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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Total decisions
324
Fully favorable
227
70.1%
Partially favorable
19
5.9%
Denials
78
24.1%
Total dispositions
369
Dismissals
45
12.2%
Awards
246
3-year trend
Stable
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Denied
Fully fav. 70.1%Partially fav. 5.9%Denied 24.1%
Approval rate history
FY2010
69.8%470 dec
FY2011
65.4%639 dec
FY2012
65.9%593 dec
FY2013
63.6%528 dec
FY2014
61.9%480 dec
FY2015
61.9%412 dec
FY2016
67.5%382 dec
FY2017
66.1%395 dec
FY2018
67.0%446 dec
FY2019
70.1%539 dec
FY2020
73.3%423 dec
FY2021
68.1%339 dec
FY2022
72.4%272 dec
FY2023
69.2%312 dec
FY2024
69.3%362 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at ST LOUIS (17)
- Wallis, William325 dec76.0%
- Davis, Alaina351 dec62.4%
- Plucker, Nathaniel126 dec60.3%
- DeWoskin, Henry316 dec56.3%
- 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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