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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
47.0%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge47.0%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
302
Fully favorable
114
37.7%
Partially favorable
28
9.3%
Denials
160
53.0%
Total dispositions
365
Dismissals
63
17.3%
Awards
142
3-year trend
Stable
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 37.7%Partially fav. 9.3%Denied 53.0%
Approval rate history
FY2014
57.0%284 dec
FY2015
44.9%437 dec
FY2016
39.0%390 dec
FY2017
34.5%443 dec
FY2018
49.0%400 dec
FY2019
40.8%370 dec
FY2020
38.7%310 dec
FY2021
39.0%403 dec
FY2022
45.6%283 dec
FY2023
46.1%232 dec
FY2024
43.0%300 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SAN ANTONIO (20)
- Gazda, Peter355 dec87.6%
- 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%
- Brower, Charles368 dec43.2%
- Swayze, Mark308 dec33.8%
- Jones, Marc67 dec31.3%
- Momcilovic, Gordan366 dec17.2%
Judges in Texas with the most decisions
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