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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public

Market opportunity · LA

Strong market

Louisiana.

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.

Annual DDS intake

39,096

Initial claims / year

DDS approval

37.2%

Nat'l: 39.8%

Avg office wait

267 days

Nat'l hearing: 365 days

Fee pool (est.)

$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.

ALJOfficeApprovalDecisions
Volz, III, Louis JNEW ORLEANS82.4%279
Abbondondelo, MarySHREVEPORT81.8%329
Molinar, Kathleen SALEXANDRIA73.0%415
Grant, RobertALEXANDRIA69.8%394
Daniels Smoke, StephaniALEXANDRIA64.8%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.