Looking for Evidence in All the Right Places
We all know to request our client’s medical records and to get opinion reports from treating sources in disability claims. However, sometimes that convincing piece of evidence that sways the adjudicator in your client’s favor comes from less obvious sources. Join Kevin Liebkemann and Richard Weishaupt, who combine for over 60 years of experience in Social Security Disability practice, for their advice on where you can look for and find such evidence in all the right places.
Kevin Liebkemann - is a Tulane Law graduate who has represented clients in Social Security Disability cases for over 25 years. He currently works at Legal Services of New Jersey, a not-for-profit Legal Aid group that provides free legal help to many people who otherwise could not afford it. Kevin’s work also involves writing articles on disability-related topics, training other attorneys and advocates, and policy work. When Kevin is not doing legal work or spending time with family, he enjoys writing songs and performing his music.
Richard Weishaupt - is a Senior Attorney at Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, one of the nation’s pre-eminent legal services programs, doing a combination of individual representation and an imposing array of sophisticated systemic advocacy, litigating over 50 class actions in his career and engaging in administrative and legislative advocacy including Social Security cases. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School cum laude and Fordham University summa cum laude. Richard successfully argued the landmark SSI case of Sullivan v. Zebley before the Supreme Court, described as the biggest judicial victory for poor people in the history of the Court and winning billions of dollars of benefits for disabled children. He is a nationally-recognized and published expert in Social Security and social welfare policy and law and is consulted by educators, advocates, government officials, and other policymakers.