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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public

Market opportunity · NJ

Strong market

New Jersey.

Roughly 61,644 new disability claims are filed in New Jersey each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $85M annually.

Annual DDS intake

61,644

Initial claims / year

DDS approval

38.4%

Nat'l: 39.8%

Avg office wait

340 days

Nat'l hearing: 365 days

Fee pool (est.)

$85M

Annualized · retention × cap

01 · Bench

Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.

Judges currently on the bench in New Jersey hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.

ALJOfficeApprovalDecisions
Barr, SheenaJERSEY CITY90.0%211
Varillo, KimberlySOUTH JERSEY81.5%372
Addison, AndreaJERSEY CITY79.6%368
Gonzalez, RobertWHITE PLAINS77.8%266
Patterson, KarenSOUTH JERSEY77.8%423

02 · Offices

Hearing-office timing.

Fastest

  • JERSEY CITY330 days
  • NEWARK331 days
  • SOUTH JERSEY358 days

Slowest

  • SOUTH JERSEY358 days
  • NEWARK331 days
  • JERSEY CITY330 days

30-day pilot · no contract

Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.

Send 20 new inbound inquiries in New Jerseythrough 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.