Hearing Office Rankings

The new rankings are out for the hearing offices.  These rankings are based on how long it takes to have a hearing after the hearing has been requested.  At the time of this post, the best hearing office in the country is in Shreveport, Louisiana and the waiting period there is 172 days.  The worst hearing office in the country is Missouri, the hearing office serving most of my clients, where the waiting period is 470 days.  What that means is, unfortunately, there is usually a long wait involved to get a hearing unless there are extraordinary circumstances where an expedited hearing might be in order.

The Peoria, Illinois office which services Central Illinois has a waiting period of 351 days.  The Evansville, Indiana office, which services much of Southern Illinois and Indiana and other points has a statistical waiting period of 378 days for hearings.  There are other hearing offices that service surrounding areas that also have substantial waiting periods for hearings.  This normally places great hardships on claimants and counsel since people understandably do not know why it would take so long to get a hearing.

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