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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Total decisions
290
Fully favorable
132
45.5%
Partially favorable
19
6.6%
Denials
139
47.9%
Total dispositions
346
Dismissals
56
16.2%
Awards
151
3-year trend
Stable
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Denied
Fully fav. 45.5%Partially fav. 6.6%Denied 47.9%
Approval rate history
FY2010
64.5%467 dec
FY2011
62.1%583 dec
FY2012
60.4%588 dec
FY2013
58.1%523 dec
FY2014
52.8%407 dec
FY2015
53.7%404 dec
FY2016
62.5%363 dec
FY2017
59.1%384 dec
FY2018
57.1%352 dec
FY2019
60.1%414 dec
FY2020
56.5%423 dec
FY2021
49.8%307 dec
FY2022
58.6%239 dec
FY2023
47.9%238 dec
FY2024
55.6%279 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%
- DeWoskin, Henry316 dec56.3%
- 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%
Judges in Missouri with the most decisions
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