Market opportunity · HI
Strong marketHawaii.
Roughly 5,088 new disability claims are filed in Hawaii each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $7M annually.
5,088
Initial claims / year
37.2%
Nat'l: 39.8%
264 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$7M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in Hawaii hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatfield, Jeffrey | HONOLULU | 78.5% | 121 |
| Cabotaje, Michael A | SAN RAFAEL | 69.2% | 91 |
| Elias, Yasmin | TUCSON | 68.6% | 86 |
| Meyer, Ruxana | HONOLULU | 67.5% | 425 |
| Yasutomi, Mark | SAN BERNARDINO | 63.6% | 217 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- HONOLULU264 days
Slowest
- HONOLULU264 days
30-day pilot · no contract
Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.
Send 20 new inbound inquiries in Hawaiithrough the claimpros.ai inbound-triage agent for 30 days. Measured against the firm's baseline: time-to-first-response, consult show rate, and retained-case quality. No contract, no long commitment — just numbers.
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.