Market opportunity · MD
Prime marketMaryland.
Roughly 29,640 new disability claims are filed in Maryland each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $41M annually.
29,640
Initial claims / year
43.8%
Nat'l: 39.8%
330 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$41M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in Maryland hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manico, William M | NHC FALLS CHURCH | 88.3% | 137 |
| Turner-Banks, Tamara | BALTIMORE | 85.7% | 21 |
| Forrest-Doyle, Mary | BALTIMORE | 83.9% | 355 |
| Mastin, Jeffrey | NHC BALTIMORE | 81.6% | 38 |
| Farnes, Milagros | BALTIMORE | 81.2% | 69 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- BALTIMORE302 days
- NHC BALTIMORE357 days
Slowest
- NHC BALTIMORE357 days
- BALTIMORE302 days
30-day pilot · no contract
Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.
Send 20 new inbound inquiries in Marylandthrough 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.