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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Total decisions
325
Fully favorable
209
64.3%
Partially favorable
38
11.7%
Denials
78
24.0%
Total dispositions
378
Dismissals
53
14.0%
Awards
247
3-year trend
Stable
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 64.3%Partially fav. 11.7%Denied 24.0%
Approval rate history
FY2010
64.7%306 dec
FY2011
53.4%481 dec
FY2012
53.1%544 dec
FY2013
58.2%490 dec
FY2014
57.7%492 dec
FY2015
51.1%540 dec
FY2016
55.6%369 dec
FY2017
66.3%401 dec
FY2018
72.4%290 dec
FY2019
76.5%366 dec
FY2020
78.7%409 dec
FY2021
87.4%333 dec
FY2022
87.1%334 dec
FY2023
84.4%269 dec
FY2024
90.7%365 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at ST LOUIS (17)
- Hanan, Bradley324 dec75.9%
- Davis, Alaina351 dec62.4%
- Plucker, Nathaniel126 dec60.3%
- DeWoskin, Henry316 dec56.3%
- Hanekamp, Steve290 dec52.1%
- Price, John398 dec51.3%
- Allen, Chandreka301 dec49.8%
- Steger, Brian M.245 dec49.4%
- Harvin-Woode, Mattie141 dec48.9%
- Imsland, Lori320 dec48.1%
- Woode, Charles166 dec47.0%
- Wilson, Shreese84 dec46.4%
- Preston, Kathryn205 dec42.4%
- Luetkenhaus, Robert357 dec37.0%
- Doyle, Joseph R.253 dec35.2%
- Leslie, Lisa311 dec29.6%
- Jecklin, Katherine231 dec22.5%
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