Kansas.

Roughly 15,343 new disability claims are filed in Kansas each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $21M annually.

Annual DDS intake

15,343

Initial claims / year

DDS approval

44.8%

Nat'l: 39.8%

Avg office wait

260 days

Nat'l hearing: 365 days

Fee pool (est.)

$21M

Annualized · retention × cap

01 · Bench

Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.

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

ALJ	Office	Approval	Decisions
Page, David	WICHITA	78.4%	269
Hardy, Pearline	TOPEKA KS	65.1%	149
Cerulli, Nicholas	SOUTH JERSEY	62.4%	133
Leary, Mary	SPRINGFIELD MO	47.1%	51
Evans, Edward	WICHITA	44.8%	268

02 · Offices

Hearing-office timing.

Fastest

TOPEKA KS236 days
WICHITA284 days

Slowest

WICHITA284 days
TOPEKA KS236 days

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.