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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public

Hearing Office

JERSEY CITY

Region 02Rank #145 of 160

Avg processing

298days

+32 vs national

Processing time

298

9.9 months

Hearing wait

8.5

months (current)

Cases pending

3,206

FY receipts

3,390

FY dispositions

2,905

Active judges

10

Video hearings

0%

of hearings held

Avg approval rate

65.2%

+7.4 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.17

Growing

Rank

#145

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 72 daysAvg · 266 daysSlowest · 680 days

The draw · approval spread across 9 judges

49%
80%
0%Median 64.5%100%

At JERSEY CITY, approval rates range from 49.4% (Loewy, Dina R) to 80.1% (Barr, Sheena) — a 31-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 (64.5%), not the best case.

Judges at JERSEY CITY (10)

JudgeApprovalDecisionsFavorableDeniedTrend
Barr, Sheena80.1%24619749
Addison, Andrea71.0%28620383
Moore, Trina65.9%317209108
Pantuso, Gina A65.1%20913673
Gonzalez, Robert64.5%363234129
Russak, Jack64.4%27017496
Kenneally, Kevin63.2%370234136
Suna, David60.6%21312984
Loewy, Dina R49.4%1748688
Toland, Marguerite40.0%251015