Updated July 2026 · SSA Public

Administrative Law Judge

Farrell, John G

ALBANYNew York Trending down

+22.2 pts vs national average

79.9%lifetime approval

vs baselines

This judge79.9%

ALBANY60.0%

National avg57.7%

Total decisions

249

Fully favorable

183

73.5%

Partially favorable

6.4%

Denials

20.1%

Total dispositions

304

Dismissals

18.1%

Awards

199

3-year trend

Falling

FY2026 decision breakdown

Fully fav.

Denied

Fully fav. 73.5%Partially fav. 6.4%Denied 20.1%

Approval rate history

FY2013

81.0%189 dec

FY2014

66.3%398 dec

FY2015

66.6%368 dec

FY2016

62.3%252 dec

FY2017

66.4%342 dec

FY2018

62.0%397 dec

FY2019

64.5%392 dec

FY2020

72.2%284 dec

FY2021

78.5%228 dec

FY2022

84.8%217 dec

FY2023

85.0%214 dec

FY2024

78.8%279 dec

Above national Below national National avg

Other ALJs at ALBANY (9)

Kelly, Paul F
298 dec92.3%
Black-Pennington, Dale
242 dec72.3%
Lardaro, Elizabeth A.
213 dec65.7%
Marcus, Michelle S
112 dec56.3%
Mulvey, Jude
141 dec53.9%
Soltes, Andrew
326 dec52.1%
Greisler, Gretchen
165 dec48.5%
Ba-Yunus, Asad
308 dec44.2%
Loughlin, John
230 dec34.3%

Judges in New York with the most decisions

Theurer, Kenneth
SYRACUSE408 dec
Morgan, Aaron M.
NEW YORK VARICK366 dec
Devlin, Michael
ROCHESTER361 dec
Georger, Paul
BUFFALO345 dec
Berkowitz, Alan B
LONG ISLAND342 dec

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