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Updated June 2026 · SSA Public

Hearing Office

JERSEY CITY

Region 02Rank #142 of 160

Avg processing

299days

+35 vs national

Processing time

299

10.0 months

Hearing wait

8.0

months (current)

Cases pending

3,341

FY receipts

3,222

FY dispositions

2,602

Active judges

10

Video hearings

0%

of hearings held

Avg approval rate

66.1%

+8.3 vs avg

Backlog ratio

1.24

Growing

Rank

#142

of 160

Processing time in context

Fastest · 73 daysAvg · 264 daysSlowest · 673 days

The draw · approval spread across 9 judges

49%
82%
0%Median 65.4%100%

At JERSEY CITY, approval rates range from 49.4% (Loewy, Dina R) to 81.7% (Barr, Sheena) — a 32-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 (65.4%), not the best case.

Judges at JERSEY CITY (10)

JudgeApprovalDecisionsFavorableDeniedTrend
Barr, Sheena81.7%22418341
Addison, Andrea72.4%25718671
Pantuso, Gina A66.5%17611759
Russak, Jack66.0%24416183
Moore, Trina65.4%28018397
Gonzalez, Robert65.0%309201108
Kenneally, Kevin64.9%328213115
Suna, David62.4%18911871
Loewy, Dina R49.4%1748688
Toland, Marguerite40.0%251015