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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
48.4%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge48.4%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Figures below are for SAN ANTONIO, this judge’s busiest office. They also have records at 1 other office (SAN JUAN).
Total decisions
244
Fully favorable
96
39.3%
Partially favorable
22
9.0%
Denials
126
51.6%
Total dispositions
324
Dismissals
80
24.7%
Awards
118
3-year trend
Rising
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 39.3%Partially fav. 9.0%Denied 51.6%
Approval rate history
FY2011
72.2%18 dec
FY2012
79.0%238 dec
FY2013
59.1%276 dec
FY2014
52.7%319 dec
FY2015
49.3%229 dec
FY2016
42.9%224 dec
FY2017
55.4%314 dec
FY2018
59.2%321 dec
FY2019
63.0%184 dec
FY2020
66.1%109 dec
FY2021
44.4%36 dec
FY2022
55.3%188 dec
FY2023
59.3%167 dec
FY2024
64.7%238 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%
- 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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