Data: Q2 FY2025 · Source: SSA Public Data

Georgia

GA · Region ATL

34.9%

DDS Approval Rate

-4.9pp vs national avg

DDS Approval Rate

34.9%

National: 39.8%

3-Year Change

-3.1pp

Annual Receipts

73,083

FY2024

Hearing Offices

48 ALJs

Latest Monthly DDS Data

Initial Receipts

6,712

Initial Determinations

5,941

Initial Allowance Rate

34.7%

Initial Pending

55,106

Recon Determinations

2,627

Recon Allowance Rate

21.2%

Data period: 2026-02

Hearing Offices in Georgia

Office	Rank	Processing Days	Pending	Approval Rate	Judges
SAVANNAH	9	229	1,182	52.3%	5
ATLANTA NORTH	12	232	1,338	48.7%	9
MACON	41	249	1,545	50.9%	9
ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	66	264	2,345	60.4%	16
COVINGTON GA	74	270	1,934	67.7%	9

ALJs in Georgia

48 judges, sorted by approval rate

Judge	Office	Approval Rate	Decisions	Awards
McIntyre, Melinda	COVINGTON GA	90.2%	337	304
McHenry, Laura G	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	88.0%	166	146
Messina, Christopher	ST PETERSBURG FL OHO	82.4%	34	28
Murray, S. Charles	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	80.8%	266	215
Grounds, Sonya	COVINGTON GA	79.1%	86	68
McAdam, Paul	COVINGTON GA	73.7%	255	188
Childs, J. S	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	73.2%	291	213
Miller, Hilton R	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	73.1%	305	223
Littlefield, Suzanne A	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	71.6%	190	136
Gray, Stacy	MIDDLESBORO	70.3%	175	123
Davis, L. E	COVINGTON GA	69.1%	285	197
Werner McEckron, Brooke	COVINGTON GA	67.2%	305	205
Hemming, Norman	MIAMI OHO	67.0%	224	150
Bedell, Laurie	ATLANTA NORTH	66.0%	329	217
Evans, Vickie	SAVANNAH	64.9%	362	235
Lowther, Sheila	ST PETERSBURG FL OHO	64.3%	28	18
Guard, Christine	MACON	62.4%	181	113
Dail, Grant	SHREVEPORT	62.4%	210	131
Bestul, Joseph	COVINGTON GA	62.4%	311	194
Hogan, William L	COVINGTON GA	61.3%	31	19
Cornelius, David	MACON	60.4%	321	194
Egemonye, Ucheakpunwa	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	60.4%	369	223
Lykins, Raymond M	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	59.2%	316	187
Dennard, Michael	SAVANNAH	57.5%	360	207
Colarusso, Todd	ATLANTA NORTH	56.8%	380	216
Hill, Vincent	CHARLOTTE	56.8%	132	75
Fulcher, Eric S.	MACON	54.5%	297	162
McMichael, Carla	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	53.1%	194	103
Conlon, James	ATLANTA NORTH	52.9%	297	157
Thompson, Stephen	MACON	52.5%	263	138
Jordan III, Wylly	COVINGTON GA	52.2%	272	142
Rodgers, Raymond	FORT MYERS FL	51.1%	515	263
Glover, Kristen	COVINGTON GA	50.8%	248	126
Bentley, Lisa B	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	47.5%	297	141
Taylor, Linda D	SAVANNAH	47.3%	296	140
Narvil, Jeffrey C	JACKSON MS OHO	47.3%	368	174
Crocker, Boyce	LEXINGTON	46.5%	460	214
Ferguson, Jeffrey A	SAVANNAH	46.0%	187	86
Petersen, Craig R	SAVANNAH	41.2%	342	141
Oetter, George	MACON	41.0%	210	86
Uren Roberson, Amy	MACON	39.7%	184	73
Dula, Melinda L	MIDDLESBORO	38.0%	92	35
Fons, Gregory	ATLANTA NORTH	35.2%	330	116
Callahan, William	ATLANTA NORTH	33.3%	243	81
Weaver, Cynthia G	ATLANTA NORTH	29.3%	82	24
Henry, Tracy	ATLANTA NORTH	25.0%	4	1
Howard, Emily Y	MACON	25.0%	268	67
Flanagan, Brendan F	ATLANTA DOWNTOWN	22.1%	95	21