Updated July 2026 · SSA Public

Administrative Law Judge

Kelly, Paul F

ALBANYNew York Trending up

+34.6 pts vs national average

92.3%lifetime approval

vs baselines

This judge92.3%

ALBANY60.0%

National avg57.7%

Total decisions

298

Fully favorable

261

87.6%

Partially favorable

4.7%

Denials

7.7%

Total dispositions

346

Dismissals

13.9%

Awards

275

3-year trend

Rising

FY2026 decision breakdown

Fully fav.

Fully fav. 87.6%Partially fav. 4.7%Denied 7.7%

Approval rate history

FY2011

79.0%157 dec

FY2012

69.5%521 dec

FY2013

68.2%469 dec

FY2014

77.4%429 dec

FY2015

73.3%427 dec

FY2016

78.8%416 dec

FY2017

83.0%419 dec

FY2018

81.0%422 dec

FY2019

82.2%437 dec

FY2020

73.5%310 dec

FY2021

67.4%224 dec

FY2022

67.9%224 dec

FY2023

86.2%218 dec

FY2024

87.1%303 dec

Above national Below national National avg

Other ALJs at ALBANY (9)

Farrell, John G
249 dec79.9%
Black-Pennington, Dale
242 dec72.3%
Lardaro, Elizabeth A.
213 dec65.7%
Marcus, Michelle S
112 dec56.3%
Mulvey, Jude
141 dec53.9%
Soltes, Andrew
326 dec52.1%
Greisler, Gretchen
165 dec48.5%
Ba-Yunus, Asad
308 dec44.2%
Loughlin, John
230 dec34.3%

Judges in New York with the most decisions

Theurer, Kenneth
SYRACUSE408 dec
Morgan, Aaron M.
NEW YORK VARICK366 dec
Devlin, Michael
ROCHESTER361 dec
Georger, Paul
BUFFALO345 dec
Berkowitz, Alan B
LONG ISLAND342 dec

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