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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
33.8%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge33.8%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
308
Fully favorable
86
27.9%
Partially favorable
18
5.8%
Denials
204
66.2%
Total dispositions
390
Dismissals
82
21.0%
Awards
104
3-year trend
Rising
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Denied
Fully fav. 27.9%Partially fav. 5.8%Denied 66.2%
Approval rate history
FY2010
55.0%20 dec
FY2011
51.6%442 dec
FY2012
41.8%378 dec
FY2013
28.8%427 dec
FY2014
33.0%379 dec
FY2015
31.1%338 dec
FY2016
40.4%366 dec
FY2017
35.8%411 dec
FY2018
27.0%404 dec
FY2019
21.0%519 dec
FY2020
23.7%397 dec
FY2021
24.4%357 dec
FY2022
19.4%273 dec
FY2023
19.4%186 dec
FY2024
28.5%267 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SAN ANTONIO (20)
- Gazda, Peter355 dec87.6%
- Thompson, Michelle328 dec86.6%
- Murdock, Alexis283 dec78.8%
- Suing, Timothy22 dec77.3%
- Wilkerson, Dwight258 dec64.3%
- Elias, Yasmin51 dec58.8%
- McKay, Bernard J.401 dec57.1%
- McPhail, Robert327 dec53.2%
- Brown, Katherine260 dec53.1%
- Kirkpatrick, Melinda402 dec52.7%
- Wurm, David R.391 dec52.2%
- Mendola, Mark200 dec51.0%
- Allen, Matthew421 dec49.4%
- Wilkov, Penny353 dec48.7%
- Perez, Lissette C.244 dec48.4%
- Barnett, Ben343 dec48.1%
- Holmes, Janice L.302 dec47.0%
- Brower, Charles368 dec43.2%
- Jones, Marc67 dec31.3%
- Momcilovic, Gordan366 dec17.2%
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