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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public

Market opportunity · NC

Strong market

North 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.

Annual DDS intake

67,188

Initial claims / year

DDS approval

37.0%

Nat'l: 39.8%

Avg office wait

249 days

Nat'l hearing: 365 days

Fee pool (est.)

$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.

ALJOfficeApprovalDecisions
Green, Gloria WFAYETTEVILLE NC92.4%79
Asseff, Brent TCHARLOTTE91.4%362
Huggins, Randall DCHARLOTTE91.0%345
Thawley, John AFAYETTEVILLE NC90.9%263
Spitz, Maria LGREENSBORO84.9%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.