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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Total decisions
316
Fully favorable
144
45.6%
Partially favorable
34
10.8%
Denials
138
43.7%
Total dispositions
379
Dismissals
63
16.6%
Awards
178
3-year trend
Stable
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 45.6%Partially fav. 10.8%Denied 43.7%
Approval rate history
FY2016
38.2%68 dec
FY2017
48.5%305 dec
FY2018
43.9%376 dec
FY2019
38.7%375 dec
FY2020
44.6%350 dec
FY2021
43.2%296 dec
FY2022
44.7%244 dec
FY2023
53.1%243 dec
FY2024
44.5%303 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at ST LOUIS (17)
- Wallis, William325 dec76.0%
- Hanan, Bradley324 dec75.9%
- Davis, Alaina351 dec62.4%
- Plucker, Nathaniel126 dec60.3%
- Hanekamp, Steve290 dec52.1%
- Price, John398 dec51.3%
- Allen, Chandreka301 dec49.8%
- Steger, Brian M.245 dec49.4%
- Harvin-Woode, Mattie141 dec48.9%
- Imsland, Lori320 dec48.1%
- Woode, Charles166 dec47.0%
- Wilson, Shreese84 dec46.4%
- Preston, Kathryn205 dec42.4%
- Luetkenhaus, Robert357 dec37.0%
- Doyle, Joseph R.253 dec35.2%
- Leslie, Lisa311 dec29.6%
- Jecklin, Katherine231 dec22.5%
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