Market opportunity · SC
Prime marketSouth Carolina.
Roughly 35,076 new disability claims are filed in South Carolina each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $48M annually.
35,076
Initial claims / year
40.3%
Nat'l: 39.8%
241 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$48M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in South Carolina hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cartledge, James C | MIAMI OHO | 92.7% | 330 |
| Green, Gloria W | FAYETTEVILLE NC | 92.4% | 79 |
| Thawley, John A | FAYETTEVILLE NC | 90.9% | 263 |
| LaFata, Richard | CHARLESTON SC | 82.8% | 145 |
| Messina, Christopher | ST PETERSBURG FL OHO | 82.4% | 34 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- GREENVILLE230 days
- CHARLESTON SC235 days
- FLORENCE237 days
Slowest
- COLUMBIA SC261 days
- FLORENCE237 days
- CHARLESTON SC235 days
30-day pilot · no contract
Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.
Send 20 new inbound inquiries in South 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.