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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
60.7%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge60.7%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE59.5%
National avg57.7%
Figures below are for SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE, this judge’s busiest office. They also have records at 3 other offices (BIRMINGHAM, MEMPHIS, MOBILE).
Total decisions
61
Fully favorable
25
41.0%
Partially favorable
12
19.7%
Denials
24
39.3%
Total dispositions
83
Dismissals
22
26.5%
Awards
37
3-year trend
Rising
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav. 41.0%Partially fav. 19.7%Denied 39.3%
Approval rate history
FY2015
51.4%74 dec
FY2016
51.2%326 dec
FY2017
56.5%306 dec
FY2018
55.3%365 dec
FY2019
47.3%433 dec
FY2020
47.7%325 dec
FY2021
45.3%212 dec
FY2022
49.8%223 dec
FY2023
58.1%160 dec
FY2024
67.6%173 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE (24)
- Weathers, Ena220 dec81.8%
- Smiley, Jennifer255 dec78.8%
- Rauenzahn, MaryKay127 dec78.7%
- 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%
- 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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