The “Accurate and Logical Bridge” – Track I [Day 4] (Presented by National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives)

Rob Wendt | National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives

Rob is a board-certified specialist in Social Security Disability law through the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA). In over 40 years of practice in Charleston, Rob has handled thousands of federal administrative law judge hearings and hundreds of federal court appeals representing disability claimants across the state of South Carolina.

Currently, Rob is an officer and Fourth Circuit board member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) and is a board member of the NBTA and its Social Security Disability Specialty Commission and exam committee. Rob is a frequent presenter and moderator in continuing legal education seminars on Social Security disability practice.

Rob has been a leader in the Social Security Disability bar at the state and national levels, including service as a board member and chair of the South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ) Social Security Law Section, founding member and chair of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Social Security Disability Law Section, and board member of the SC Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

Sarah Bohr

Sarah H. Bohr has specialized in Social Security law for over 40 years and writes winning briefs for filing in Social Security federal court cases in the district courts in nearly half of the states as well as most circuit courts of appeal. Sarah is most proud of her successful argument before the Supreme Court in Sims v. Apfel, 530 U.S. 103 (2000), which turned out to be instrumental to the success of her career as it allows her to approach each federal appeal as a puzzle and to figure out the best issues to raise.

She also successfully recently worked on three key published Social Security cases addressing depression in Simon v. Comm’r, 7 F.4th 1094 (11th Cir. 2021) and Shelley C. v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 61 F.4th 341 (4th Cir. 2023) and addressing fibromyalgia in Arakas v. Comm’r, Soc. Sec. Admin., 983 F.3d 83 (4th Cir. 2020).

I. The “Logical Bridge” Requirement in Disability Decisions | 12:45pm – 1:05pm

II. Common Judicially-Recognized Errors Leading to Remand | 1:05pm – 1:25pm

III. Building Effective Appeals Using Case Law and Record Analysis | 1:25pm – 1:45pm