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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Lehr, Michael A
KANSAS CITY Trending up
Lifetime approval rate
76.1%
+18.3 pts vs national
Total decisions
331
Fully favorable
238
71.9%
Partially favorable
14
4.2%
Denials
79
23.9%
Total dispositions
395
Dismissals
64
16.2%
Awards
252
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Denied
Fully fav. 71.9%Partially fav. 4.2%Denied 23.9%
Approval rate history
FY2010
64.7%570 dec
FY2011
75.9%29 dec
FY2011
52.9%512 dec
FY2012
57.8%497 dec
FY2012
33.3%18 dec
FY2013
50.7%422 dec
FY2014
53.6%388 dec
FY2015
61.0%410 dec
FY2017
78.2%101 dec
FY2017
79.1%43 dec
FY2017
0.0%0 dec
FY2018
72.4%261 dec
FY2018
20.0%5 dec
FY2018
0.0%0 dec
FY2019
61.3%452 dec
FY2020
57.1%343 dec
FY2021
56.2%283 dec
FY2022
55.6%241 dec
FY2023
61.6%284 dec
FY2024
66.6%359 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at KANSAS CITY (15)
- Naggi, Mark305 dec87.9%
- Erickson, Diana269 dec72.1%
- Rabaut, John J9 dec66.7%
- Jung, P. H259 dec61.8%
- Cooke, Christine A333 dec60.1%
- Comisky, Michael288 dec53.8%
- Ambuehl, Christel218 dec53.2%
- Deans, Joan H343 dec51.3%
- Werner, Michael360 dec45.0%
- Mein, Christina Y370 dec37.8%
- Barnes-Williams, Janice E172 dec36.0%
- Gulick, Scot93 dec34.4%
- Neal, Toni38 dec34.2%
- Kidd, M. S4 dec25.0%
- Kelly, Robert A355 dec22.3%
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