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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Smiley, Jennifer
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE Trending up
+22.5 pts vs national average
80.3%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge80.3%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE60.9%
National avg57.8%
Total decisions
213
Fully favorable
107
50.2%
Partially favorable
64
30.0%
Denials
42
19.7%
Total dispositions
306
Dismissals
93
30.4%
Awards
171
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 50.2%Partially fav. 30.0%Denied 19.7%
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 (23)
- Weathers, Ena189 dec83.1%
- Cabotaje, Michael60 dec81.7%
- Rauenzahn, MaryKay104 dec79.8%
- Hockensmith, Mark173 dec74.0%
- Ohanesian, Nicholas58 dec70.7%
- Alden, Randolph W192 dec67.2%
- Kramzyk, Henry91 dec67.0%
- Labrum, Robert J181 dec65.2%
- Waller, Robert50 dec64.0%
- Day, Kelley178 dec63.5%
- Walter, Nicholas193 dec61.7%
- Carr, Michael36 dec61.1%
- Valkavich, Helen236 dec59.3%
- Lucas, Brian314 dec59.2%
- Fuller, Roxanne66 dec59.1%
- DiMaggio Wallis, Sandra R212 dec57.5%
- Nagle, Kim Soo198 dec57.1%
- Eiler, Kathleen H164 dec54.3%
- Benton, Amy33 dec51.5%
- Dillon, Christopher81 dec44.4%
- Ferguson, Jeffrey A53 dec41.5%
- Beatty, Gregory M.68 dec35.3%
- Wexler, April M37 dec24.3%
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