WP03 The (Usually) Avoidable Catastrophe: Workers' Compensation Offsets in Social Security Disability Claims (2020CLC)

Monday, September 14, 2020

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (Eastern Daylight Time)

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The Workplace Track

Presented by the Disability Law Section

About the Program

The session will explain the workers’ compensation offset in Social Security disability claims, in ways that should be useful for workers’ compensation and Social Security disability practitioners. Understanding the offset and practical advice to minimize it will be the focus of the session. Drafting considerations to achieve this goal will be discussed in depth.

You Will Learn

  • An overview of the workers’ compensation offset in Social Security disability cases
  • Stipulation drafting techniques that will benefit your client
  • The pitfalls that the offset presents, and how to avoid them (your carrier will thank you!)

CLE Credit: 1.0 CT (General); 1.0 NY (AOP)

Speaker

Ivan Katz Ivan M. Katz
Law Office of Ivan M. Katz, New Haven