Market opportunity · IA
Prime marketIowa.
Roughly 17,892 new disability claims are filed in Iowa each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $25M annually.
17,892
Initial claims / year
43.9%
Nat'l: 39.8%
253 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$25M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in Iowa hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton, Henry | DES MOINES | 79.6% | 397 |
| Andrews, Tom | DES MOINES | 74.5% | 51 |
| Gordon, Matthew J | DES MOINES | 67.9% | 380 |
| Sandbothe, John E | DES MOINES | 61.0% | 59 |
| Priester, John | DES MOINES | 58.4% | 430 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- DES MOINES253 days
Slowest
- DES MOINES253 days
30-day pilot · no contract
Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.
Send 20 new inbound inquiries in Iowathrough 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.