Market opportunity · WA
Strong marketWashington.
Roughly 36,396 new disability claims are filed in Washington each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $50M annually.
36,396
Initial claims / year
38.8%
Nat'l: 39.8%
331 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$50M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in Washington hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee, Lawrence | TACOMA | 100.0% | 1 |
| Walker, Donna L | SPOKANE | 92.3% | 336 |
| Sullivan, Margaret M | TACOMA | 89.3% | 338 |
| Freund, Lori L | SPOKANE | 79.1% | 134 |
| Mangrum, Timothy | SEATTLE | 78.6% | 332 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- SPOKANE313 days
- SEATTLE336 days
- TACOMA345 days
Slowest
- TACOMA345 days
- SEATTLE336 days
- SPOKANE313 days
30-day pilot · no contract
Route 20 inbound inquiries through claimpros.ai.
Send 20 new inbound inquiries in Washingtonthrough 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.