Market opportunity · TX
Strong marketTexas.
Roughly 158,112 new disability claims are filed in Texas each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $218M annually.
158,112
Initial claims / year
38.3%
Nat'l: 39.8%
259 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$218M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in Texas hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haigler, Jr., Whitfield | DALLAS NORTH OHO | 90.6% | 341 |
| Liken, Joseph | DALLAS NORTH OHO | 87.4% | 429 |
| Strong, Helen F | HOUSTON WEST | 86.4% | 309 |
| Gazda, Peter F | SAN ANTONIO | 83.8% | 340 |
| Walters, Charles | DALLAS NORTH OHO | 83.3% | 348 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- HOUSTON NORTH225 days
- SAN ANTONIO243 days
- FORT WORTH248 days
Slowest
- DALLAS NORTH OHO291 days
- DALLAS DOWNTOWN284 days
- RIO GRANDE VALLEY TX272 days
30-day pilot · no contract
Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.
Send 20 new inbound inquiries in Texasthrough 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.