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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Helmer, Mary E
BIRMINGHAM Stable
Lifetime approval rate
39.8%
-18.0 pts vs national
Total decisions
349
Fully favorable
115
33.0%
Partially favorable
24
6.9%
Denials
210
60.2%
Total dispositions
397
Dismissals
48
12.1%
Awards
139
3-year trend
Stable
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 33.0%Partially fav. 6.9%Denied 60.2%
Approval rate history
FY2010
50.8%443 dec
FY2011
48.1%474 dec
FY2012
49.0%441 dec
FY2013
43.2%475 dec
FY2014
42.3%411 dec
FY2015
44.6%392 dec
FY2017
57.0%398 dec
FY2018
49.9%399 dec
FY2019
37.2%430 dec
FY2020
45.0%384 dec
FY2021
41.1%275 dec
FY2022
44.8%268 dec
FY2023
40.6%224 dec
FY2024
40.6%224 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at BIRMINGHAM (13)
- Turner, Brian350 dec84.0%
- Lawson, William159 dec76.7%
- Reeves, Ronald117 dec66.7%
- Waller, Robert124 dec62.9%
- Satisfield, Renee B54 dec55.6%
- Jackson, Monica D291 dec54.0%
- Brown, Cynthia W56 dec53.6%
- Kraft, Emilie337 dec52.8%
- McDonald, Sheila E86 dec51.2%
- Johnson, Lisa M287 dec43.2%
- Merchant, George W390 dec39.5%
- Guthrie, Clarence445 dec38.9%
- Munford, Jerome L20 dec25.0%
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