Eliot Samulon addressed west coast Social Security disability lawyers (“the Ninth Circuit Conference”) on January 28, 2017 regarding Social Security’s new rules for evaluating whether mental health conditions are considered disabling. Knowing these complex new rules will be very helpful to claimants with mental problems. For example, Social Security is now considering records from licensed […]
Joshua Potter speaks at the November national Social Security disability conference in Seattle
Joshua Potter spoke at the November national Social Security disability conference in Seattle. His topic, “ Photographic Evidence” was well received by a large , enthusiastic audience of attorneys. Through the use of examples, and exercises, the attendees were able to see firsthand how many of the diseases identified in Appendix 1 of the Regulations […]
Joshua Potter spoke at the NOSSCR Washington Conference
Joshua Potter spoke at the NOSSCR Denver Conference with Psychiatrist Karen Fukutaki. They discussed the critical elements of expert medical testimony. Dr. Fukutaki provided information on the importance of a thorough review of all evidence as a foundation for expert testimony. Joshua Potter discussed the case law that describes expert witness in the Federal Forum. […]
Joshua Potter spoke at the Denver NOSSCR convention with forensic psychiatrist Karen Fukutaki
Social Security Lawyer Joshua Potter will be speaking at the upcoming NOSSCR convention with forensic psychiatrist Karen Fukutaki on Thursday, October 29. His topic will be psychopathology of some medical experts. He and doctor Fukutaki will be discussing what motivates physicians to give bad testimony, what is the scientific process involved in rendering a medical opinion and […]
Court of Appeals reverses finding which held that not mentioning chart notes or the treating physician in a decision was merely harmless error
Recently the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important order [12-17014 Marsh] that discussed what constituted harmless error in a Social Security disability decision. In Marsh, filed July 10, 2015, the panel of judges were very troubled when an administrative law judge failed to acknowledge or to discuss key medical evidence. The Court of […]