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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Total decisions
231
Fully favorable
28
12.1%
Partially favorable
24
10.4%
Denials
179
77.5%
Total dispositions
279
Dismissals
48
17.2%
Awards
52
3-year trend
Stable
FY2026 decision breakdown
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 12.1%Partially fav. 10.4%Denied 77.5%
Approval rate history
FY2018
27.8%126 dec
FY2019
28.9%374 dec
FY2020
33.8%314 dec
FY2021
29.3%249 dec
FY2022
31.2%186 dec
FY2023
31.6%193 dec
FY2024
29.9%217 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%
- 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%
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