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Carol Avard Practice Areas Personal Injury Social Security Disability Long Term Disability Employment Discrimination Education Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, B.A. 1971 University of NH, Juris Doctorate Degree, 1980 Bar Admissions Florida -1989 Massachusetts -1981 The U.S Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida U.S. Court of Appeals for Veteran’s Claims Professional Appointments Appointed by the Florida Bar Grievance Committee to serve as an expert witness on a disability case concerning reasonable Attorney’s fees. Appointed by the Chief Judge Anne C. Conway of the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, to serve on the Lawyer Advisory Committee on Rules for the U.S. District Court in 2011-2012. Appointed to the Social Security Section Executive Council of the American Association for Justice Chairperson of NOSSCR Nominations and Elections Committee Professional Associations & Memberships Board of Directors National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) 2013-2015 Florida Justice Association, 2016 Professional Awards Board Certified Social Security Disability Advocacy Attorney by National Board of Trial Advocacy Accredited Veterans Disability Attorney Professional Achievements Distinguished 2016 Peer Review Attorney Rating by Martindale-Hubbell Panelist and speaker at the Worker’s Compensation Institute’s Annual Conference, August 18 – 20, 2014, Orlando, FL, Attorney Avard was part of two social security disability presentations titled “The Experts: How to Make Your Good Case Better Prior to the Administrative Hearing” and “The Experts: The Best Way of Presenting Your Case at the Administrative Hearing”. NOSSCR Director, 11th Circuit, 2013-2015 Attorney Carol Avard, Sustaining Member and Director, Board of Directors, NOSSCR, lectured at their National Social Security Disability Law Conference in May 14 – 17, 2014. Her presentation concerned managing, questioning and disqualifying vocational expert (V.E.) testimony in Social Security Disability hearings. Faculty speaker for the National Organization of Social Security Claimant’s Representatives (NOSSCR) conference in San Antonio, Texas, in October 2011, speaking about the Social Security Rulings used in the Sequential Evaluation Process at Hearings before Administrative Law Judges. In addition, she presented to NOSSCR “Exit Strategies for Attorneys”. Speaker at the American Association for Justice (AAJ’s) Social Security Success! Seminar in Las Vegas, NV on August 19-20, 2010, on the topic of “Using Jobs Software Tools and Internet Resources: O*NET, Job Browser Pro, and PAQ/ERI with Vocational Witnesses Before, During, and After ALJ Hearings”. Lecturer for the National Organization of Social Security Disability Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) on September 22-25, 2010, Chicago, Il, speaking about using Software Tools and Internet Resources with Vocational Experts at hearings before Administrative Law Judges. Lecturer for the Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Courses in Tampa and Miami at a seminar on Effective Advocacy Before The Appeals Council and Beyond, 2000 Federal Court Lecture for NOSSCR, “Federal Court Appeals: Step by Step”. NOSSCR, May 14-17, 2014 Faculty: American Association for Justice, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada. Faculty member, cross-examining a vocational expert, at a MOCK HEARING before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ played by Attorney Eric Schnaufer).