Updated July 2026 · SSA Public

Administrative Law Judge

Mulvey, Jude

ALBANYNew York Trending up

-3.8 pts vs national average

53.9%lifetime approval

vs baselines

This judge53.9%

ALBANY60.0%

National avg57.7%

Total decisions

141

Fully favorable

41.8%

Partially favorable

12.1%

Denials

46.1%

Total dispositions

166

Dismissals

15.1%

Awards

3-year trend

Rising

FY2026 decision breakdown

Fully fav.

Denied

Fully fav. 41.8%Partially fav. 12.1%Denied 46.1%

Approval rate history

FY2018

66.8%187 dec

FY2019

48.7%357 dec

FY2020

42.2%90 dec

FY2021

30.0%40 dec

FY2022

37.3%142 dec

FY2023

43.0%107 dec

FY2024

46.8%190 dec

Above national Below national National avg

Other ALJs at ALBANY (9)

Kelly, Paul F
298 dec92.3%
Farrell, John G
249 dec79.9%
Black-Pennington, Dale
242 dec72.3%
Lardaro, Elizabeth A.
213 dec65.7%
Marcus, Michelle S
112 dec56.3%
Soltes, Andrew
326 dec52.1%
Greisler, Gretchen
165 dec48.5%
Ba-Yunus, Asad
308 dec44.2%
Loughlin, John
230 dec34.3%

Judges in New York with the most decisions

Theurer, Kenneth
SYRACUSE408 dec
Morgan, Aaron M.
NEW YORK VARICK366 dec
Devlin, Michael
ROCHESTER361 dec
Georger, Paul
BUFFALO345 dec
Berkowitz, Alan B
LONG ISLAND342 dec

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