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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Leppala, Michael
ALBUQUERQUE Trending up
Lifetime approval rate
50.8%
-7.0 pts vs national
Total decisions
356
Fully favorable
131
36.8%
Partially favorable
50
14.0%
Denials
175
49.2%
Total dispositions
437
Dismissals
81
18.5%
Awards
181
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 36.8%Partially fav. 14.0%Denied 49.2%
Approval rate history
FY2017
50.4%115 dec
FY2018
40.8%436 dec
FY2019
38.3%502 dec
FY2020
44.7%468 dec
FY2021
50.8%449 dec
FY2022
40.4%354 dec
FY2022
0.0%1 dec
FY2023
45.9%351 dec
FY2024
43.4%380 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at ALBUQUERQUE (20)
- Stults, Douglas S.367 dec79.6%
- Gutierrez, David R413 dec73.4%
- Simmons, D'Lisa440 dec72.5%
- Fellabaum, Jennifer M222 dec68.5%
- Williams, Jr., Harry L190 dec63.7%
- Hertzig, Michael S118 dec63.6%
- Gontis, Stephen53 dec62.3%
- Hansen, Holly292 dec62.0%
- Juge, Christopher H250 dec60.0%
- Wiedemann, Karen246 dec56.5%
- Exnicios, Richard M266 dec56.4%
- Freedman, Robert153 dec52.9%
- Wurm, David R389 dec51.2%
- Lindsay, Michelle K210 dec51.0%
- Benedict, David281 dec48.4%
- Brown, Katherine W327 dec47.1%
- Timmins, Talia372 dec47.0%
- Hansen, Dennis287 dec45.6%
- Fraiser, Jim397 dec42.3%
- Holmes, Janice L327 dec41.3%
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