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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
48.1%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge48.1%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
343
Fully favorable
114
33.2%
Partially favorable
51
14.9%
Denials
178
51.9%
Total dispositions
410
Dismissals
67
16.3%
Awards
165
3-year trend
Rising
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 33.2%Partially fav. 14.9%Denied 51.9%
Approval rate history
FY2010
75.0%16 dec
FY2011
60.6%480 dec
FY2012
47.1%554 dec
FY2013
36.1%460 dec
FY2014
40.7%354 dec
FY2015
34.8%414 dec
FY2016
38.0%371 dec
FY2017
43.7%371 dec
FY2018
33.5%367 dec
FY2019
31.6%453 dec
FY2020
40.5%338 dec
FY2021
35.8%358 dec
FY2022
36.5%266 dec
FY2023
42.5%219 dec
FY2024
46.0%278 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SAN ANTONIO (20)
- Gazda, Peter355 dec87.6%
- Thompson, Michelle328 dec86.6%
- Murdock, Alexis283 dec78.8%
- Suing, Timothy22 dec77.3%
- Wilkerson, Dwight258 dec64.3%
- Elias, Yasmin51 dec58.8%
- McKay, Bernard J.401 dec57.1%
- McPhail, Robert327 dec53.2%
- Brown, Katherine260 dec53.1%
- Kirkpatrick, Melinda402 dec52.7%
- Wurm, David R.391 dec52.2%
- Mendola, Mark200 dec51.0%
- Allen, Matthew421 dec49.4%
- Wilkov, Penny353 dec48.7%
- Perez, Lissette C.244 dec48.4%
- Holmes, Janice L.302 dec47.0%
- Brower, Charles368 dec43.2%
- Swayze, Mark308 dec33.8%
- Jones, Marc67 dec31.3%
- Momcilovic, Gordan366 dec17.2%
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