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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Smiley, Jennifer
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE Trending up
+23.1 pts vs national average
0.0%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge80.9%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE60.6%
National avg57.8%
Total decisions
178
Fully favorable
89
50.0%
Partially favorable
55
30.9%
Denials
34
19.1%
Total dispositions
262
Dismissals
84
32.1%
Awards
144
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 50.0%Partially fav. 30.9%Denied 19.1%
Approval rate history
FY2016
0.0%0 dec
FY2017
62.3%236 dec
FY2018
57.1%520 dec
FY2019
52.3%520 dec
FY2020
54.9%459 dec
FY2021
33.3%3 dec
FY2021
40.9%330 dec
FY2021
41.2%17 dec
FY2022
100.0%3 dec
FY2022
50.6%344 dec
FY2023
0.0%0 dec
FY2023
48.5%130 dec
FY2023
33.3%3 dec
FY2023
56.8%125 dec
FY2024
67.4%270 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE (20)
- Weathers, Ena164 dec83.5%
- Hockensmith, Mark154 dec76.6%
- Rauenzahn, MaryKay84 dec76.2%
- Ohanesian, Nicholas50 dec68.0%
- Kramzyk, Henry82 dec67.1%
- Day, Kelley155 dec65.8%
- Alden, Randolph W158 dec64.6%
- Labrum, Robert J152 dec63.8%
- Waller, Robert48 dec62.5%
- Fuller, Roxanne47 dec61.7%
- Walter, Nicholas151 dec61.6%
- Carr, Michael29 dec58.6%
- Nagle, Kim Soo176 dec58.5%
- Cabotaje, Michael59 dec57.6%
- DiMaggio Wallis, Sandra R193 dec57.5%
- Benton, Amy33 dec51.5%
- Eiler, Kathleen H138 dec50.7%
- Ferguson, Jeffrey A45 dec44.4%
- Beatty, Gregory M.56 dec37.5%
- Wexler, April M33 dec24.2%
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