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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
52.7%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge52.7%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
402
Fully favorable
166
41.3%
Partially favorable
46
11.4%
Denials
190
47.3%
Total dispositions
472
Dismissals
70
14.8%
Awards
212
3-year trend
Rising
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 41.3%Partially fav. 11.4%Denied 47.3%
Approval rate history
FY2012
67.3%52 dec
FY2013
66.5%522 dec
FY2014
48.8%510 dec
FY2015
51.7%627 dec
FY2016
53.9%533 dec
FY2017
58.9%423 dec
FY2018
48.3%404 dec
FY2019
51.3%601 dec
FY2020
51.5%454 dec
FY2021
49.0%488 dec
FY2022
46.4%291 dec
FY2023
37.0%243 dec
FY2024
51.6%343 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%
- 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%
- Jones, Marc67 dec31.3%
- Momcilovic, Gordan366 dec17.2%
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