Florida.

Roughly 127,512 new disability claims are filed in Florida each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $176M annually.

Annual DDS intake

127,512

Initial claims / year

DDS approval

36.6%

Nat'l: 39.8%

Avg office wait

253 days

Nat'l hearing: 365 days

Fee pool (est.)

$176M

Annualized · retention × cap

01 · Bench

Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.

Judges currently on the bench in Florida hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.

ALJ	Office	Approval	Decisions
Cartledge, James C	MIAMI OHO	92.7%	330
Green, Gloria W	FAYETTEVILLE NC	92.4%	79
Paddack, Stacy	TALLAHASSEE FL OHO	85.7%	301
Northington, Maria C	FORT MYERS FL	83.3%	407
Messina, Christopher	ST PETERSBURG FL OHO	82.4%	34

02 · Offices

Hearing-office timing.

Fastest

FORT MYERS FL217 days
ST PETERSBURG FL OHO233 days
TALLAHASSEE FL OHO236 days

Slowest

FT LAUDERDALE283 days
MIAMI OHO281 days
JACKSONVILLE273 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.