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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
78.8%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge78.8%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
283
Fully favorable
208
73.5%
Partially favorable
15
5.3%
Denials
60
21.2%
Total dispositions
354
Dismissals
71
20.1%
Awards
223
3-year trend
Rising
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Denied
Fully fav. 73.5%Partially fav. 5.3%Denied 21.2%
Approval rate history
FY2015
100.0%6 dec
FY2016
66.3%401 dec
FY2017
68.0%437 dec
FY2018
64.3%227 dec
FY2019
57.6%33 dec
FY2020
66.5%197 dec
FY2021
60.8%143 dec
FY2022
66.5%182 dec
FY2023
70.4%243 dec
FY2024
76.2%273 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SAN ANTONIO (20)
- Gazda, Peter355 dec87.6%
- Thompson, Michelle328 dec86.6%
- 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%
- Momcilovic, Gordan366 dec17.2%
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