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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public

Market opportunity · UT

Strong market

Utah.

Roughly 13,980 new disability claims are filed in Utah each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $19M annually.

Annual DDS intake

13,980

Initial claims / year

DDS approval

39.3%

Nat'l: 39.8%

Avg office wait

252 days

Nat'l hearing: 365 days

Fee pool (est.)

$19M

Annualized · retention × cap

01 · Bench

Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.

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

ALJOfficeApprovalDecisions
Warner, M. ThayneSALT LAKE CITY84.4%487
Wolfe, J. DougSALT LAKE CITY72.3%101
Mitchell, Preston LSALT LAKE CITY54.8%451
Thompson, David WSALT LAKE CITY42.2%436
Van Vleck, Deborah JNHC ALBUQUERQUE40.7%236

02 · Offices

Hearing-office timing.

Fastest

  • SALT LAKE CITY252 days

Slowest

  • SALT LAKE CITY252 days

30-day pilot · no contract

Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.

Send 20 new inbound inquiries in Utahthrough 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.