Market opportunity · RI
Prime marketRhode Island.
Roughly 6,396 new disability claims are filed in Rhode Island each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $9M annually.
6,396
Initial claims / year
44.7%
Nat'l: 39.8%
295 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$9M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in Rhode Island hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrian, Tanya J | NHC FALLS CHURCH | 75.0% | 4 |
| Bernasconi, Laura | PROVIDENCE | 66.5% | 194 |
| Vanda, Ryan | PROVIDENCE | 61.6% | 419 |
| Dana, Kate | PROVIDENCE | 60.2% | 379 |
| Goodale, Paul W | PROVIDENCE | 54.4% | 305 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- PROVIDENCE295 days
Slowest
- PROVIDENCE295 days
30-day pilot · no contract
Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.
Send 20 new inbound inquiries in Rhode Islandthrough 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.