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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Waller, Robert
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE · primary of 3 offices Trending up
+6.2 pts vs national average
64.0%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge64.0%
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE60.9%
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
50
Fully favorable
22
44.0%
Partially favorable
10
20.0%
Denials
18
36.0%
Total dispositions
67
Dismissals
17
25.4%
Awards
32
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav. 44.0%Partially fav. 20.0%Denied 36.0%
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 (23)
- Weathers, Ena189 dec83.1%
- Cabotaje, Michael60 dec81.7%
- Smiley, Jennifer213 dec80.3%
- 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%
- 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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