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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Kirkpatrick, Melinda
SAN ANTONIO Stable
-2.8 pts vs national average
55.0%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge55.0%
SAN ANTONIO54.8%
National avg57.8%
Total decisions
360
Fully favorable
156
43.3%
Partially favorable
42
11.7%
Denials
162
45.0%
Total dispositions
426
Dismissals
66
15.5%
Awards
198
3-year trend
Stable
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 43.3%Partially fav. 11.7%Denied 45.0%
Approval rate history
FY2016
0.0%0 dec
FY2016
53.9%533 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SAN ANTONIO (20)
- Gazda, Peter300 dec89.3%
- Thompson, Michelle298 dec86.6%
- Murdock, Alexis246 dec80.1%
- Suing, Timothy22 dec77.3%
- Wilkerson, Dwight234 dec64.5%
- Elias, Yasmin50 dec58.0%
- McKay, Bernard J.353 dec56.9%
- McPhail, Robert290 dec54.5%
- Wurm, David R.340 dec53.5%
- Brown, Katherine260 dec53.1%
- Mendola, Mark174 dec51.7%
- Allen, Matthew372 dec50.5%
- Wilkov, Penny293 dec47.8%
- Barnett, Ben305 dec47.5%
- Holmes, Janice L.302 dec47.0%
- Perez, Lissette C.211 dec45.0%
- Brower, Charles308 dec43.2%
- Jones, Marc43 dec37.2%
- Swayze, Mark271 dec34.3%
- Momcilovic, Gordan311 dec17.4%
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