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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public

Market opportunity · IN

Strong market

Indiana.

Roughly 43,560 new disability claims are filed in Indiana each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $60M annually.

Annual DDS intake

43,560

Initial claims / year

DDS approval

38.6%

Nat'l: 39.8%

Avg office wait

234 days

Nat'l hearing: 365 days

Fee pool (est.)

$60M

Annualized · retention × cap

01 · Bench

Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.

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

ALJOfficeApprovalDecisions
Mages, Daniel JINDIANAPOLIS73.6%458
Allen, Noell FINDIANAPOLIS73.3%307
Velasquez, Albert JINDIANAPOLIS72.9%258
Turner, TimothyINDIANAPOLIS70.5%149
Odell, Jody HINDIANAPOLIS69.4%409

02 · Offices

Hearing-office timing.

Fastest

  • EVANSVILLE205 days
  • FORT WAYNE235 days
  • INDIANAPOLIS244 days

Slowest

  • VALPARAISO IN251 days
  • INDIANAPOLIS244 days
  • FORT WAYNE235 days

30-day pilot · no contract

Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.

Send 20 new inbound inquiries in Indianathrough 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.