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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Barnett, Ben
SAN ANTONIO Trending up
-8.6 pts vs national average
0.0%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge49.2%
SAN ANTONIO55.1%
National avg57.8%
Total decisions
256
Fully favorable
90
35.2%
Partially favorable
36
14.1%
Denials
130
50.8%
Total dispositions
310
Dismissals
54
17.4%
Awards
126
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 35.2%Partially fav. 14.1%Denied 50.8%
Approval rate history
FY2010
75.0%16 dec
FY2011
60.6%480 dec
FY2012
47.1%554 dec
FY2013
36.1%460 dec
FY2014
40.9%325 dec
FY2014
37.9%29 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, Peter270 dec89.6%
- Thompson, Michelle245 dec87.3%
- Murdock, Alexis201 dec80.1%
- Suing, Timothy22 dec77.3%
- Wilkerson, Dwight207 dec64.3%
- Elias, Yasmin50 dec58.0%
- McKay, Bernard J.304 dec56.9%
- Kirkpatrick, Melinda322 dec56.8%
- McPhail, Robert247 dec56.3%
- Brown, Katherine260 dec53.1%
- Wurm, David R.305 dec52.8%
- Mendola, Mark151 dec51.0%
- Allen, Matthew314 dec49.4%
- Wilkov, Penny262 dec47.3%
- Holmes, Janice L.302 dec47.0%
- Perez, Lissette C.181 dec44.2%
- Brower, Charles277 dec42.2%
- Jones, Marc24 dec41.7%
- Swayze, Mark238 dec35.3%
- Momcilovic, Gordan265 dec17.0%
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