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Updated July 2026 · SSA Public

Hearing Office

GREENSBORO

Region 04North Carolina hearing outlookRank #102 of 160

Avg processing

268days

+2 vs national

Processing time

268

8.9 months

Hearing wait

8.0

months (current)

Cases pending

2,218

FY receipts

2,390

FY dispositions

2,295

Active judges

8

Video hearings

0%

of hearings held

Avg approval rate

64.7%

+7.0 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.04

Growing

Rank

#102

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 72 daysAvg · 266 daysSlowest · 680 days

The draw · approval spread across 8 judges

50%
85%
0%Median 56.0%100%

At GREENSBORO, approval rates range from 50.0% (Firestone, Scott) to 84.8% (Spitz, Maria) — a 35-pointspread. Assignment is effectively the luck of the draw, so the judge a case lands with can matter more than the office’s average. Plan for the median (56.0%), not the best case.

Judges at GREENSBORO (8)

JudgeApprovalDecisionsFavorableDeniedTrend
Spitz, Maria84.8%34329152
Jackson, Richard79.1%30624264
Dorman, Clint73.3%34125091
von Euler, Barbara57.8%1025943
McMillion, Benjamin R.54.1%316171145
Cavadi, Michelle D.53.0%328174154
Booth, Joseph51.7%348180168
Firestone, Scott50.0%1266363