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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Total decisions
320
Fully favorable
129
40.3%
Partially favorable
25
7.8%
Denials
166
51.9%
Total dispositions
393
Dismissals
73
18.6%
Awards
154
3-year trend
Stable
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 40.3%Partially fav. 7.8%Denied 51.9%
Approval rate history
FY2015
66.7%3 dec
FY2016
46.5%325 dec
FY2017
50.7%355 dec
FY2018
48.7%421 dec
FY2019
47.8%462 dec
FY2020
46.4%371 dec
FY2021
43.6%282 dec
FY2022
49.4%255 dec
FY2023
50.7%213 dec
FY2024
45.5%319 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%
- Hanekamp, Steve290 dec52.1%
- Price, John398 dec51.3%
- Allen, Chandreka301 dec49.8%
- Steger, Brian M.245 dec49.4%
- Harvin-Woode, Mattie141 dec48.9%
- 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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