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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public

Market opportunity · NM

Prime market

New Mexico.

Roughly 12,192 new disability claims are filed in New Mexico each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $17M annually.

Annual DDS intake

12,192

Initial claims / year

DDS approval

41.3%

Nat'l: 39.8%

Avg office wait

330 days

Nat'l hearing: 365 days

Fee pool (est.)

$17M

Annualized · retention × cap

01 · Bench

Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.

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

ALJOfficeApprovalDecisions
Stults, Douglas S.OKLAHOMA CITY79.6%367
Gutierrez, David RHOUSTON NORTH73.4%413
Simmons, D'LisaHOUSTON NORTH72.5%440
Fellabaum, Jennifer MALBUQUERQUE68.5%222
Rauenzahn, MaryKayNHC ALBUQUERQUE65.8%240

02 · Offices

Hearing-office timing.

Fastest

  • ALBUQUERQUE321 days
  • NHC ALBUQUERQUE339 days

Slowest

  • NHC ALBUQUERQUE339 days
  • ALBUQUERQUE321 days

30-day pilot · no contract

Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.

Send 20 new inbound inquiries in New Mexicothrough 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.