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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
48.7%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge48.7%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
353
Fully favorable
125
35.4%
Partially favorable
47
13.3%
Denials
181
51.3%
Total dispositions
410
Dismissals
57
13.9%
Awards
172
3-year trend
Stable
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 35.4%Partially fav. 13.3%Denied 51.3%
Approval rate history
FY2016
36.5%52 dec
FY2017
39.1%386 dec
FY2018
42.6%390 dec
FY2019
30.9%457 dec
FY2020
40.1%354 dec
FY2021
37.2%403 dec
FY2022
44.6%269 dec
FY2023
46.9%226 dec
FY2024
45.9%242 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%
- Wilkerson, Dwight258 dec64.3%
- 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%
- 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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