Market opportunity · MA
Prime marketMassachusetts.
Roughly 37,055 new disability claims are filed in Massachusetts each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $51M annually.
37,055
Initial claims / year
40.2%
Nat'l: 39.8%
311 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$51M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in Massachusetts hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedaca, Joani | NEW YORK | 82.4% | 222 |
| Baird, Jonathan P. | LAWRENCE MA | 71.8% | 209 |
| Pinkus, Joshua | SPRINGFIELD MA | 71.0% | 145 |
| Ramsey, William | BOSTON | 67.1% | 70 |
| Hurley, Francis | BOSTON | 66.3% | 184 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- LAWRENCE MA289 days
- BOSTON311 days
- SPRINGFIELD MA332 days
Slowest
- SPRINGFIELD MA332 days
- BOSTON311 days
- LAWRENCE MA289 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.