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  • videocam Live Webinar with Live Q&A
  • calendar_month June 23, 2026 @ 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT
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  • schedule 90 minutes

ERISA Long-Term Disability Claims: Appeal Strategies, Rights and Protections, Best Practices for Counsel

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About the Course

Introduction

This CLE webinar will provide ERISA attorneys with a comprehensive overview of the appeals procedures and strategies for handling ERISA long-term disability claims. The panel will discuss how to file a strong appeal for long-term disability benefits subject to ERISA, protection and rights for long-term disability claimants, pitfalls to avoid in handling appeals, and other vital issues.

Description

Different approaches are necessary when handling long-term disability claims because of varying contractual provisions. ERISA attorneys must completely understand ERISA rules, appeal procedures, and effective tactics to ensure a successful appeal when claims are denied.

Under ERISA, a long-term disability claim lawsuit cannot be filed until administrative remedies have been exhausted by filing an appeal disputing the denial under the procedures set out in the SPD and plan document. Attorneys must recognize the critical steps under the plan documents, provide all evidence to appeal an ERISA long-term disability benefits denial successfully, and preserve the best possible file for any potential litigation.

Listen as our panel discusses how to file a strong appeal for long-term disability benefits subject to ERISA and protection and rights for long-term disability claimants. The panel will also discuss the most common reasons for denial and identify viable arguments and methods to maximize chances of success.

Presented By

Jennifer Hess
Partner
Riemer Hess LLC

Ms. Hess oversees the firm’s litigation strategy, attorney development, and daily operations. She joined Riemer Hess LLC in 2016 and became a Partner in 2020. Ms. Hess has helped guide hundreds of professionals and executives through their ERISA long term disability and life insurance claims from early-stage strategy and claim filings to administrative appeals, pre-litigation resolution, and full-scale federal litigation.

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Timothy P. Maynard
Shareholder
Hawks Quindel, SC

Mr. Maynard is a shareholder at Hawks Quindel’s Milwaukee office, where he has practiced since 2013. Since that time, Mr. Maynard has represented employees in claims for unpaid minimum wages, agreed-upon wages, and overtime pay; long-term disability benefits; short-term disability benefits; Social Security Disability benefits; race discrimination; sex discrimination; sexual harassment; severance agreements; and non-compete agreements. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, as well as the United States District Courts for the Eastern Districts of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Missouri, and the Western District of Wisconsin.

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Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.


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    On Demand

Date + Time

  • event

    Tuesday, June 23, 2026

  • schedule

    1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT

I. Key considerations and provisions for SPDs and plan documents

II. Impact of ERISA on long-term disability claims

III. Rights and protections for claimants

IV. Appeal procedures and pitfalls to avoid

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • Identifying areas of concern for long-term disability claims under ERISA
  • Determining the applicability of ERISA requirements to current benefit plans
  • Conducting an internal review of claims and appeals processes, plan language, and notices
  • Rights and protections for long-term disability claimants
  • Techniques to ensure a successful appeal when a long-term disability claim is denied