Georgia

GA · Region ATL

DDS approval rate

34.9%

-4.9 pts vs national

DDS approval rate

34.9%

National: 39.8%

3-year change

-3.1 pts

Annual receipts

73,083

FY2024

Hearing offices

38 ALJs

Latest monthly DDS data · 2026-07

Initial receipts

8,442

Initial determinations

6,168

Initial allowance rate

36.5%

Initial pending

61,416

Recon determinations

3,486

Recon allowance rate

20.5%

Office	Rank	Processing days	Pending	Approval	Judges
SAVANNAH	6	224	1,789	54.6%	5
ATLANTA NORTH	34	240	2,079	44.4%	6
ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	72	255	4,011	66.4%	11
COVINGTON GA	75	256	2,736	64.1%	8
MACON	81	258	2,268	46.5%	8

Sorted by approval rate.

Judge	Office	Approval	Decisions	Awards
McIntyre, Melinda	COVINGTON GA	87.0%	316	275
McHenry, Laura	CHATTANOOGA	86.3%	182	157
Littlefield, Suzanne A.	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	80.9%	209	169
Suing, Timothy	HOUSTON WEST	77.3%	22	17
Grounds, Sonya	COVINGTON GA	77.1%	157	121
McAdam, Paul	COVINGTON GA	77.0%	283	218
Childs, J. Samuel	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	75.9%	303	230
Murray, Charles	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	75.2%	262	197
Messina, Christopher	ST PETERSBURG FL OHO	70.5%	44	31
Miller, Hilton R	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	66.6%	371	247
Dail, Grant	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	66.2%	231	153
Werner McEckron, Brooke	COVINGTON GA	65.6%	326	214
Evans, Vickie	SAVANNAH	64.2%	467	300
Egemonye, Ucheakpunwa	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	64.1%	409	262
Guard, Christine A.	MACON	63.9%	122	78
Bedell, Laurie	ATLANTA NORTH	61.8%	317	196
Colarusso, Todd	ATLANTA NORTH	60.5%	365	221
Davis, L. Ellis	COVINGTON GA	59.7%	360	215
Lykins, Raymond M	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	59.7%	320	191
Cornelius, David	MACON	58.9%	326	192
Dennard, Michael K	SAVANNAH	57.5%	440	253
Ferguson, Jeffrey A	SPECIAL REVIEW CADRE	57.1%	56	32
Thompson, Stephen	MACON	56.3%	327	184
Bestul, Joseph	COVINGTON GA	56.2%	381	214
Hill, Vincent	MACON	55.4%	148	82
McMichael, Carla	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	51.9%	266	138
Jordan, Wylly	COVINGTON GA	49.8%	293	146
Bentley, Lisa A.	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	49.7%	306	152
Fulcher, Eric	MACON	48.5%	423	205
Glover, Kristen	COVINGTON GA	47.9%	284	136
Taylor, Linda D	SAVANNAH	45.5%	110	50
Petersen, Craig	SAVANNAH	42.8%	421	180
Weaver, Cynthia	ATLANTA NORTH	42.5%	120	51
Conlon, James	ATLANTA NORTH	40.3%	320	129
Callahan, William	ATLANTA NORTH	34.9%	312	109
Uren Roberson, Amy	MACON	34.4%	241	83
Fons, Gregory	ATLANTA NORTH	24.8%	351	87
Howard, Emily Y.	MACON	18.5%	329	61

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