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Q2 FY2025 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
Warner, Melissa
SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE Trending up
Lifetime approval rate
71.8%
+14.0 pts vs national
Total decisions
245
Fully favorable
120
49.0%
Partially favorable
56
22.9%
Denials
69
28.2%
Total dispositions
367
Dismissals
122
33.2%
Awards
176
3-year trend
Rising
FY2025 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 49.0%Partially fav. 22.9%Denied 28.2%
Approval rate history
FY2011
55.4%401 dec
FY2012
51.1%462 dec
FY2013
44.3%438 dec
FY2014
54.6%383 dec
FY2015
47.6%311 dec
FY2016
48.9%235 dec
FY2017
57.4%298 dec
FY2018
86.8%136 dec
FY2018
100.0%3 dec
FY2018
100.0%2 dec
FY2018
43.4%249 dec
FY2019
44.4%9 dec
FY2019
47.8%111 dec
FY2019
0.0%1 dec
FY2019
33.3%12 dec
FY2019
50.0%10 dec
FY2019
37.5%8 dec
FY2019
55.6%196 dec
FY2019
80.0%5 dec
FY2019
77.8%18 dec
FY2019
86.7%15 dec
FY2019
53.9%13 dec
FY2019
68.4%38 dec
FY2020
75.0%8 dec
FY2020
66.5%278 dec
FY2020
27.3%33 dec
FY2020
100.0%1 dec
FY2020
76.5%17 dec
FY2020
75.0%4 dec
FY2020
50.0%26 dec
FY2021
0.0%2 dec
FY2021
40.2%169 dec
FY2021
66.7%3 dec
FY2021
61.5%13 dec
FY2021
42.3%187 dec
FY2022
0.0%0 dec
FY2022
55.2%221 dec
FY2023
59.1%198 dec
FY2023
100.0%1 dec
FY2024
64.4%225 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE (15)
- Smiley, Jennifer292 dec75.0%
- Weathers, Ena200 dec75.0%
- Hockensmith, Mark255 dec73.7%
- Walter, Nicholas222 dec71.2%
- Ohanesian, Nicholas M227 dec70.9%
- Cabotaje, Michael A91 dec69.2%
- Alden, Randolph W220 dec65.0%
- Labrum, Robert J246 dec63.8%
- DiMaggio Wallis, Sandra R206 dec63.1%
- Day, Kelley234 dec57.7%
- Nagle, Kim Soo141 dec57.4%
- Fuller, Roxanne174 dec56.3%
- Eiler, Kathleen H207 dec51.7%
- Wexler, April M49 dec51.0%
- Lunderman, MaryAnn77 dec49.4%
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