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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
31.3%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge31.3%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
67
Fully favorable
17
25.4%
Partially favorable
4
6.0%
Denials
46
68.7%
Total dispositions
81
Dismissals
14
17.3%
Awards
21
3-year trend
Rising
FY2026 decision breakdown
Denied
Fully fav. 25.4%Partially fav. 6.0%Denied 68.7%
Approval rate history
FY2018
31.7%145 dec
FY2019
29.3%539 dec
FY2020
36.8%486 dec
FY2021
33.3%306 dec
FY2022
33.1%429 dec
FY2023
29.9%127 dec
FY2024
41.3%80 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%
- Holmes, Janice L.302 dec47.0%
- Brower, Charles368 dec43.2%
- Swayze, Mark308 dec33.8%
- Momcilovic, Gordan366 dec17.2%
Judges in Texas with the most decisions
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