Market opportunity · MD
Prime marketMaryland.
Roughly 26,628 new disability claims are filed in Maryland each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $37M annually.
26,628
Initial claims / year
43.8%
Nat'l: 39.8%
312 days
Nat'l hearing: 365 days
$37M
Annualized · retention × cap
01 · Bench
Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.
Judges currently on the bench in Maryland hearing offices, sorted by favorable decision rate. Use these to prioritize which office a case is assigned to, where permissible.
| ALJ | Office | Approval | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest-Doyle, Mary | BALTIMORE | 85.4% | 164 |
| Manico, William M. | BALTIMORE | 72.7% | 22 |
| Neely, Donald | BALTIMORE | 69.1% | 265 |
| Borda, Eric | PHILADELPHIA | 67.8% | 177 |
| Grunberg, Hope | PHILADELPHIA EAST | 66.7% | 3 |
02 · Offices
Hearing-office timing.
Fastest
- BALTIMORE291 days
- NHC BALTIMORE332 days
Slowest
- NHC BALTIMORE332 days
- BALTIMORE291 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.