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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
64.3%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge64.3%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
258
Fully favorable
155
60.1%
Partially favorable
11
4.3%
Denials
92
35.7%
Total dispositions
315
Dismissals
57
18.1%
Awards
166
3-year trend
Stable
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Denied
Fully fav. 60.1%Partially fav. 4.3%Denied 35.7%
Approval rate history
FY2011
36.8%242 dec
FY2012
37.2%328 dec
FY2013
45.6%327 dec
FY2014
44.6%323 dec
FY2015
50.3%392 dec
FY2016
56.2%331 dec
FY2017
59.5%331 dec
FY2018
56.1%335 dec
FY2019
60.2%435 dec
FY2020
59.9%307 dec
FY2021
63.6%291 dec
FY2022
62.0%266 dec
FY2023
60.3%199 dec
FY2024
59.3%275 dec
Above national Below national National avg
Other ALJs at SAN ANTONIO (20)
- Gazda, Peter355 dec87.6%
- Thompson, Michelle328 dec86.6%
- Murdock, Alexis283 dec78.8%
- Suing, Timothy22 dec77.3%
- Elias, Yasmin51 dec58.8%
- McKay, Bernard J.401 dec57.1%
- McPhail, Robert327 dec53.2%
- Brown, Katherine260 dec53.1%
- Kirkpatrick, Melinda402 dec52.7%
- Wurm, David R.391 dec52.2%
- Mendola, Mark200 dec51.0%
- Allen, Matthew421 dec49.4%
- Wilkov, Penny353 dec48.7%
- Perez, Lissette C.244 dec48.4%
- Barnett, Ben343 dec48.1%
- Holmes, Janice L.302 dec47.0%
- Brower, Charles368 dec43.2%
- Swayze, Mark308 dec33.8%
- Jones, Marc67 dec31.3%
- Momcilovic, Gordan366 dec17.2%
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