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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
87.6%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge87.6%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
355
Fully favorable
277
78.0%
Partially favorable
34
9.6%
Denials
44
12.4%
Total dispositions
435
Dismissals
80
18.4%
Awards
311
3-year trend
Rising
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 78.0%Partially fav. 9.6%Denied 12.4%
Approval rate history
FY2010
70.6%486 dec
FY2011
72.1%480 dec
FY2012
65.5%528 dec
FY2013
52.3%463 dec
FY2014
55.5%443 dec
FY2015
60.2%508 dec
FY2016
63.7%405 dec
FY2017
69.8%404 dec
FY2018
58.5%424 dec
FY2019
61.1%455 dec
FY2020
60.9%445 dec
FY2021
63.4%410 dec
FY2022
66.5%257 dec
FY2023
65.7%233 dec
FY2024
80.8%281 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SAN ANTONIO (20)
- 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%
- Brower, Charles368 dec43.2%
- Swayze, Mark308 dec33.8%
- Jones, Marc67 dec31.3%
- Momcilovic, Gordan366 dec17.2%
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