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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Merchant, George W
BIRMINGHAM Trending up
Lifetime approval rate
39.5%
-18.3 pts vs national
Total decisions
390
Fully favorable
135
34.6%
Partially favorable
19
4.9%
Denials
236
60.5%
Total dispositions
468
Dismissals
78
16.7%
Awards
154
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Denied
Fully fav. 34.6%Partially fav. 4.9%Denied 60.5%
Approval rate history
FY2012
26.2%191 dec
FY2012
27.6%170 dec
FY2013
29.0%472 dec
FY2014
39.0%402 dec
FY2015
39.3%438 dec
FY2017
42.9%452 dec
FY2018
35.3%476 dec
FY2019
34.7%450 dec
FY2020
44.0%416 dec
FY2021
40.4%324 dec
FY2022
29.6%250 dec
FY2023
41.4%251 dec
FY2024
38.6%290 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at BIRMINGHAM (13)
- Turner, Brian350 dec84.0%
- Lawson, William159 dec76.7%
- Reeves, Ronald117 dec66.7%
- Waller, Robert124 dec62.9%
- Satisfield, Renee B54 dec55.6%
- Jackson, Monica D291 dec54.0%
- Brown, Cynthia W56 dec53.6%
- Kraft, Emilie337 dec52.8%
- McDonald, Sheila E86 dec51.2%
- Johnson, Lisa M287 dec43.2%
- Helmer, Mary E349 dec39.8%
- Guthrie, Clarence445 dec38.9%
- Munford, Jerome L20 dec25.0%
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