Conferences and Topics
Eric L. Buchanan – Conferences and Topics from 2000-present
Eric Buchanan teaches disability law to other attorneys. He regularly chairs conferences and speaks to both national and local audiences on disability insurance, ERISA, insurance law, and social security disability. Eric has been the program chair and repeated speaker for the American Association for Justice (AAJ), Social Security Section National Continuing Legal Education (CLE), and the AAJ Annual Convention’s Disability Law program.
Eric has repeatedly spoken at the Tennessee Bar Association’s (TBA) Disability law conference and has chaired and spoken at Tennessee Association for Justice (TAJ) CLE’s on Social Security disability and on ERISA litigation. Eric has also spoken at the National Disability Law Conference held by the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) and at the American Conference Institute (ACI) Disability Law Conference, as well as local and regional CLE’s on social security, disability, insurance, and subrogation.
| Dates | Organization | Conferece | Location | Topic (s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022, December 7 | TTLA | Seminar-Web Live! | Webinar | Avoiding the Ethical Landmines of ERISA Subrogation? | |
| 2022, July 16 | AAJ | AAJ 2022 Annual Convention | Seattle, WA | The New ERISA Regulations - What Has Been Done With Them So Far? **Speaker: Audrey C. Dolmovich | |
| 2019, May 3 | NATA | ERISA Subrogation, Health Care, Long Term Disability & Other ERISA Benefits Workshop | Lincoln, NE | 1) Introduction, Overview & Update of ERISA Subrogation/ Reimbursement in the Supreme Court and Under Federal Law 2) How to Find Out the Rules of the Game in an ERISA Subrogation Claim 3) Introduction to ERISA Long Term Disability Claims and Other ERISA Welfare Benefits: How to Fight to Get Your Client the Benefits Owed 4) ERISA Preemption: So How Do You Tell if Your Client’s Insurance Policy is Really Preempted by ERISA 5) Update on ERISA Claims Regulations That Apply to ERISA Benefits Such as Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, and Health Insurance Claims. What Rules Do the Insurance Companies Need to Follow? 6) The Fundamental Rules & Ethics of ERISA Subrogation & Reimbursement Claims | |
| 2019, May 2 | NAIFA/NAHU | Nebraska Insurance Leaders Forum | Lincoln NE | How to be a Hero to Your Clients: How to be the “Good Guy” when claims are denied. Issues that occur when health, life, and disability claims are denied and end up in litigation, and how brokers and insurance salespeople can best set it up so their customers are protected and the insurance agent/broker is the “good guy.” | |
| 2019, February 20-24 | STLA | Annual Conference | New Orleans, LA | Long Term Disability and Other Benefits Your Injured Client May Be Entitled to from Work | |
| 2019, February 8 | Broker's Health Insurance Network | Executive Meeting | Scottsdale, AZ | How to be a Hero to Your Clients: How to be the “Good Guy” when claims are denied. Issues that occur when health, life, and disability claims are denied and end up in litigation, and how brokers and insurance salespeople can best set it up so their customers are protected and the insurance agent/broker is the “good guy.” | |
| 2019, January 18-19 | TTLA | Midwinter Conference | New Orleans, LA | Update on ERISA Subrogation: Are the New-ERISA Subrogation Rules to Brewester's Millions or the Pat to an Ethics Violation? | |
| 2018, November 7-9 | NBTA | NBTA All Star Conference | New Orleans, LA | The Business Of Disability Panel & Questions Long Term Disability Insurance and ERISA Benefits Strategies for Profitability - Diversification and Federal Court Appeals Panel & Question | |
| 2018, November 2 | TTLA | ERISA Subrogation | Nashville, TN | Introduction, Overview & Update of ERISA Subrogation & Reimbursement in the Sixth Circuit & at the Supreme Court How to Fid out the Rules of the Game in and Subrogation Claim ERISA Preemption: So How Do you Tell if Your Client’s Insurance Policy is Really Preempted by ERISA? The Fundamental Rules & Ethics of ERISA Subrogation & Reimbursement Claims A Step-By-Step Approach to ERISA Subrogation | |
| 2018, October 22-23 | International DI Society | Annual Conference | St. Louis, MO | Become your Client’s Hero | |
| 2018, October 17-20 | NOSSCR | Social Security Disability Law Conference | San Francisco, CA | ERISA Claims Regulations that Apply to LTD claims ERISA Statutes of Limitations that Apply to LTD Claims | |
| 2018, July 7-10 | AAJ | Annual Convention | Denver, CO | Recent ERISA decisions and how to use them in your practice | |
| 2017, September 19 | TAJ | Online CLE | Online | The Step-by-Step Practical Approach to Handling ERISA Subrogation Claims | |
| 2017, September 13-16 | NOSSCR | Social Security Disability Law Conference | Phoenix, AZ | ERISA Long Term Disability Claims for Social Security Practitioners, From the Basics to an Update of the Current State of ERISA LTD Litigation | |
| 2017, October 15-18 | WILG | Annual Convention | Palm Beach, FL | Nuts & Bolts of Liens, ERISA and Subrogation | |
| 2017, June 20 | KAJ | Subrogation Seminar | Covington, KY | ERISA Subrogation | |
| 2017, July 22-35 | AAJ | Annual Convention | Boston, MA | Recent ERISA decisions and how to use them in your practice | |
| 2017, July 18 | TAJ | Online CLE | Online | Social Security Benefits: the Math, Language and Handling of Complications | |
| 2017, February 1-2 | ACI | Litigating Disability Insurance Claims | Miami, FL | Penalties when ERISA Plan Administrators Fail To Provide Plan Documents/ERISA Claim Regulation Documents: Statutory Penalties | |
| 2016, September 16 | ACI | Litigating Disability Insurance Claims | Boston, MA | Litigating Strategies for Filing ERISA Case v. Filing Non ERISA Cases, Procedural Nuances in the Early Stages of Pleadings, Finding More Favorable Venues, and Transfer of Venue | |
| 2016, November 16 | TTLA | CLE | Memphis, TN | ERISA Subrogation | |
| 2016, March 17-18 | AAJ | Social Security Success! Seminar | Las Vegas, NV | Managing Your Firm’s Social Security Disability Practice/ Ethical Considerations for marketing your SSD practice | |
| 2016, June 1-4 | NOSSCR | Social Security Disability Law Conference | Miami Beach, FL | ERISA Long-Term Disability Claims for Social Security Practitioners - Part 1 and 2 | |
| 2016, January 21-22 | ACI | Litigating Disability Insurance Claims | Philadelphia | Dealing With SS Awards, Calculating Offsets and handling overpayments in Disability Cases | |
| 2015, May 6-9 | NOSSCR | Social Security Disability Law Conference | Arlington, VA | ERISA Long Term Disability for SS Practitioners | |
| 2015, January 22-23 | ACI | Litigating Disability Insurance Claims | Philadelphia | Speaker - topic unknown | |
| 2014, January 23-24 | ACI | Litigating Disability Insurance Claims | New York City, NY | The Latest on the Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees in the ERISA and Non-ERISA Context – Attorney’s Fees: ERISA | |
| 2013, July 20-24 | AAJ | Annual Summer Conference | San Francisco, CA | Workers’ Compensation Settlements: How they Impact LTD and SSD and Necessary Language | |
| 2013, January 24-25 | ACI | Litigating Disability Insurance Claims | New York City, NY | The Latest on the Recovery of Attorneys Fees in the ERISA and Non-ERISA context | |
| 2013, January 18-19 | AAJ | Annual Winter Conference | New Orleans, LA | Advanced Practitioners: Managing your Firm’s Security Disability Practice/ Ethical Considerations: How to Regain the Competitive Advantage over Non Attorneys | |
| 2013, January 18-19 | AAJ | Social Security Success! Seminar | New Orleans, LA | Benefits Interplay: Offsets and eligibility for other benefits for clients who may be eligible for SS disability, LTD, Medicare, Medicaid, and other benefitsdisability and Social Security | |
| 2013, December 2-3 | AAJ | Social Security Success! Seminar | Las Vegas, NV | Office Practice Procedures from Intake to Payment | |
| 2012, July 28-August 1 | AAJ | Annual Summer Conference | Chicago, IL | Social Security Disability Offsets in ERISA Disability Cases | |
| 2012, July 13 | TAJ | The Subrogation Medicare & Lien Minefield | Nashville, TN | How to Tell if an Insurance Policy or Health Plan is Preempted by ERISA | |
| 2012, January 25-27 | ACI | Litigating Disability Insurance Claims | New York City, NY | The Details and Nuances of Drafting a Protective Order to Combat the Discovery of Proprietary and Confidential Information/ Innovative Pre-Trial Strategies for Disability Insurance Claims: Settlement, Mediation, Attorney’s Fees and More | |
| 2012, February 21 | Bayside Fibromyalgia Women’s Support Group | Regular Group Meeting | Harrison, TN | Disability – How to file and what to expect. | |
| 2012, February 15-18 | STLA | Southern Trial Lawyers Annual Convention | New Orleans, LA | Discovery and Protective Orders in Disability Cases | |
| 2011, May 5 | TBA | Social Security Seminar | Nashville, TN | Attorney’s fees in Social Security Disability Cases | |
| 2011, May 11-14 | NOSSCR | Social Security Disability Law Conference | Baltimore, MD | Erisa LTD Claims for Beginners Part I & II | |
| 2011, July 9-13 | AAJ | Annual Summer Conference | New York | Is your Client’s Insurance Claim Preempted by ERISA | |
| 2010, May 11-15 | NOSSCR | Social Security Disability Law Conference | New Orleans, LA | ERISA Long-Term Disability Claims: What Social Security Representatives Need to know/ Chronic Pain | |
| 2010, June 23- 25 | TAJ | 2010 Annual Convention | Murfreesboro, TN | Speaker - topic unknown | |
| 2010, June 11 | KTLA | Kentucky Trial Lawyers Annual Conference | Louisville, KY | What trial lawyers need to know about subrogation and offsets in Long-term disability and Social Security | |
| 2010, January 26 | Spinal Cord Injury Peer Support Group | Regular Group Meeting | Nashville, TN | Disability – How to file and what to expect. | |
| 2010, January 20 | Chronic Pain & Depression Support Group | Regular Group Meeting | Knoxville, TN | Disability – How to file and what to expect. | |
| 2010, February 18 | Trigeminal Neuralgia Support Group | Regular Group Meeting | Knoxville, TN | Disability – How to file and what to expect. | |
| 2010, April 21-22 | TAJ | Insurance and Consumer Protection Conference | Nashville, TN | How to tell if your client’s Insurance Case is Preempted by ERISA/How to Tell if your Client’s Health Insurance Policy is an ERISA Policy or Plan/ ERISA Plan Documents and Penalties/Other Offset and Issues regarding Coordination of Benefits that Trial Lawyers need to know. | |
| 2009, September 24-25 | AAJ | Social Security Success! Seminar | Las Vegas, NV | Ethics and Fees: How to get Paid and Stay Out of Jail | |
| 2009, September 11 | TAJ | ERISA and subrogation claims | Johnson City, TN | Dealing with Health Insurance Companies' ERISA Subrogation Claims | |
| 2009, November 19 | Memphis Bar Association | ERISA Update | Memphis, TN | Navigating the ERISA Mine Field | |
| 2009, May 13-16 | NOSSCR | Social Security Disability Law Conference | Washington, DC | How to Ethically and Legally Charge a Fee in a SS case at the Administrative Level or in Court | |
| 2009, December 17 | TAJ | Annual Ethics and Review Seminar | Chattanooga, TN | ERISA Subrogation | |
| 2009, December 11 | TAJ | Annual Ethics and Review Seminar | Johnson City, TN | ERISA Subrogation | |
| 2009, December 11 | TAJ | Annual Ethics and Review Seminar | Nashville, TN | ERISA Subrogation | |
| 2009, April 1-2 | TBA | Disability Law Seminar | Nashville, TN | Overview of the SS disability claims process and Intro to SS practice | |
| 2008, Summer | AAJ | Annual Summer Conference | Miami Beach, FL | AAJ Fees (Basic) AAJ Fees (Advanced) | |
| 2008, September 12-13 | AAJ | Social Security Success! Seminar | Las Vegas, NV | Ethics and Fees/ Fees for court work | |
| 2008, November 13 | TAJ | Social Security Disability Practice & Procedure | Nashville, TN | Fees in Social Security Cases | |
| 2008, June 4-7 | NOSSCR | Social Security Disability Law Conference | Miami Beach, FL | EAJA Fees in Social Security Cases: What Practitioners Need to Know | |
| 2008, June 11-12 | ACI | Litigating Disability Insurance Claims | Boston, MA | Discovery from the Plaintiff Perspective | |
| 2008, April 9-11 | TAJ | Spring Break Seminar | Destin, FL | The Interplay of Social Security, Workers Compensation, | |
| 2007, March 8-9 | TBA | Disability Benefits Forum | Nashville, TN | Fees in Social Security Cases | |
| 2007, Fall | NOSSCR | Social Security Disability Law Conference | Orlando, FL | Mandamus | |
| 2005, Winter | AAJ | Annual Winter Conference | Palm Springs, CA | ERISA | |
| 2005, November 16-19 | NOSSCR | Social Security Disability Law Conference | Orlando, Florida | EAJA Fees: How to Make the Government Pay You and Your Client Back for Wrongfully Denying Benefits | |
| 2004, November 10-13 | NOSSCR | Social Security Disability Law Conference | Philadelphia, PA | Beneftis Offset y Social Security and Offsets to Tittle II Benefits/Fees for Social Security Litigation: Obtaining Reasonable EAJA and 406 (b) Fees | |
| 2004, ? | ACI | Litigating Disability Insurance Claims | Boston, MA | Discovery under ERISA | |
| 2003, Summer | AAJ | Annual Summer Conference | Atlanta, GA | Attorneys fees under ERISA | |
| 2002, October 30- Nov 2 | NOSSCR | Social Security Disability Law Conference | San Francisco, CA | Mandamus Actions | |
| 2001, Summer | AAJ | Annual Summer Conference | Toronto | Enhancing Fees in Fee Shifting Litigation | |
| 2001, April 25-28 | NOSSCR | Social Security Disability Law Conference | Washington, DC | Litigation Strategies in Federal Court | |
| 2000, Spring | NOSSCR | Social Security Disability Law Conference | Orlando, FL | Issues Concerning the Availability of Mandamus Relief in Cases Related to the Social Security Act | |
| 2000, May 3-6 | NOSSCR | Social Security Disability Law Conference | Lake Buena Vista, Florida | Thou Shalt Not Reap Lest You Sue, Mandamus under in SS cases. |
