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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Total decisions
398
Fully favorable
164
41.2%
Partially favorable
40
10.1%
Denials
194
48.7%
Total dispositions
445
Dismissals
47
10.6%
Awards
204
3-year trend
Stable
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 41.2%Partially fav. 10.1%Denied 48.7%
Approval rate history
FY2010
69.7%413 dec
FY2011
52.1%710 dec
FY2012
49.4%650 dec
FY2013
53.3%668 dec
FY2014
56.3%535 dec
FY2015
57.4%544 dec
FY2016
57.3%536 dec
FY2017
54.7%457 dec
FY2018
55.8%446 dec
FY2019
54.0%555 dec
FY2020
54.7%413 dec
FY2021
53.7%432 dec
FY2022
52.0%248 dec
FY2023
55.2%290 dec
FY2024
50.1%411 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at ST LOUIS (17)
- Wallis, William325 dec76.0%
- Hanan, Bradley324 dec75.9%
- Davis, Alaina351 dec62.4%
- Plucker, Nathaniel126 dec60.3%
- DeWoskin, Henry316 dec56.3%
- Hanekamp, Steve290 dec52.1%
- Allen, Chandreka301 dec49.8%
- Steger, Brian M.245 dec49.4%
- Harvin-Woode, Mattie141 dec48.9%
- Imsland, Lori320 dec48.1%
- Woode, Charles166 dec47.0%
- Wilson, Shreese84 dec46.4%
- Preston, Kathryn205 dec42.4%
- Luetkenhaus, Robert357 dec37.0%
- Doyle, Joseph R.253 dec35.2%
- Leslie, Lisa311 dec29.6%
- Jecklin, Katherine231 dec22.5%
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