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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Waller, Robert
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE · primary of 3 offices Trending up
+4.7 pts vs national average
0.0%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge62.5%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE60.6%
National avg57.8%
Figures below are for SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE, this judge’s busiest office. They also have records at 2 other offices (BIRMINGHAM, MOBILE).
Total decisions
48
Fully favorable
20
41.7%
Partially favorable
10
20.8%
Denials
18
37.5%
Total dispositions
63
Dismissals
15
23.8%
Awards
30
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav. 41.7%Partially fav. 20.8%Denied 37.5%
Approval rate history
FY2015
47.2%53 dec
FY2015
61.9%21 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
22.2%9 dec
FY2022
50.9%214 dec
FY2023
58.1%160 dec
FY2024
100.0%5 dec
FY2024
66.7%168 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE (20)
- Weathers, Ena164 dec83.5%
- Smiley, Jennifer178 dec80.9%
- 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%
- 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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