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Kentucky disbarred attorney Eric Conn's 'preposterous' request should be denied, judge says
By Bill Estep bestep@herald-leader.com May 07, 2018 11:44 AM Updated May 07, 2018 04:31 PM A request to dismiss charges against disbarred attorney Eric C. Conn that could carry a cumulative 255-year sentence should be denied, a federal magistrate judge has recommended.
Social Security Disability Training Materials:
Training Materials - August 29, 2015 and Training Video Training Materials - December 19, 2015 and Training Video Training Materials - September 17, 2016
Has Eric Conn changed our expectations of Kentucky Bar Association?
By Ned Pillersdorf June 13, 2018 04:29 PM Thousands of lawyers have descended upon Lexington for the annual Kentucky Bar Association convention. A timely question to ask is whether a bar association is simply a bureaucratic organization or does it have a greater purpose, especially concerning former clients of Eric Conn? The Social Security Administration intends to put another 1,950 former clients of Conn — who pleaded guilty to fraud this month — through another set of grueling mass hearings.
Big Sandy Council on Elder Maltreatment receives 2018 Public Awareness Initiative Award
Federal judge strikes down Kentucky's Medicaid work rules
By John Cheves And Jack Brammer jcheves@herald-leader.com jbrammer@herald-leader.com June 29, 2018 03:56 PM Updated June 29, 2018 06:30 PM A federal judge in Washington D.C. struck down Kentucky's plan to require some Medicaid recipients to work or volunteer in order to continue receiving benefits.  
'Nobody to pick from.' How opioids are devastating the workforce in Eastern Kentucky.
By Bill Estep bestep@herald-leader.com June 27, 2018 11:34 AM Manchester The pickings have gotten slimmer when Mike Bowling needs to hire someone for his convenience stores in London and Manchester, where he also has a tobacco store. “This is the hardest I’ve ever seen getting workers and keeping workers,” said Bowling, who has been in business 18 years. “You just ain’t got nobody to pick from.”
Former Eric C. Conn client homeless after losing benefits
LETCHER Co., Ky. (WYMT) - Thousands of former clients of Eric C. Conn have had their social security benefits taken away and are being scheduled for redetermination hearings to see if and when they can get those benefits back. While Conn is in prison with a roof over his head and food in his stomach one of his former clients is struggling to have even that.
Eastern Kentucky health stats are gloomy. Why are these ‘bright spots’ doing better?
By Bill Estep bestep@herald-leader.com July 24, 2018 07:20 AM Whitley City The public library in McCreary County has books, of course, and reading programs for young people and computers for people to access the internet. But it also provides information on substance abuse, hosts healthy-cooking classes and diabetes workshops, puts on book walks that combine reading and exercise for kids and helps patrons research health issues.
APPALRED LEGAL AID ENCOURAGES FORMER CLIENTS OF ERIC C. CONN TO SEEK REPRESENTATION
Hearings continue in the review of Social Security Disability (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) cases of clients formerly represented by attorney Eric C. Conn.  The outcome of these hearings will seriously impact Mr. Conn’s former clients.  If a client loses the hearing, the client will lose his/her benefits.  
Don’t re-victimize Eric Conn’s clients. Social Security should allow time for them to get their records.
By Herald-Leader editorial board September 26, 2018 07:02 AM   The Social Security Administration was slow to halt corruption within its own ranks, but has been eager to penalize Kentuckians who were victimized by their crooked, now-imprisoned lawyer, Eric Conn, and the Social Security judge who pocketed Conn’s bribes.