Resources for Attorneys

ODAR's Hearing Office Workload Data

FY 2010 (Through 4/30/10)

Public use files provided by the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR). Measures the number of receipts, dispositions, cases pending and average processing time for each hearing office.

SSA Disclaimer: These data are being made publicly available for research purposes. Any findings and conclusions derived from analyses of these data are attributable to the researcher(s) and do not reflect those of the Social Security Administration.


Source: SSA.gov

NETSTAT Report

For the Month of December 2009

A presentation of the average time (in months) from the hearing request date until a hearing is held for claims pending in the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review's hearing offices. Allows users to estimate the amount of time they may have to wait for a hearing to be held.


Source: SSA.gov

ALJ Disposition Data

FY 2010 (Through January 2010)

A listing of hearings completion data by name of individual administrative law judges (ALJ) for all ALJs in ODAR. The data includes hearing office name, total dispositions, decisions, allowances, denials and fully favorable or partially favorable decisions.

NOTE: This report contains raw data from SSA’s Case Processing and Management System without regard to the amount of time Administrative Law Judges’ devote to actual adjudication. In other words, factors which would affect the number of dispositions (e.g., management/administrative responsibilities, special assignments, part-time status, union representational duties, retirements, deaths or extended leave, etc.) have not been taken into account.


Source: SSA.gov

By The Numbers

Data from the SSA shows that both the number of SSD claimants and Title II fee payments received have increased in each of the past ten years. Title II fee payments increased by almost $110 Million in 2010, reaching a record high of $1,428,892,065! Shouldn't your caseload be increasing as well?