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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
66.4%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge66.4%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE59.5%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
214
Fully favorable
103
48.1%
Partially favorable
39
18.2%
Denials
72
33.6%
Total dispositions
351
Dismissals
137
39.0%
Awards
142
3-year trend
Rising
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 48.1%Partially fav. 18.2%Denied 33.6%
Approval rate history
FY2018
78.8%165 dec
FY2019
42.0%488 dec
FY2020
50.3%455 dec
FY2021
48.0%354 dec
FY2022
50.3%177 dec
FY2023
63.2%231 dec
FY2024
62.0%200 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE (24)
- Weathers, Ena220 dec81.8%
- Smiley, Jennifer255 dec78.8%
- Rauenzahn, MaryKay127 dec78.7%
- Hockensmith, Mark201 dec73.1%
- Ohanesian, Nicholas71 dec71.8%
- Labrum, Robert J215 dec66.0%
- Day, Kelley214 dec65.0%
- Kramzyk, Henry114 dec64.9%
- Walter, Nicholas208 dec61.1%
- Waller, Robert61 dec60.7%
- Valkavich, Helen270 dec60.0%
- Cabotaje, Michael76 dec59.2%
- DiMaggio Wallis, Sandra R240 dec59.2%
- Carr, Michael46 dec58.7%
- Lucas, Brian353 dec58.1%
- Ferguson, Jeffrey A56 dec57.1%
- Nagle, Kim Soo221 dec56.1%
- Eiler, Kathleen H200 dec54.0%
- Fuller, Roxanne90 dec53.3%
- Benton, Amy33 dec51.5%
- Pierce, Katie H85 dec48.2%
- Dillon, Christopher81 dec44.4%
- Beatty, Gregory M.74 dec35.1%
- Wexler, April M40 dec25.0%
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