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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
53.2%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge53.2%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
327
Fully favorable
149
45.6%
Partially favorable
25
7.6%
Denials
153
46.8%
Total dispositions
402
Dismissals
75
18.7%
Awards
174
3-year trend
Rising
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 45.6%Partially fav. 7.6%Denied 46.8%
Approval rate history
FY2010
75.2%322 dec
FY2011
59.1%345 dec
FY2012
43.1%355 dec
FY2013
42.7%302 dec
FY2014
31.0%268 dec
FY2015
41.7%187 dec
FY2016
39.6%230 dec
FY2017
42.7%337 dec
FY2018
39.8%352 dec
FY2019
28.6%514 dec
FY2020
37.3%300 dec
FY2021
45.8%424 dec
FY2022
50.3%328 dec
FY2023
50.9%236 dec
FY2024
55.3%365 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%
- McKay, Bernard J.401 dec57.1%
- 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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