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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Total decisions
357
Fully favorable
103
28.9%
Partially favorable
29
8.1%
Denials
225
63.0%
Total dispositions
422
Dismissals
65
15.4%
Awards
132
3-year trend
Stable
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 28.9%Partially fav. 8.1%Denied 63.0%
Approval rate history
FY2017
53.4%146 dec
FY2018
29.7%414 dec
FY2019
34.6%477 dec
FY2020
30.5%354 dec
FY2021
37.0%100 dec
FY2022
36.3%262 dec
FY2023
32.8%299 dec
FY2024
35.8%338 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at ST LOUIS (17)
- Wallis, William325 dec76.0%
- Hanan, Bradley324 dec75.9%
- Davis, Alaina351 dec62.4%
- Plucker, Nathaniel126 dec60.3%
- DeWoskin, Henry316 dec56.3%
- Hanekamp, Steve290 dec52.1%
- Price, John398 dec51.3%
- Allen, Chandreka301 dec49.8%
- Steger, Brian M.245 dec49.4%
- Harvin-Woode, Mattie141 dec48.9%
- Imsland, Lori320 dec48.1%
- Woode, Charles166 dec47.0%
- Wilson, Shreese84 dec46.4%
- Preston, Kathryn205 dec42.4%
- Doyle, Joseph R.253 dec35.2%
- Leslie, Lisa311 dec29.6%
- Jecklin, Katherine231 dec22.5%
Judges in Missouri with the most decisions
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