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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
53.1%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge53.1%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
260
Fully favorable
106
40.8%
Partially favorable
32
12.3%
Denials
122
46.9%
Total dispositions
303
Dismissals
43
14.2%
Awards
138
3-year trend
Rising
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 40.8%Partially fav. 12.3%Denied 46.9%
Approval rate history
FY2010
63.6%44 dec
FY2011
56.0%425 dec
FY2012
47.2%445 dec
FY2013
35.1%478 dec
FY2014
36.0%414 dec
FY2015
44.2%421 dec
FY2016
44.3%400 dec
FY2017
43.5%370 dec
FY2018
36.0%389 dec
FY2019
32.0%513 dec
FY2020
34.0%371 dec
FY2021
38.9%427 dec
FY2022
38.8%312 dec
FY2023
40.4%225 dec
FY2024
48.8%322 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%
- 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%
- Brower, Charles368 dec43.2%
- Swayze, Mark308 dec33.8%
- Jones, Marc67 dec31.3%
- Momcilovic, Gordan366 dec17.2%
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