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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Alden, Randolph W
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE Stable
+6.7 pts vs national average
0.0%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge64.6%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE60.6%
National avg57.8%
Total decisions
158
Fully favorable
71
44.9%
Partially favorable
31
19.6%
Denials
56
35.4%
Total dispositions
258
Dismissals
100
38.8%
Awards
102
3-year trend
Stable
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 44.9%Partially fav. 19.6%Denied 35.4%
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 (20)
- Weathers, Ena164 dec83.5%
- Smiley, Jennifer178 dec80.9%
- Hockensmith, Mark154 dec76.6%
- Rauenzahn, MaryKay84 dec76.2%
- Ohanesian, Nicholas50 dec68.0%
- Kramzyk, Henry82 dec67.1%
- Day, Kelley155 dec65.8%
- Labrum, Robert J152 dec63.8%
- Waller, Robert48 dec62.5%
- Fuller, Roxanne47 dec61.7%
- Walter, Nicholas151 dec61.6%
- Carr, Michael29 dec58.6%
- Nagle, Kim Soo176 dec58.5%
- Cabotaje, Michael59 dec57.6%
- DiMaggio Wallis, Sandra R193 dec57.5%
- Benton, Amy33 dec51.5%
- Eiler, Kathleen H138 dec50.7%
- Ferguson, Jeffrey A45 dec44.4%
- Beatty, Gregory M.56 dec37.5%
- Wexler, April M33 dec24.2%
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