Social Security Disability — from application through federal court.
Chris Rouse has represented Social Security Disability claimants in Savannah for 35 years — starting claims, taking over claims already filed, preparing cases for hearings before Social Security judges, and handling appeals, including to federal district court.
Calls are answered weekdays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Text (912) 807-5000 — texts are answered 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
How representation works
It starts with a call to set up a conference — in person or by phone. From there, representation covers the claim at whatever stage it is in:
- Start a new disability claim, or step into a claim already filed — including one already denied and waiting for a hearing before a Social Security judge.
- Prepare the claimant, and the case, for that hearing.
- Present the medical evidence.
- Argue the vocational evidence — the work history, and what work a person can and cannot still do.
- Appeal denials.
Appeals to federal court
When Social Security denies a claim after the hearing, the next step is a civil action in federal district court. Chris Rouse takes those appeals on two conditions: that he represented the claimant at the Social Security hearing, and that the denial presents a legal argument likely to get attention at the federal level.
That limit is deliberate. It keeps the federal-court work grounded in cases already known from the record up, and focused on appeals with a real legal question.
Experience
- 35 years handling Social Security Disability claims, hearings, and appeals.
- Local. Savannah-based, with years of appearances before the Social Security judges who hear these cases here.
- Working knowledge of the medical‑vocational rules and the hearing procedure — what each stage requires and how a hearing is run.
Fees
No fee unless you win or collect. In a Social Security Disability case the fee is 25% of past‑due benefits, or as approved by SSA. There is nothing to pay up front, and nothing if the claim does not succeed.
Also handling
Personal injury
A small, selective personal-injury practice — serious injuries, taken on a limited basis rather than by volume. A brief call is enough to say whether a matter is a fit.
Litigation
General and federal civil litigation. It is also the background behind the disability work: the courtroom experience that makes taking a denied claim to federal district court a real step here, not a referral out.
Start with a conversation
A call sets up a conference, in person or by phone. There is no cost for the review.
Calls are answered weekdays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Text (912) 807-5000 — texts are answered 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.