Dave Chermol is the Lead Partner at Chermol & Fishman, LLC, a law firm that focuses on federal court appeals of unfavorable ALJ decisions across the entire United States. He is a former GS-15 Special Assistant United States Attorney for SSA-OGC. Dave served as co-chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Social Security Disability Committee for several years. In March of 2014, he was awarded the National Association of Disability Representatives’ Member of the Year Award. He serves by court appointment as the Social Security disability pro se appeals panel coordinator in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania – the first of its kind in the nation. During the 2008 campaign, he served as regional co-director on disability issues in Pennsylvania for the Obama campaign. Dave is the lead partner at Chermol Insurance Solutions, which helps other disability representatives assist their clients with their Medicare Advantage needs. Dave can be contacted at dave@ssihelp.us.

Mr. Perry is a graduate of The University of Tennessee and The Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University. After completing his studies, Judson served as a Law Clerk to the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board where he wrote legal opinions and advised the Commissioners on the Board. Since leaving the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board in 2001, Judson has devoted his career to exclusively representing injured workers in workers’ compensation matters, as well as claimants in Social Security Disability and SSI cases. Judson is currently the principal at Perry Disability Law, P.C. Mr. Perry is a member of the Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, and Cumberland County Bar Associations. He previously served three terms as Chairperson of the Dauphin County Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section, and he is currently on the Board of Directors; Judson also serves on the Board of Directors for the Dauphin County Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Bar Association, as well as the Equal Professional Opportunity Committee. Judson is a Sustaining Member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives, and he is a member of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice where he serves as the Co-Chair of the Social Security Disability Section and serves on the Nominating Committee. On three occasions, he had the honor of being named a Rising Star by the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers publication, and a Super Lawyer for the subsequent 12 years by the same publication.

Mr. Rollins served in the Social Security Administration (SSA) from 2019 through 2024. As a member of the Senior Executive Service, he directed SSA’s Office of Disability Policy most recently as Associate Commissioner after serving as Deputy Associate Commissioner. Before joining SSA, he was the Director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Disability Determination for more than four years. He entered that position after owning and managing Rollins Law Office for 15 years. In his firm, he represented individuals with cases involving Social Security Disability Benefits and Supplemental Security Income at the administrative and federal district court and circuit court of appeal levels. He was a former legal counsel to the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of General Counsel, where he defended SSA’s decisions in federal courts. Mr. Rollins has lectured on Social Security law for many organizations. These include the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, and the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives. He has also lectured for various support, insurance, and medical groups. Mr. Rollins received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania. He was awarded his Juris Doctorate from Temple University’s Beasley School of Law.