a disability, what does a judge want at the administrative hearing, and appeals.

The speakers were top-notch and included the Hon. David W. Engel, chief U.S. administrative law judge at the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review in Tulsa; the Hon. Jeffrey W. Wolfe, U.S. administrative law judge in Tulsa; the Hon. Joan Parks Saunders, region VI chief administrative law judge from Dallas; and Len Witt, Director of the Tulsa hearing office.