Market opportunity · NC
Strong marketNorth Carolina.
Roughly 67,188 new disability claims are filed in North Carolina each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $93M annually.
67,188
Initial claims / year
37.0%
Nat'l: 39.8%
249 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$93M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in North Carolina hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green, Gloria W | FAYETTEVILLE NC | 92.4% | 79 |
| Asseff, Brent T | CHARLOTTE | 91.4% | 362 |
| Huggins, Randall D | CHARLOTTE | 91.0% | 345 |
| Thawley, John A | FAYETTEVILLE NC | 90.9% | 263 |
| Spitz, Maria L | GREENSBORO | 84.9% | 311 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- FAYETTEVILLE NC241 days
- CHARLOTTE248 days
- RALEIGH249 days
Slowest
- GREENSBORO258 days
- RALEIGH249 days
- CHARLOTTE248 days
30-day pilot · no contract
Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.
Send 20 new inbound inquiries in North Carolinathrough 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.