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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public
Administrative Law Judge
52.2%lifetime approval
vs baselines
This judge52.2%
SAN ANTONIO54.3%
National avg57.7%
Total decisions
391
Fully favorable
150
38.4%
Partially favorable
54
13.8%
Denials
187
47.8%
Total dispositions
453
Dismissals
62
13.7%
Awards
204
3-year trend
Stable
FY2026 decision breakdown
Fully fav.
Partial
Denied
Fully fav. 38.4%Partially fav. 13.8%Denied 47.8%
Approval rate history
FY2010
60.2%543 dec
FY2011
63.0%605 dec
FY2012
52.8%417 dec
FY2013
61.9%499 dec
FY2014
56.5%453 dec
FY2015
51.9%466 dec
FY2016
53.7%380 dec
FY2017
57.9%406 dec
FY2018
45.9%427 dec
FY2019
50.4%613 dec
FY2020
44.8%487 dec
FY2021
43.3%490 dec
FY2022
47.1%325 dec
FY2023
49.8%241 dec
FY2024
51.2%375 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%
- 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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