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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
57.1%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge57.1%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
401
Fully favorable
165
41.1%
Partially favorable
64
16.0%
Denials
172
42.9%
Total dispositions
481
Dismissals
80
16.6%
Awards
229
3-year trend
Rising
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 41.1%Partially fav. 16.0%Denied 42.9%
Approval rate history
FY2010
47.0%489 dec
FY2011
47.4%540 dec
FY2012
48.9%434 dec
FY2013
44.3%418 dec
FY2014
41.9%399 dec
FY2015
42.5%412 dec
FY2016
42.6%425 dec
FY2017
47.7%430 dec
FY2018
49.1%387 dec
FY2019
41.7%501 dec
FY2020
40.8%414 dec
FY2021
42.8%402 dec
FY2022
47.1%295 dec
FY2023
49.4%247 dec
FY2024
55.5%303 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%
- McPhail, Robert327 dec53.2%
- Brown, Katherine260 dec53.1%
- Kirkpatrick, Melinda402 dec52.7%
- 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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