New Mexico.

Roughly 13,138 new disability claims are filed in New Mexico each year. At a 20% retention rate and a conservative $6,900 fee per retained case, the addressable fee pool is approximately $18M annually.

Annual DDS intake

13,138

Initial claims / year

DDS approval

41.3%

Nat'l: 39.8%

Avg office wait

291 days

Nat'l hearing: 365 days

Fee pool (est.)

$18M

Annualized · retention × cap

01 · Bench

Top 5 ALJs by approval rate.

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

ALJ	Office	Approval	Decisions
Stults, Douglas	OKLAHOMA CITY	81.7%	295
Rauenzahn, MaryKay	SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE	79.8%	104
Suing, Timothy	HOUSTON WEST	77.3%	22
Fellabaum, Jennifer	ALBUQUERQUE	62.3%	207
Carr, Michael	SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE	61.1%	36

02 · Offices

Hearing-office timing.

Fastest

ALBUQUERQUE264 days
NHC ALBUQUERQUE317 days

Slowest

NHC ALBUQUERQUE317 days
ALBUQUERQUE264 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.