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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Deans, Joan H
KANSAS CITY Trending up
Lifetime approval rate
51.3%
-6.5 pts vs national
Total decisions
343
Fully favorable
144
42.0%
Partially favorable
32
9.3%
Denials
167
48.7%
Total dispositions
396
Dismissals
53
13.4%
Awards
176
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 42.0%Partially fav. 9.3%Denied 48.7%
Approval rate history
FY2010
59.4%251 dec
FY2011
46.3%328 dec
FY2011
54.4%160 dec
FY2011
51.3%113 dec
FY2012
48.0%510 dec
FY2013
46.4%524 dec
FY2014
41.8%424 dec
FY2015
42.0%460 dec
FY2015
0.0%1 dec
FY2017
67.7%31 dec
FY2017
39.1%355 dec
FY2018
46.1%468 dec
FY2019
44.1%472 dec
FY2020
37.6%370 dec
FY2021
37.8%286 dec
FY2022
39.3%262 dec
FY2023
48.3%265 dec
FY2024
46.0%363 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at KANSAS CITY (15)
- Naggi, Mark305 dec87.9%
- Lehr, Michael A331 dec76.1%
- Erickson, Diana269 dec72.1%
- Rabaut, John J9 dec66.7%
- Jung, P. H259 dec61.8%
- Cooke, Christine A333 dec60.1%
- Comisky, Michael288 dec53.8%
- Ambuehl, Christel218 dec53.2%
- Werner, Michael360 dec45.0%
- Mein, Christina Y370 dec37.8%
- Barnes-Williams, Janice E172 dec36.0%
- Gulick, Scot93 dec34.4%
- Neal, Toni38 dec34.2%
- Kidd, M. S4 dec25.0%
- Kelly, Robert A355 dec22.3%
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