Market opportunity · AL
Strong marketAlabama.
Roughly 34,560 new disability claims are filed in Alabama each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $48M annually.
34,560
Initial claims / year
35.4%
Nat'l: 39.8%
246 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$48M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in Alabama hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stalley, D B | MOBILE | 92.8% | 264 |
| Strong, Claire R | MONTGOMERY | 90.1% | 263 |
| Nelson, Roger A | MOBILE | 85.0% | 254 |
| Sheely, Ben E | MOBILE | 84.1% | 283 |
| Turner, Brian | BIRMINGHAM | 84.0% | 350 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- MONTGOMERY236 days
- MOBILE251 days
- BIRMINGHAM252 days
Slowest
- BIRMINGHAM252 days
- MOBILE251 days
- MONTGOMERY236 days
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Methodology · Figures reflect SSA public data through the latest release. Fee pool estimates annualize DDS intake at a conservative 20% retention rate with a 75% cap hit on retained backpay — not a performance guarantee. Approval rates describe historical decisions, not likelihoods on individual cases.