Market opportunity · LA
Strong marketLouisiana.
Roughly 39,096 new disability claims are filed in Louisiana each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $54M annually.
39,096
Initial claims / year
37.2%
Nat'l: 39.8%
267 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$54M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in Louisiana hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volz, III, Louis J | NEW ORLEANS | 82.4% | 279 |
| Abbondondelo, Mary | SHREVEPORT | 81.8% | 329 |
| Molinar, Kathleen S | ALEXANDRIA | 73.0% | 415 |
| Grant, Robert | ALEXANDRIA | 69.8% | 394 |
| Daniels Smoke, Stephani | ALEXANDRIA | 64.8% | 332 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- ALEXANDRIA248 days
- NEW ORLEANS264 days
- METAIRIE273 days
Slowest
- SHREVEPORT282 days
- METAIRIE273 days
- NEW ORLEANS264 days
30-day pilot · no contract
Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.
Send 20 new inbound inquiries in Louisianathrough 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.