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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Alden, Randolph W
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE Stable
+9.4 pts vs national average
67.2%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge67.2%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE60.9%
National avg57.8%
Total decisions
192
Fully favorable
92
47.9%
Partially favorable
37
19.3%
Denials
63
32.8%
Total dispositions
315
Dismissals
123
39.0%
Awards
129
3-year trend
Stable
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 47.9%Partially fav. 19.3%Denied 32.8%
Approval rate history
FY2018
78.8%165 dec
FY2019
25.0%4 dec
FY2019
42.1%484 dec
FY2020
50.3%455 dec
FY2021
66.7%39 dec
FY2021
45.4%302 dec
FY2021
33.3%6 dec
FY2021
71.4%7 dec
FY2022
33.3%21 dec
FY2022
25.0%4 dec
FY2022
53.3%152 dec
FY2023
65.8%38 dec
FY2023
62.7%193 dec
FY2024
62.0%200 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE (23)
- Weathers, Ena189 dec83.1%
- Cabotaje, Michael60 dec81.7%
- Smiley, Jennifer213 dec80.3%
- Rauenzahn, MaryKay104 dec79.8%
- Hockensmith, Mark173 dec74.0%
- Ohanesian, Nicholas58 dec70.7%
- Kramzyk, Henry91 dec67.0%
- Labrum, Robert J181 dec65.2%
- Waller, Robert50 dec64.0%
- Day, Kelley178 dec63.5%
- Walter, Nicholas193 dec61.7%
- Carr, Michael36 dec61.1%
- Valkavich, Helen236 dec59.3%
- Lucas, Brian314 dec59.2%
- Fuller, Roxanne66 dec59.1%
- DiMaggio Wallis, Sandra R212 dec57.5%
- Nagle, Kim Soo198 dec57.1%
- Eiler, Kathleen H164 dec54.3%
- Benton, Amy33 dec51.5%
- Dillon, Christopher81 dec44.4%
- Ferguson, Jeffrey A53 dec41.5%
- Beatty, Gregory M.68 dec35.3%
- Wexler, April M37 dec24.3%
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