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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
43.2%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge43.2%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
368
Fully favorable
142
38.6%
Partially favorable
17
4.6%
Denials
209
56.8%
Total dispositions
447
Dismissals
79
17.7%
Awards
159
3-year trend
Stable
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Denied
Fully fav. 38.6%Partially fav. 4.6%Denied 56.8%
Approval rate history
FY2010
53.0%498 dec
FY2011
48.1%547 dec
FY2012
41.4%548 dec
FY2013
40.4%532 dec
FY2014
36.2%464 dec
FY2015
38.5%455 dec
FY2016
54.7%391 dec
FY2017
53.2%402 dec
FY2018
55.7%384 dec
FY2019
36.0%469 dec
FY2020
40.3%367 dec
FY2021
33.1%426 dec
FY2022
38.6%319 dec
FY2023
38.3%300 dec
FY2024
41.4%350 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%
- Barnett, Ben343 dec48.1%
- Holmes, Janice L.302 dec47.0%
- Swayze, Mark308 dec33.8%
- Jones, Marc67 dec31.3%
- Momcilovic, Gordan366 dec17.2%
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