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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Gontis, Stephen
ALBUQUERQUE Trending down
Lifetime approval rate
62.3%
+4.4 pts vs national
Total decisions
53
Fully favorable
27
50.9%
Partially favorable
6
11.3%
Denials
20
37.7%
Total dispositions
61
Dismissals
8
13.1%
Awards
33
3-year trend
Falling
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav. 50.9%Partially fav. 11.3%Denied 37.7%
Approval rate history
FY2017
64.2%159 dec
FY2018
43.4%320 dec
FY2019
42.5%141 dec
FY2020
48.7%413 dec
FY2021
48.6%401 dec
FY2022
40.0%50 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at ALBUQUERQUE (20)
- Stults, Douglas S.367 dec79.6%
- Gutierrez, David R413 dec73.4%
- Simmons, D'Lisa440 dec72.5%
- Fellabaum, Jennifer M222 dec68.5%
- Williams, Jr., Harry L190 dec63.7%
- Hertzig, Michael S118 dec63.6%
- Hansen, Holly292 dec62.0%
- Juge, Christopher H250 dec60.0%
- Wiedemann, Karen246 dec56.5%
- Exnicios, Richard M266 dec56.4%
- Freedman, Robert153 dec52.9%
- Wurm, David R389 dec51.2%
- Lindsay, Michelle K210 dec51.0%
- Leppala, Michael356 dec50.8%
- Benedict, David281 dec48.4%
- Brown, Katherine W327 dec47.1%
- Timmins, Talia372 dec47.0%
- Hansen, Dennis287 dec45.6%
- Fraiser, Jim397 dec42.3%
- Holmes, Janice L327 dec41.3%
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