Updated July 2026 · SSA Public

Administrative Law Judge

Soltes, Andrew

ALBANYNew York Trending up

-5.6 pts vs national average

52.1%lifetime approval

vs baselines

This judge52.1%

ALBANY60.0%

National avg57.7%

Total decisions

326

Fully favorable

104

31.9%

Partially favorable

20.2%

Denials

156

47.9%

Total dispositions

375

Dismissals

13.1%

Awards

170

3-year trend

Rising

FY2026 decision breakdown

Fully fav.

Partial

Denied

Fully fav. 31.9%Partially fav. 20.2%Denied 47.9%

Approval rate history

FY2017

39.7%131 dec

FY2018

50.1%421 dec

FY2019

51.6%440 dec

FY2020

51.1%307 dec

FY2021

45.8%247 dec

FY2022

56.4%273 dec

FY2023

64.1%256 dec

FY2024

66.2%334 dec

Above national Below national National avg

Other ALJs at ALBANY (9)

Kelly, Paul F
298 dec92.3%
Farrell, John G
249 dec79.9%
Black-Pennington, Dale
242 dec72.3%
Lardaro, Elizabeth A.
213 dec65.7%
Marcus, Michelle S
112 dec56.3%
Mulvey, Jude
141 dec53.9%
Greisler, Gretchen
165 dec48.5%
Ba-Yunus, Asad
308 dec44.2%
Loughlin, John
230 dec34.3%

Judges in New York with the most decisions

Theurer, Kenneth
SYRACUSE408 dec
Morgan, Aaron M.
NEW YORK VARICK366 dec
Devlin, Michael
ROCHESTER361 dec
Georger, Paul
BUFFALO345 dec
Berkowitz, Alan B
LONG ISLAND342 dec

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