Market opportunity · PA
Strong marketPennsylvania.
Roughly 82,548 new disability claims are filed in Pennsylvania each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $114M annually.
82,548
Initial claims / year
38.0%
Nat'l: 39.8%
290 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$114M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in Pennsylvania hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grovich, Christopher P | SEVEN FIELDS | 77.1% | 441 |
| Preston, Susan | MORGANTOWN | 75.5% | 110 |
| Kooser, John | SEVEN FIELDS | 74.9% | 475 |
| Wood, Brian W | SEVEN FIELDS | 73.5% | 392 |
| Tenenbaum, Melissa | SEVEN FIELDS | 73.4% | 259 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- SEVEN FIELDS255 days
- JOHNSTOWN262 days
- WILKES BARRE283 days
Slowest
- PITTSBURGH319 days
- PHILADELPHIA313 days
- PHILADELPHIA EAST312 days
30-day pilot · no contract
Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.
Send 20 new inbound inquiries in Pennsylvaniathrough 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.