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Tuesday December 6
2016
 Ethical Practice Before the Social Security Administration

This session will cover the Social Security Administration’s own rules of conduct and the relevant New York Rules of Professional Conduct and important ethical opinions that participants should consider.  In addition, the faculty will discuss SSA’s interesting proposed changes to its rules of conduct. 

This training is for advocates who practice before the Social Security Administration (other advocates may not find it particularly useful).

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  • When
    Tuesday, December 6, 2016
    3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Location
    Legal Services NYC - Central
    40 Worth St., 6th floor
    New York, NY 10013
  • CLE Credits
    Ethics and Professionalism: 2.00
  • Format
    Traditional Live Classroom
  • Practice Area(s)
    SSD/SSI
  • Price: $0

About the Faculty

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    Ann Biddle (Speaker)

    Ann Biddle is currently the Litigation Supervisor of the Mental Health Project at Urban Justice Center. She is proud to have been a statewide coordinator for the Disability Advocacy Project for more than 20 years with Legal Services NYC. Ann is a 1984 graduate of Emory University and she worked in the financial services sector before returning to school in 1990. She is a 1992 graduate, with honors, of Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She has worked for civil legal services organizations for almost 25 years, specializing in Social Security disability issues. She is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, in Federal District Courts (Eastern and Southern Districts of New York), and in the Courts of Appeals for the Second and the Federal Circuits.
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    Emilia Sicilia (Speaker)

    Emilia Sicilia is Director of Disability Benefits Advocacy at the Urban Justice Center's Mental Health Project, where she represents individuals with severe mental illness in appealing the denial of disability benefits. In addition to providing individual representation in administrative and federal court proceedings, Emilia's practice also includes impact litigation and systemic reform, and she recently served as co-counsel to plaintiffs in Padro v. Covlin, and Martinez v. Astrue. Prior to joining UJC, Emilia worked as a staff attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, focusing primarily on intellectual property litigation. She also worked as a volunteer law graduate at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. Emilia is currently the Vice President of the Wesleyan Lawyers Association and Chair of its Governance Committee. She is also active in language access issues as a member of the Women in the Courts Task Force of the New York City Bar Association. Emilia received a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School at Madison in 2002 and a B.A. in English from Wesleyan University in 1995.