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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Total decisions
301
Fully favorable
119
39.5%
Partially favorable
31
10.3%
Denials
151
50.2%
Total dispositions
339
Dismissals
38
11.2%
Awards
150
3-year trend
Rising
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 39.5%Partially fav. 10.3%Denied 50.2%
Approval rate history
FY2017
63.6%121 dec
FY2018
43.0%279 dec
FY2019
39.7%373 dec
FY2020
36.2%337 dec
FY2021
45.8%153 dec
FY2022
57.9%197 dec
FY2023
56.2%194 dec
FY2024
66.5%275 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at ST LOUIS (17)
- Wallis, William325 dec76.0%
- Hanan, Bradley324 dec75.9%
- Davis, Alaina351 dec62.4%
- Plucker, Nathaniel126 dec60.3%
- DeWoskin, Henry316 dec56.3%
- Hanekamp, Steve290 dec52.1%
- Price, John398 dec51.3%
- Steger, Brian M.245 dec49.4%
- Harvin-Woode, Mattie141 dec48.9%
- Imsland, Lori320 dec48.1%
- Woode, Charles166 dec47.0%
- Wilson, Shreese84 dec46.4%
- Preston, Kathryn205 dec42.4%
- Luetkenhaus, Robert357 dec37.0%
- Doyle, Joseph R.253 dec35.2%
- Leslie, Lisa311 dec29.6%
- Jecklin, Katherine231 dec22.5%
Judges in Missouri with the most decisions
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