Market opportunity · MS
Strong marketMississippi.
Roughly 27,336 new disability claims are filed in Mississippi each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $38M annually.
27,336
Initial claims / year
36.4%
Nat'l: 39.8%
221 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$38M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in Mississippi hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkins, James S | HATTIESBURG | 86.3% | 342 |
| Mashburn, Shannon | TUPELO | 72.4% | 322 |
| Maddox, Gregory A | TUPELO | 72.3% | 119 |
| Stroud, Larry J | JACKSON MS OHO | 70.3% | 306 |
| Barkley III, H.J. | TUPELO | 66.5% | 337 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- JACKSON MS OHO204 days
- TUPELO213 days
- HATTIESBURG246 days
Slowest
- HATTIESBURG246 days
- TUPELO213 days
- JACKSON MS OHO204 days
30-day pilot · no contract
Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.
Send 20 new inbound inquiries in Mississippithrough 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.