Missouri.

Roughly 42,318 new disability claims are filed in Missouri each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $58M annually.

Annual DDS intake

42,318

Initial claims / year

DDS approval

42.5%

Nat'l: 39.8%

Avg office wait

272 days

Nat'l hearing: 365 days

Fee pool (est.)

$58M

Annualized · retention × cap

01 · Bench

Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.

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

ALJ	Office	Approval	Decisions
Naggi, Mark	KANSAS CITY	89.1%	284
Erickson, Diana	KANSAS CITY	84.2%	203
Wallis, William	ST LOUIS	77.8%	279
Lehr, Michael	KANSAS CITY	77.4%	341
Suing, Timothy	HOUSTON WEST	77.3%	22

02 · Offices

Hearing-office timing.

Fastest

COLUMBIA MO238 days
SPRINGFIELD MO245 days
ST LOUIS263 days

Slowest

NHC ST LOUIS335 days
KANSAS CITY280 days
ST LOUIS263 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.