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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
17.2%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge17.2%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
366
Fully favorable
53
14.5%
Partially favorable
10
2.7%
Denials
303
82.8%
Total dispositions
449
Dismissals
83
18.5%
Awards
63
3-year trend
Stable
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Denied
Fully fav. 14.5%Partially fav. 2.7%Denied 82.8%
Approval rate history
FY2011
35.0%463 dec
FY2012
41.6%558 dec
FY2013
41.9%604 dec
FY2014
48.9%456 dec
FY2015
32.8%466 dec
FY2016
34.0%418 dec
FY2017
29.6%375 dec
FY2018
22.3%390 dec
FY2019
16.2%513 dec
FY2020
19.3%357 dec
FY2021
13.2%341 dec
FY2022
11.6%276 dec
FY2023
17.6%222 dec
FY2024
13.0%301 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%
- 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%
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