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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
78.7%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge78.7%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE59.5%
National avg57.7%
Figures below are for SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE, this judge’s busiest office. They also have records at 2 other offices (EUGENE, NHC ALBUQUERQUE).
Total decisions
127
Fully favorable
58
45.7%
Partially favorable
42
33.1%
Denials
27
21.3%
Total dispositions
162
Dismissals
35
21.6%
Awards
100
3-year trend
Stable
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Fully fav. 45.7%Partially fav. 33.1%Denied 21.3%
Approval rate history
FY2012
64.1%223 dec
FY2013
65.9%455 dec
FY2014
57.6%406 dec
FY2015
61.1%283 dec
FY2016
61.9%218 dec
FY2017
60.2%332 dec
FY2018
62.0%316 dec
FY2019
57.9%392 dec
FY2020
62.9%334 dec
FY2021
52.8%301 dec
FY2022
61.0%318 dec
FY2023
60.8%153 dec
FY2024
64.0%264 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE (24)
- Weathers, Ena220 dec81.8%
- Smiley, Jennifer255 dec78.8%
- Hockensmith, Mark201 dec73.1%
- Ohanesian, Nicholas71 dec71.8%
- Alden, Randolph W214 dec66.4%
- Labrum, Robert J215 dec66.0%
- Day, Kelley214 dec65.0%
- Kramzyk, Henry114 dec64.9%
- Walter, Nicholas208 dec61.1%
- Waller, Robert61 dec60.7%
- Valkavich, Helen270 dec60.0%
- Cabotaje, Michael76 dec59.2%
- DiMaggio Wallis, Sandra R240 dec59.2%
- Carr, Michael46 dec58.7%
- Lucas, Brian353 dec58.1%
- Ferguson, Jeffrey A56 dec57.1%
- Nagle, Kim Soo221 dec56.1%
- Eiler, Kathleen H200 dec54.0%
- Fuller, Roxanne90 dec53.3%
- Benton, Amy33 dec51.5%
- Pierce, Katie H85 dec48.2%
- Dillon, Christopher81 dec44.4%
- Beatty, Gregory M.74 dec35.1%
- Wexler, April M40 dec25.0%
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